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Ali Nassirian
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Nassirian at the 2020 Fajr Film Festival
Born (1935-02-04) 4 February 1935 (age 89)
Tehran, Iran
Occupation Actor, film director
Years active 1947–present
Spouse(s)
Fatemeh Bayat
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(m. 1969; died 2019)​
Awards Order of Culture and Art.png Order of Culture and Art (1st Class)

Ali Nassirian (Persian: علی نصیریان; born February 4, 1935) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs, a Hafez Award, an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award and a Sepas Award. Nasirian, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, 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.

Film career

He first appeared in a supporting role in Dariush Mehrjui's The Cow (1969) alongside Ezatollah Entezami, another Iranian actor. Nassirian then played the title role of Mr. Naive (1970), also by Mehrjui. His other films include: The Postman (1971), The Cycle (1974), The Mandrake (1975), Kamalolmolk (1983), Mirza Norouz's Shoes (1985), Stone Lion (1986), Captain Khorshid (1987), The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995), and Iron Island (2005), Masxarebaz (2019) for which he received the Crystal Simorgh award for the best supporting actor. He played the lead role in The Saturday Hunter (2011), and Sun Children (2020).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes
1969 The Cow Mash Eslam Dariush Mehrjui
1970 Mr. Naive Mr. Halou Dariush Mehrjui
1972 Sattar Khan Sattar Khan Ali Hatami
The Postman Taghi Postchi Dariush Mehrjui
1975 The Mandrake Ali EzatFakhar Fereydoun Gole
1976 The Custodian Rahman Najafi Khosrow Haritash
1977 The Cycle Esmail Dariush Mehrjui
1981 The School We Used to Go Amir Pazouki Dariush Mehrjui
1987 Captain Khorshid Mr. Farhan Nasser Taghvai
The Stone Lion A'ali Yar Masoud Jafari Jozani
1989 The Years of Ash Mehdi Sabaghzadeh
The Grand Day Kianoush Ayari
1990 Foreign Currency Morteza Olfat Rakhshan Banietemad
1995 The Scent of Joseph's Shirt Daei Ghafoor Ebrahim Hatamikia
1997 Minoo Watch Tower Ebrahim Hatamikia
1999 Punishment Committe Abolfath Mirza Ali Hatami
2001 Prisoner 707 Habibollah Bahmani
2003 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ferasat Ahmad Reza Motamedi
The Silent King Homayoun Shahnavaz
2005 Iron Island Solatol Doleh Mohammad Rasoulof
2009 The Postman Doesn't Knock Three Times Hassan Fathi
2010 The Saturday Hunter Grandfather Parviz Sheikh Tadi
2015 Iran Burger Amrollah Khan Masoud Jafari Jozani
2018 Emperor of Hell Parviz Sheikh Tadi
Tale of the Sea Houshang Bahman Farmanara
2019 A Hairy Tale Kazem Homayoun Ghanizadeh
2020 Sun Children Hashem Majid Majidi
2022 A Minor Aghajoon Dariush Mehrjui
2023 Seven Citrus Aurantium Shams Farshad Golsefidi
2024 Nowruz Soheil Movaffagh

Television

Year Title Role Director Platform Notes
2015–2016 Shahrzad Bozorg Agha Hassan Fathi Lotus Play Main role; season 1
2021 Mutual Friendship Himself Shahab Hosseini Namava Talk show; 1 episode; with Dariush Moadabian & Farhad A'ish

Television

Year Title Role Director Network Notes
1983–1984 Sarbadars Judge Share' Mohammad Ali Najafi IRIB TV1 TV series; main role
1988 Nightingales Abolfath Sabah Ali Hatami IRIB TV1 TV series; main role
2007 The Forbidden Fruit Younes Fotouhi Hassan Fathi IRIB TV2 TV series; main role
2019 Dear Brother Karim Boustan Mohammad Reza Ahanj IRIB TV3 TV series; main role

Plays

  • 2012: The Actor and His Wife, Niavaran Cultural Center, writer and actor, direct by Mohsen Moeini Negin Mirhasani Vahed
  • 2012: Dozing-off Niavaran Cultural Center, writer and actor, direct by Mohsen Moeini
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