Parviz Poorhosseini ( 11 September 1941 – 27 November 2020) was an Iranian film, theater and television actor.

Biography

He was best known for his roles in ''

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'' (1989), '' The Fifth Season'' (1997) and ''

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'' (1997). Other well-known films he had performed in include ''The Man Who Became a Mouse'' (1985), ''The Night it Happened'' (1988), ''Angel Day'' (1993), and ''Leila's Sleep'' (2007). He graduated with a

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in performance arts from

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's Faculty of

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s. In 1961, with director

Hamid Samandarian Hamid Samandarian (; May 6, 1931 – July 12, 2012) was an Iranian film and theater director and translator. He staged numerous dramas including '' No Exit'' by Jean-Paul Sartre, ''Ghosts'' by Henrik Ibsen, '' The Glass Menagerie'' by Tennessee ...

, he and other artists formed an acting troupe named Pasargad. Since then, Poorhosseini had appeared in more than 35 movies, over 70 TV shows and 60 theater performances. He died of

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at Firoozgar Hospital in Tehran, aged 79.

Filmography

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* 1941 births 2020 deaths Iranian male actors Male actors from Tehran Iranian male film actors Iranian male stage actors Iranian male television actors Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran Burials at artist's block of Behesht-e Zahra {{Iran-actor-stub