Mehdi Hashemi born in Langrud, north of Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 in 1946 (1325 Iranian calendar), is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, screenwriter

Screenwriter

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, and director

Film director

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He studied performance art and graduated in 1973 from the University of Tehran

University of Tehran

The University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian...

, Iran. The actor began his theatre/cinema career with Dariush Farhang in 1969. The peak time of his activities was between 1981 and 1996 when he played in several Iranian TV series and movies.
However it was the TV complex of Soltan-o-Shaban (Sultan and Shepherd), shot and broadcast around 1984-85 which made him famous.

He also is the winner of the ninth Iranian Fajr Film Festival award, Simorgh-e-Bolourin, for his playing in the film "Do Film Ba Yek Belit" (translates "one ticket for two movies").

He is the husband of Iranian actress, Golab Adineh

Golab Adineh

Golab Adineh is an Iranian actress.She is daughter of Iranian novelist Hosseingholi Mosta'an and is married to Iranian actor Mehdi Hashemi.-Selected filmography:* Rusari Abi * Fasl-e panjom...

, and brother of Naser Hashemi. He has acted in the films of many great Iranian directors including Bahram Beizai , Rakhshan Bani Etemad

Rakhshan Bani Etemad

Rakhshān Bani-E'temād is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian film director and screenwriter. Widely considered as Iran's premier female director, her films have been praised at international festivals as well as being remarkably popular with Iranian critics and...

 and Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an Iranian film director, writer, editor, and producer. During 2007 he was the president of Asian Film Academy.Makhmalbaf's films have been widely presented in international film festivals in the past ten years. The multi-award-winning director, belongs to the new wave...

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Filmography

• Zende bad (1979)
• Death of Yazdgerd (1982)
• Kharej az Mahdudeh (1986)
• Bogzar zendegi konam (1986)
• Gharibe (1987)
• Canary Yellow (1988)
• The Silent Hunt (1990)
• Do film ba yek belit (1990)
• Ali va ghool-e jangal (1990)
• Behtarin baba-ye donya (1991)
• Aghay-e bakhshdar (1991)
• Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema (1992)
• Hamsar (1994)
• Alo!Alo! Man joojoo-am (1994)
• Mojezeye khandeh (1996)
• Report Card Day (2003)
• Hich (2010)
• Hich 2 (2010)
• Alzheimer (2011)

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