Parviz Parastui (; born 24 June 1955) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including four Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor–making him the only actor to have four wins in that category–four Hafez Awards, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.
Early life Parviz Parastui was born in Kabudrahang, Hamadan province.زندگینامه: پرویز پرستویی (۱۳۳۴-) . Hamshahri. Retrieved on 11 November 2015. He served in the Iran-Iraq war. He worked in judicature before becoming an actor. He began his career by starring in the film Diar-e Asheghan. Following Diare Asheghan, Parastui began a long lasting career in films.
Career Film After starring in films such as Pishtazan-e Fath, Hunting, etc., Parviz Parastui acted as "Sadeq Meshkini", a comedy role in the highly acclaimed yet controversial movie Leily Is with Me directed by Kamal Tabrizi. The war film Leily Is with Me brought a new perspective to the Iran–Iraq War which up to then was viewed as taboo material. The movie tells the comical story of a war-fearing employee of Iranian Television Broadcasting unknowingly advancing straight to enemy lines, while actually trying to flee the war when he is assigned to accompany a director to a city close to enemy lines to film a documentary piece. Since then, Parastui has expanded his presence as a comedy film actor by starring in other revolutionary comedy films.
Parviz Parastui also starred in war films such as The Red Ribbon, The Glass Agency, and Dead Wave. Ebrahim Hatamikia directed most of Parastui's war films. Parviz Parastui had been known as a comedian with playing roles in The Snowman, The Glass Love, Marde Avazi before he played a role in the satire film The Lizard, another work by Kamal Tabrizi. He gained major popularity and fame after playing in Marmoulak as "Reza Marmoulak". Parastui in The Willow Tree, Majid Majidi the role of "Joseph", Performance was brilliant. Today, Reza Mirkarimi latest Movie of Important He is.
Television Parastui's TV works include series such as: The Apartment, The Martyr of Kufa, The Red Soil, Under the Pillory and The Chef.
He was awarded the Best Actor title in International TV Programs Rome Festival for playing in Under the Pillory.An Iranian Actor Won the Best Actor of TV Programs Award International Rome TV Programs Festival.19 July 2007 He also plays the lead role in The Accomplice series.
Music
Besides acting in movies and on stage, Parastui is a singer and so far has recorded three albums. His first album called Daddy () was released in 2006 and his second album Im Parviz Parastui () was released in 2013. Parastui's most recent album, I'm an Actor (), was released in 2014.
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1983 Land of Lovers Hassan Karbakhsh Ravari Honorary Diploma Best Supporting Actor Fajr International Film Festival 1984 Conquest Vanguards Naser Mohammadipour 1987 Secret Agency Hassan Javanbakhsh 1988 Hunting Majid Javanmard 1990 The Adventures of that Fortunate Man Reza Heydarnejad 1991 The Snake Majid Javanmard 1992 Imam Ali Davoud Mirbagheri 1995 The Snowman Davoud Mirbagheri 1996 Leily Is with Me Kamal Tabrizi Honorary Diploma Best Actor Fajr International Film Festival The voice of the Cuckoo Bahman Zarin 1997 Under the Umbrella of the Sun Bahman Zarrinpour Motherly Love Kamal Tabrizi The Mad Dariush Farhang The Glass Agency Ebrahim Hatamikia Crystal Simorgh Best Actor Fajr International Film FestivalStatue Best Actor Celebration House of CinemaBest Actor International Festival of Ethnological FilmBest Actor Moqavemat Film FestivalHafez Award Best Actor The Changed Man Mohammad Reza Honarmand 1999 The Red Ribbon Ebrahim Hatamikia Joking Homayoun Assadian 2000 The Glass Love Reza Heydarnejad Mummy III Mohammad Reza Honarmand 2001 The Dead Wave Ebrahim Hatamikia Water & Fire Fereydoun Jeyrani The Red Soil Ebrahim Hatamikia 2002 I'm not winded Mohammad Reza Honarmand Hafez Award Best Actor One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest Ahmadreza Motamedi 2003 Banooye Man Yadollah Samadi 2004 Duel Ahmad Reza Darvish 2005 Café Transit Kambuzia Partovi Special Jury Award International Film Festival of Kerala The Willow Tree Majid Majidi Crystal Simorgh Best Actor Fajr International Film Festival 2006 In the Name of the Father Ebrahim Hatamikia Crystal Simorgh Best Actor Fajr International Film FestivalHafez Award Best Actor Under the Pillory Mohammad Reza Honarmand Best Actor Award International TV Programs Rome Festival Fans Mohammad Rahmanian Best Actor Award Theatre Critics Society 2007 Reward of Silence Maziar Miri Miss Iran Saman Moghaddam 2008 The Book of Law Maziar Miri 2008 Twenty Abdolreza Kahani Best Actor Award Batumi International Art-House Film Festival2010 Thirteen 59 Saman Salur 2010 Bear Khosro Masumi 2011 Ziba and I Fereydoun Hassanpour Best Actor Award Iranian Film Festival in Canada2013 We Guests Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour 2014 Bidari Baraye Se Rooz Masoud Amini 2014 Buffalo Kaveh Sajjadi 2015 Two Soheila Golestani 2017House of PaperAmiraliMehdi Sabbaghzadeh
Film YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes2004The LizardReza MesghaliKamal Tabrizi2014TodayYounesReza Mirkarimi2016Bodyguard Heidar ZabihiEbrahim Hatamikia2017Domestic KillerJalal SoroushMasoud Kimiaee2018Los Angeles, TehranBehrouzTina Pakravan2019The SingerEbrahim KhoshlahnMostafa Kiaee2021MajorityAmirMohsen Gharaee
Web Year Title Role Director Platform Notes 2020 The AccompliceFariborz SabouriMostafa KiaeeFilimo, NamavaMain roleThe Hunting GroundNima JavidiMain role
Awards and nominations
he received numerous accolades throughout his career spanned, including four Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor, making him the first and only actor to have four wins in that category
References
External links
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