Jalal Pishvaian (10 June 1930 – 11 December 2021) was an Iranian actor. He acted in over 80 films.

Life and career

Jalal Pishvaian was born on 10 June 1930 in

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. Prior to acting, he owned a gym and was involved in

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and

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. Pishvaian is associated with

Iranian New Wave Iranian New Wave () refers to a movement in Iranian cinema. It started in 1964 with Hajir Darioush's second film ''Serpent's Skin'', which was based on D.H. Lawrence's '' Lady Chatterley's Lover'' and featured Fakhri Khorvash and Jamshid Mas ...

, Persian film, and popular film; he often played villainous characters. One of his first films was in 1962 with ''A Girl Is Screaming''. Before 1978 and the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

, his other notable films were ''The Hungry Wolves'' (1962), '' Qeysar'' (1969; English: ''Caesar''), '' Khodahafez Rafigh'' (1971; English: ''Goodbye Friend''), and '' Reza, the Motorcyclist'' (1970). During the period of the

and immediately after, Pishvaian was considered as one of the symbols of the "vulgarity". In 1985, Pishvaian emigrated to Germany, with the intention of retiring from acting; however 10 years in 1995 later he returned to acting again. He died after fracturing his pelvis in Germany, on 11 December 2021, at the age of 91.

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* 1930 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Iranian male actors Iranian male film actors Male actors from Tehran {{Iran-actor-stub