Parviz Pourhosseini
Known For
Acting
Born
1941-09-11 in Tehran, Iran
Died
2020-11-27
Biography
Parviz Pourhosseini (Persian: پرویز پورحسینی , 11 September 1941 – 27 November 2020) was an Iranian film, theater and television actor. He died of COVID-19 at age 79, in Firoozgar Hospital in Tehran. He was best known for his roles in Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989), The Fifth Season (1997) and Saint Mary (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 bachelor's degree in performance arts from Tehran University's Faculty of Fine arts. In 1961, with director Hamid Samandarian, 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.
Most Known For
The Engineer Child
as Baba Esmaeil
The Mokhtar Narrative
Hezar Dastan
as Matin -o- Saltane
Tehran 11 Car
Once Upon a Time
as Ghodrat
Bashu, the Little Stranger
as Naii's husband
Saint Mary
as Zacharia
Hussein Who Said No
Salandar
Doctor Faustus
as Doctor Faustus
Time to Love
as Father Bita.
Saint Mary
as Zechariah
Asphyxia
Domestic Killer
as Haj Agha Nourbakhsh
Kamalolmolk
as Kamran Mirza
Day of the Angel
The Ship Angelica
Behind the Wall of Silence
The Fifth Season
