Veteran Iranian Actor Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz to Be Honore

Date: 11 April 2018 - 20:28

News ID: ۵۱۶۸۷

TEHRAN (Dispatches)-Veteran Iranian actor Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz is to be honored during a ceremony held at Tehran's Shahrak Cineplex later in April.
The honoring ceremony will be held coinciding with Keshavarz's 88th birthday, manager of the Cineplex announced, adding that one of the halls of the cineplex has been named after the veteran actor and will be a venue of the 36th Fajr International Film Festival.

Keshavarz, born in 1930 in Isfahan, has graduated from the Tehran University Faculty of Dramatic Arts. He began his acting career with the play "Violinmaker” in 1960 and professional acting with plays such as "Uncle Vanya”, ‘Antigone”, and "Oedipus the King”.
In 1968, he played in a number of TV series, including "Hezar Dastan”, "Sarbedaran”, "Sultan and the Shepherd”, "The Wolves', "The Patriarch”, "The Young Lawyers”, "Seasoned Rider”, "Youth”, "Lighter Than Darkness”, "A House in the Dark”, "The Unfamiliar Scent of Autumn”, "The Way of Infatuation”, and "Night Path”.
He has appeared in movies such as "Mr. Simpleton”, "The Last Supper”, "Kamal-ol-Molk”, "The Man Who Became a Mouse’, "Mirza Nowruz's Shoes”, "Jafar Khan Returns from Abroad”, "Nassereddin Shah Film Actor”, "The Devoted”, "The Fateful Day”, "Ghazal”', "The Legion”, and "Waiting”.
He was nominated for a Fajr Film Festival Crystal Simorgh for Best Male Actor for his role in "Mother” in 1989.