Mohamad Ali Fardin
Mohammad Ali Fardin (Persian: محمدعلی فردین, 4 February 1931 – 6 April 2000) was an Prominent Iranian actor, film director and freestyle wrestler. Fardin was born and raised in a poor area in southern Tehran. He was the eldest of three children.[1] After graduating from high school, Fardin joined the Air Force and became a freestyle wrestler in his twenties; he won a silver medal at the 1954 World Wrestling Championships and placed fourth in 1957. He was a popular lead actor in Iranian cinema, and was known by the title, King of Hearts, after his lead role in an Iranian film of the same title (Soltane Ghalbha). He rose to fame in the 1960s. For the average Iranian, he was a heroic figure who served as an alternative to non Iranian movie stars. He was stereotypically cast as the poor tough guy with the heart of gold who got the girl at the end. His films include, Behesht Door Nist, Ghazal, and Ganje Qarun. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he starred in only two more films, Bar Faraz -e- Asemanha and Barzakhiha. He also acted in the Indo Iranian Bollywood film Subah O Sham (1972) starring alongside Waheeda Rehman, Sanjeev Kapoor, Simin Ghaffari and Azar. The film was directed by Tapi Chanakya. His voice in the film was dubbed by Satyen Kappu. Fardin died as a result of cardiac arrest on 6 April 2000 at the age of 69. The news of his death was largely ignored by state radio and television, which was run according to the dictates of the Islamic establishment, who had disapproved of his acting career and had banned his films post the 1979 revolution. He was buried in the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery in Tehran. More than 20,000 mourners attended his funeral in Tehran.
Mootalaie shahre ma
Three-Eyed Ruby
Take Care of Your Hat
(Farhad)
Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant
The Roar of the Storm
The Crookes
(Eslaam)
Khoshgele khoshgela
A World Full of Hope
And Now... Make Your Peace with God
(Stanley Maserick)
Homaye Sa'adat
(Aram)
Mr. Twentieth Century
(Dash Habib)
A Man from the South of the City
(Habib)
Amir Arsalan-e Namdar
(Amir Arsalan)
The Imperilled
(Seyyed Yaqub)
Ghazal
(Hojjat)
Hatam Taee
The Chivalrous
(Amir Palang)
Ayyoob
(Ayyoob)
That Man from Teheran
(Detective / Sepehr Saman)
The Rotation of the Firmament
(Mamal Feshfesheh)
Alley of Valiants
Croesus' Treasure
(Ali bigham)
The Night Story
Tomorrow Is Bright
(2)
Shokoh-e-javanmardi
Filmfarsi
((archive footage))
The Midnight Terror
(Amir)
Up in the Sky
(Ramin / Shahin)
The Champion of Champions
King of Hearts
(Saeed)
Baba Shamal
(Baba Shamal)
Hell + Me
(Fereydoun)
White Gold
The Mountain Tiger
(Majid)
Jahan Pahlavan
Salam bar Eshgh
(Habib Khalkoub / Iraj)
Storm Over Petra
Mard-e hezar labkhand
(Hassan Kababi)
Women Are Angels
The Humans
(Amir)
Sahel-e Entezar
(Ahmad)
Furious Men
(Nasir)
The Big Appointment
(Amir)
Invincible
(Akbar)
Sekke-ye shans
The Golden Village
Behesth Door Nist
The Bitter Land
(Jamal)
Beggars of Tehran
The Meeting place of Anger
The Golden Palace
Gypsy's Wrath
Noah's Storm
Love and revenge
Tehran, an Unfinished History
Fountain of Life
The White Gold
Hungry Wolves
Twins
A Girl Screams
(Sharif)
The Laughing Widows
The River Course
(Mahmood)
Rural Songs
(Morad)
Hell Under My Feet
(YarQoli)
The secret of the oleaster tree
(Gholam)
One Beautiful and 1000 Problems
The Golden Palace
(Director)
Hatam Taee
(Director)
Hatam Taee
(Writer)
Hell + Me
(Producer)
The Big Appointment
(Editor)
The Big Appointment
(Producer)
The Big Appointment
(Writer)
The Night Story
(Director)
The Night Story
(Writer)
The Night Story
(Producer)
Up in the Sky
(Director)
Khoshgele khoshgela
(Director)
Khoshgele khoshgela
(Producer)
Khoshgele khoshgela
(Writer)
King of Hearts
(Director)
King of Hearts
(Writer)
Hell + Me
(Director)
The Big Appointment
(Director)
Sekke-ye shans
(Producer)
Beggars of Tehran
(Director)
Love and revenge
(Director)
Love and revenge
(Writer)
Hungry Wolves
(Director)