Parviz Pourhosseini

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.

Known For

Ballad of Bahram
Ballad of Bahram
The Station
The Station
Time to Love
Time to Love
Asphyxia
Asphyxia
The Spell
The Spell
Day of the Angel
Day of the Angel
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus
Behind the Wall of Silence
Behind the Wall of Silence
Domestic Killer
Domestic Killer
The Spring
The Spring

Filmography

2018 Ballad of Bahram
as as Himself
2018 Behind the Wall of Silence
as
2017 Asphyxia
as
2017 Domestic Killer
as Haj Agha Nourbakhsh
2017 Braille Line
as
2014 Time to Love
as Father Bita.
2014 Resurrection
as
2010 The Mokhtar Narrative
as
2010 Leila's Dream
as
2004 Nadhr
as
2003 Summit of the Wave
as
2001 Saint Mary
as Zechariah
2000 Tehran 11 Car
as
2000 Saint Mary
as Zacharia
1997 The Fifth Season
as
1993 Day of the Angel
as
1991 Bashu, the Little Stranger
as Naii's husband
1991 Once Upon a Time
as Ghodrat
1989 The Station
as
1989 The Ship Angelica
as