Mohamad-Ali Keshavarz (; April 15, 1930 – June 14, 2020) was an Iranian actor. Keshavarz, Ali Nasirian, Ezatollah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi, and Davoud Rashidi are known as "the five most important actors in the history of Iranian cinema" because of their influence.
Early life He was born on 15 April 1930 in Sichan (neighbourhood), Isfahan. He was the second child of the family of Keshavarz, an artificer family.
Career Mohammad Ali Keshavarz graduated from Art School for Acting. He started stage acting in 1960 and began film acting with Night of Hunchback (1964, Farrokh Ghaffari). He was one of the most experienced and prominent actors of Iranian cinema. He has also appeared in a few television series.A talk with Mohammad Ali Keshavarz
Personal life He was divorced and had one daughter who lives in Austria. Keshavarz was hospitalized in August 2011 after a heart attack.Mohammad Ali Keshavarz was hospitalized He died on June 14, 2020, in Atieh Hospital in Tehran at the age of 90 following a long illness.
Selected filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2010 Ali Akbar Moalem Damghani 1998Legion 1997Komiteh mojazatShaban ostekhani 1996The GazelleGhazaal's grandfather 1995The Fateful Day 1994A Man, a BearKamaliThrough the Olive TreesFilm director 1992Nassereddin ShahFarrash bashiKhosoofFattahDel ShodeganMirza MahmoudDear Wednesday 1991MotherJostojoo dar jazirehAghay-e bakhshdar 1990The Rose 1989Foreign CurrencyThe Searcher 1987Jamil 1985TaelMardi ke moosh shod!Mirza Norooz's ShoesMirza NorouzJafar Khan Is Back from the WestKhan Daei 1984Kamalolmolk 1982The imperilled 1981Gerdab 1980Zemzeme-ye mohabbat 1978CaravansShakkurDust-dwellers 1977The Condemned 1976Vaghti ke aseman beshkafadThe Chess Game of the WindSham-e akharThe Desert of the Tartars 1973Ghesseye mahan 1972DownpourNazemSadegh Korde 1964Adobe and Mirror Shabe ghuzi Jamal
+ TV Year Title Role Notes 1993Pedar SalarAsadollah Vaezian 1983SarbedaranKhaje Ghosheyri 1978–1987Hezar DastanShaban Ostekhani (Shaban Jafari) 1976My Uncle NapoleonSarhang 1970Mr. Naive
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External links
Naghsh Āfarin-i az Esfahan (A Character Actor from Esfahan), in Persian, Jadid Online, 27 January 2009, .A series of photographs of Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, old and new, Jadid Online: .