Jahangir Forouhar (; May 24, 1916 – November 6, 1997) was an Iranian actor.
Biography
Forouhar was born in 1916 in the city of
Isfahan. His father was Mustafa Khan Davam al-Saltanah. His grandfather was Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Ghavam al-Dawlah and he was descendant of Mirza Abbas Khan Ghavam al-Dawlah.
He was father of Iranian entertainer
Leila Forouhar
Leila Forouhar ( fa, لیلا فروهر, ''Leilâ Foruhar'') (born 23 February 1959) is an Iranian pop and classical singer. She was a child star, acting from the age of 3. She relocated to next door Turkey in 1986, then to Paris, before emigrat ...
.Jahangir Forouhar,
He started in theater at the age 18. He started acting in cinemas in 1945 with the film ''Ganjineh Soleiman''. After the
revolution
In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...
, he was summoned to the courts of the
Islamic Revolutionary Court
Islamic Revolutionary Court (also Revolutionary Tribunal, ''Dadgahha-e Enqelab''Bakhash, Shaul, ''Reign of the Ayatollahs'', Basic Books, 1984, p.59-61) (Persian language, Persian: دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی) is a special system of cour ...
.
In 1970, he received a commendation for the second role of a man for the film ''House of Solitude'' (Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh) from the 10th
Fajr Film Festival.
Filmography
* ''
Dash Akol'' (1971)
* ''
The suitor'' (1972)
* ''
Sattar Khan'' (1972)
* ''
Mozaffar'' (1974)
* ''
Soltan-e Sahebgharan'' (1974, TV series)
* ''
The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries'' (1974)
* ''
The Falconet'' (1975)
* ''
My Uncle Napoleon'' (1976, TV series)
* ''
Dar Emtedade Shab'' (1978)
* ''
Desiderium'' (1978)
* ''
Hezar Dastan'' (1987, TV series)
* ''
Shaheed-e-Kufa
''The Martyr of Kufa'' ( fa, شهید کوفه, Shaheed-e Kufa) original title ''Imam Ali'' ( fa, امام علی) is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib, directed by Davood Mirbagheri,Hervé Dumont. ''L'Ant ...
'' (1992–1998, TV series)
References
External links
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Photograph of Jahangir Forouhar:
Photograph of Jahangir Forouhar's grave:
1916 births
1997 deaths
Actors from Isfahan
People from Isfahan
People from Tehran
Iranian male film actors
Iranian male television actors
20th-century Iranian male actors
Burials at artist's block of Behesht-e Zahra
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