Mehdi Hashemi (actor)

Mehdi Hashemi

Mehdi Hashemi at 32th Fajr
Born Mir Mehdi Hashemi Ghermezi
(1946-12-07) 7 December 1946
Langarud, Iran
Residence Tehran
Lahijan
Nationality Iranian
Occupation Actor, Screenwriter, and Director
Years active 1969–present
Spouse(s) Golab Adineh (m. 1981)
Children Noura (b. 1983)
Relatives Nasser Hash (brother)
Hosseingholi Mosta'an (father-in-law)
Awards Fajr Film Festival best actor (1991)

Mehdi Hashemi (Persian: مهدی هاشمی, born December 7, 1946 in Langrud, north of Iran) is an Iranian actor, screenwriter, and director.

He studied performance art and graduated in 1973 from the University of Tehran, Iran. The actor began his theatre/cinema career with Dariush Farhang in 1969. The peak time of his activities was between 1981 and 1996 when he played in several Iranian TV series and movies. However it was the TV complex of Soltan-o-Shaban (Sultan and Shepherd), shot and broadcast around 1984-85 which made him famous.

He also is the winner of the ninth Iranian Fajr Film Festival award, Simorgh-e-Bolourin, for his playing in the film "Do Film Ba Yek Belit" (translates "one ticket for two movies").

He is the husband of Iranian actress, Golab Adineh, and brother of Nasser Hashemi. He has acted in the films of many great Iranian directors including Bahram Beizai, Rakhshan Bani Etemad and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

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