Ali Nassirian Information

Ali Nassirian (born January 3, 1934) actor, scenarist, director of cinema, theater, and television Childhood and Educations He was born in Tehran and in 1997 when he was a student at Pirnia secondary school his classmates were Jamshid Layeq, Ismaeil Davarfar, Mehdi Fathi who later all appeared as the most outstanding Cinema and theater artists. In 1950 while he was a student he attended the art classes of Jameeh Barbad had been established in 1926 in Laleh Zar, by Ismaeil Mehrtash, and started to train the art lovers under the supervision of masters such as Rafie Halati and Ismaeil Mehrtash. Ali Nasirian also passed one year course in the Saadi classes of theater managed by Hossein Kheyrkhah and then enrolled in the art school of Acting and received a diploma from that art institution. Professional Activities Nasirian was one of the first members of the National Art Group who were graduated from Tehran Art school of Acting. He started his artistic activities in 1952 with acting in the theater of Jameeh Barbad. In 1956 he was awarded the first prize in playwriting competition for the play “The Enamored Nightingale”. Nasirian by Acting in the famous film “Cow” directed by Dariush Mehrjooie, started his activities in cinema. From the 1950s up to the present time he has been present in the arena of art by acting in films and serials and by directing and playwriting, but he is mostly known as an actor. Among his well-known works one can refer to Sarbedaran, Mr. Dolt, Postman, Mirza Nowrooz’s Shoes, the Stony Lion, Captain Khorshid, Hezar Dastan (thousand deceits), The Gray Years, the Scent of Joseph’s Shirt, The Forbidden Fruit, and Shahrzad. Films Cow; directed by Dariush Mehrjooie, 1696 Mr. Dolt; directed by Dariush Mehrjooie, 1970 Postman; directed by Dariush Mehrjooie, 1972 Sattar Khan. Directed by Ali Hatami, 1972 Mandrake; directed by Feraydoon Goleh, 1975 Janitor; directed by Khosrow Haritash, 1976 The Blue Circle; directed by Dariush Mehrjooie, 1978 The School That We Haunted; directed by Dariush Mehrjooie, 1980 Sunny Sitters; directed by Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh, 1981 Strap; directed by Gholam Hossein Taheri Doost, 1981 The Season of Blood; directed by Habib Kavosh, 1981 Prize; directed by Alireza Davoodnejad, 1982 Kamalolmolk; directed by Ali Hatami, 1983 The Cold Roads; directed by Masoud Jafari Jozani, 1985 Mirza Nowrooz’s Shoes; directed by Mohammad Motevasselani, 1985 Toranj (a Persian sign); directed by Mohmmad Reza Alami, 1986 Thief and the Writer; directed by Kazem Masoumi, 1986 The Stony Lion; directed by Masoud Jafari Jozjani, 1986 Captain Khorshid; directed by Naser Taghvaie, 1986 A Magnificent Day; directed by Kianoosh Ayyari, 1988 The Gray Years; directed by Mehdi Sabbagzadeh, 1988 Foreign Currency; directed by Rakhshan Bani Etemad, 1989 My Love, My Town; directed by Ali Qavitan, 1991 The Flame of Wrath; directed by Hamid Reza Ashtianipoor, 1992 The Minoo Tower; directed by Ibrahim Hatami Kia, 1995 The Scent of Joseph’s Shirt; directed by Ibrahim Hatami Kia, 1995 The Committee of Punishment; directed by Ali Hatami, 1998 Inmate No.707; directed by Habibolla Bahmani, 2001 An Insane Flew out the Cage; directed by Ahmad Reza Motamedi, 2002 The Recalcitrant King; directed by Homayoon Shah Navaz, 2003 The Iron Island; directed by Mohammad Rasoolov, 2014 The Postman Never Knock the Door Three Times; directed by Hassan Fathi, 2008 The Saturday Hunter; directed by Parviz Sheikh Tadi, 2009 Family Connection; directed by Afsaneh Monadi, 2010 Iran Berger; directed by Masoud Jafari Jozani, 2014 The Story f the Sea; directed by Bahman Farman Ara, 2016 The Emperor of Hell; directed by Parviz Sheik Tadi, 2017