Jahangir Almasi

Acting

Jahangir Almasi

Born March 21, 1950 · Tehran, Iran (age 76)

Djahangir Almasi (Persian: جهانگیر الماسی‎, born 21 March 1950 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian actor. He has played different roles in his career, but he is known mainly as an actor who plays serious and intellectual roles. He started his career with Stemming from Blood (1984) and has also directed a short film. Almasi was awarded with lifetime achievement award at 31st Fajr International Film Fes…

Known For

The GrandfatherThe Grandfather · 1986
The Grandfather
8.01986
Movie
A man decides to sell the old family house to move into a modern apartment in the suburbs, and at the same time decides to send his father to a nursing home.
The Legend of a SighThe Legend of a Sigh · 1991
The Legend of a Sigh
9.01991
MovieDrama
The Legend of a Sigh is Tahmineh Milani's strikingly feminist film which draws on the literature of Azarbayejan province. The protagonist is a female novelist who experiences the lives of four women from different social strata. The film offers a fascinating portrait of a range of Iranian women and their problems
ExodusExodus · 2020
Exodus
2020
MovieDrama
The story is about two men who start their journey from Dezful to Tehran, who are on the road for two and a half months and face many challenges.
The RubbleThe Rubble · 1985
The Rubble
1985
MovieDramaFamily
A wealthy man summons his sons and their wives to divide his inheritance among them before his death. While he is preaching to his children and daughters-in-law in the basement of the house, he dies, and at the same moment as his death, an earthquake blocks the exit from the basement.
Operation MangroveOperation Mangrove · 2008
Operation Mangrove
2008
MovieCrimeTV Movie
Major Nabavi , an officer of the Law Enforcement Force, infiltrates a drug trafficking ring on the orders of his commander in order to report the transaction of a drug shipment.
Behind the Curtain of FogBehind the Curtain of Fog · 2005
Behind the Curtain of Fog
7.02005
MovieDrama
Morteza, a deaf child who lost his father, lives in a village with his mother. He, who is not a study student, becomes completely unmotivated when dealing with the bad-tempered school teacher. Later, when Morteza's classmates inform him of the teacher's intention to marry his mother, he becomes pessimistic towards his mother and the teacher.
The HarbourThe Harbour · 1988
The Harbour
8.01988
MovieDramaFamily
Two teens escape from their house and go to Bandar-Abbas because of the problems they have with their father. The father searches for them and finally manages to find their trace. So he goes to Bandar-Abbas. After a series of events, the family members become friends again and start to appreciate each other.
The MonsterThe Monster · 1985
The Monster
7.51985
MovieDramaHorror
An Iranian villager wants to restore a nearby well in hopes of solving a water sortage, but is haunted by a local legend of a monster that drinks the wells dry.

Filmography

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Hezar DastanHezar Dastan · 1988
Hezar Dastan
6.81988
SeriesDramaHistory
Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

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