Djahangir Almasi (born in 1955 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian actor. He has played different roles in his career, but he’s known mainly as an actor who plays serious and intellectual roles. He started his career with Stemming from Blood (1984) and has also directed a short film.

Some of his films are:

• Stemming from Blood, 1983
• Monster, 1985
• Spectre of the Scorpion, 1986
• Nar & Ney, 1988
• Portrait of Love, 1990
• The Fall
• End of Childhood, 1993
• Banichaw
• The Poor Lover, 1995
• Sohrab, 1999

Among with Mohamad Reza Sharifinia

Mohamad Reza Sharifinia

-Early life:Sharifinia was born on 15 June 1955 in Tehran, Iran. after graduating from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts he married to Iranian actress Azita Hajian, the outcome of this marriage are two daughters Mehraveh and Melika...

 and Ahmad Najafi

Ahmad Najafi

Ahmad Nadjafi Shoushtari is an Iranian actor and producer. He has a B.A. in Economics from the Woodbury University in Burbank, California. In 1976, he entered cinema by assisting Massoud Kimiayee in Ghazal. In 1976, he founded a movie distributing company in U.S., and he was the vice-president of...

, Almasi is one of the few Iranian actors who is known for supporting Iranian presidential minor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

As a result, he lost his populity after Iranian presidential election in 2009.

External links

• Jahangir Almasi at The Internet Movie Database