Parviz Parastui ( پرویز پرستویی ) was born on 24 June 1955 in the village of Charli, Iran, to a farming family, which moved to Tehran when Parviz was three years old. He began acting on stage at the age of 15 by joining numerous theatrical groups, one of them led by the director Bahram Beizai. Performances in Kiosk and Submitters earned 20-year-old Parviz Parastui awards from The Youth Palace. Prior to becoming a full-time actor he attained a degree in Dramatic Arts from the Ministry of Culture
... and Islamic Guidance, and worked as a judicial receptionist. Parastui is well known to the general public for Hunting (Shekar) Leili is With Me (Leili Ba Man Ast), Snow Man (Adam Barfi), The Changed Man (Marde Avazi), Water and Fire (Ab o Atash). Parvis Parastui gained recognition with 'The Glass Agency' (Ajanse Shishei), 'The Lizard' (Marmoolak), 'The Willow Tree' (Bide Majnoon) and 'Today' (Emrouz) garnering much praise and several awards for those films. Parastui won 4 Crystal Simorgh Best Actor Awards for the movie 'The Glass Angency', 'In the Name of the Father' (Be Name Pedar), 'The Willow Tree', Ebrahimiyan's 2016 feature film 'Bodyguard'. Multi-award winning actor Parviz Parastui is also known for the TV Shows: Imam Ali, Under the Pillory (Zighe Tigh) and The Red Soil (Khake Sorkh). More recently, Parvis Parastui appeared on the big screen in the movie 'Ghatele Ahli' and 'The Paper Home' (Khaneye Kaghazi).Parviz Parastui has been a Actor in some movies:
The Lizard is about that Satirical commentary on clergymen in post-revolutionary Iran. While in prison, petty criminal Reza (Parviz Parastui) comes across a clergyman, sparking a plan for escape. Reza dons his new acquaintance's clerical robes and makes a bid for freedom. He soon learns that being a clergyman brings little respect from the public. Reza travels to the outlying villages, from where he plots to escape the country. However, his plans must be put on hold when the villagers accept him into their community and expect him to perform religious duties. Will Reza's prison break transform him into an unlikely pillar of the community? In this film Parviz Parastui collaborates with Mehran Rajabi, Rana Azadivar, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Farideh Sepah Mansour, Maedeh Tahmasebi, Bahram Ebrahimi, Soheila Razavi, Sepehr Rezanoor, Kamal Tabrizi, Manouchehr Mohammadi, Farhad Vilkiji, Mehrdad Ziaei, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Hossein Zandbaf, Peyman Ghasemkhani, Hamid Khozooei Abyaneh, Majid Eskandari, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Mohsen Roshan, Hossein Abedini, Naghi Seif Jamali, Sirus Hemati, Majid Khamseh.
Snow Man is about that A middle-aged man named Abbas, desperate to leave Iran for America, longs for a visa that would allow him to travel to the U.S. In his desperation, the man begins dressing as a woman in the hope of ensnaring an American man and entering the country that way. By changing his clothes and applying make-up, Abbas transforms into Dorna, but as events unfold and scenarios become increasingly complicated, Abbas begins to have his doubts. Fusing comedy, drama and romance, Davood Mirbagheri's 'Snow Man' has gone on to become one of the highest-grossing Iranian films of all time. In this film Parviz Parastui collaborates with Akbar Abdi, Azita Hajian, Mehdi Fathi, Dariush Arjmand, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Davood Mir-Bagheri, Ardeshir Irannejad, Farhad Fakhreddini, Maziar Partow, Mohammadreza Mouyini.
Twenty is about that Soleymani is the strict and steady manager of a reception hall in the southern district of the city. His psychiatrist believes that the reason Soleymani behaves in such manner is because of his depression caused by all the funerals held in his hall. Later on, Soleymani decides to close down the hall in twenty days’ time. This news shocks all the employees and the cook who was so used to his job , gets really upset. Suddenly, a guy walks in and claims to be Soleymani’s son. Soleymani’s behavior changes drastically after that and he is no longer the bad tempered boss that he used to be and he treats everybody with kindness, and finally the first wedding ceremony is held in the hall. But Soleymani passes away before finding out the truth about his son. In this film Parviz Parastui collaborates with Mahtab Keramati, Habib Rezaei, Mehran Ahmadi, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee, Pouran Derakhshandeh, Alireza Khamse, Abdolreza Kahani, Abbas Rastegarpour, Masoud Salami, Hossein Mahkam, Shima Monfared, Alireza Hosseinizadeh, Javad Jalali, Amirali Vajedsamiei.
The Changed Man is about that The crazy and penniless chemist Khosro discovers a new, powerful washing powder for which he hopes to receive the Nobel Prize and become a rich man. In an attempt to sell his formula to Jam, the president of a local washing powder factory, Khosro had a fatal accident. Jam on the other hand faces bankruptcy and workers strikes. In his impotence, Jam suffers a heart attack and is taken to the same hospital as Khosro was. The hospital's neurosurgeon has a far-reaching idea about how to make use of Khosro's alive brain and Jam's alive body, which results in a hilarious and entertaining mess. In this film Parviz Parastui collaborates with Afsaneh Bayegan, Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Nader Soleymani, Reza Shafiee Jam, Arsh Poor Zarei, Lorik Minassian, Mohammad Reza Honarmand, Shahrzad Mahdavi, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Farhad Tohidi, Mehrdad Fakhimi, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Ali Abedini, Mahmoud Pakniat, Mohsen Roshan, Hamid Lolayi, Mohammad Hatami, Parvin Meykadeh, Akbar Ghadami, Abdolhamid Ghadirian, Abbas Ghajar, Zohreh Mojabi, Mohammadreza Mouyini, Reza Zhian, Shahrokh Sakhai, Alireza Naeini, Farid Koshan Fallah, Mohammad Reza Hagh-goo, Abdolali Kamali, Ezzatollah Mehravaran, Mehran Tajik, Mahmoud Hendiani.
The Willow Tree is about that What if a man blind since birth was suddenly given the gift of sight? This is the central premise of this beautiful, gripping drama from Majid Majidi. When the middle aged Youssef, a blind university professor, is given the chance to undergo major eye surgery in France, he finds his prayers answered. Leaving behind his loving wife and daughter, he finds a new lease of life in his new visual world. However, will he lose sight of what is important? A hauntingly beautiful, poignant piece of work. In this film Parviz Parastui collaborates with Roya Teymourian, Sharareh Dolat Abadi, Afarin Obeisi, Mahmoud Kalari, Leila Otadi, Majid Majidi, Mahmoud Behraznia, Yadollah Najafi, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Hashem Attar, Hassan Hassandoust, Ahmad Pejman, Melika Aslani, Bahram Badakhshani, Behzad Kazzazi, Hossein Bashash, Mohsen Mossavi, Seyyed Saeed Seyedzadeh, Dawlat Asadi, Melika Eslafi, Ahmad Gavaheri, Fouad Nahas, Nasser Hashemzadeh.
Leily is With Me is about that Being a television cinematographer with financial problems and a half built flat does not seem to work out very well for Sadegh Meshkini. During Iran-Iraq war when loan was only given to those who had fought in the war or were going to do so, he is told to make a documentary about the Iraqi captives in the war zone in order to get the loan. Reluctant as he is, he finds no way of changing his fate and eventually has to give up. In this film Parviz Parastui collaborates with Shohreh Lorestani, Mehdi Faghih, Kamal Tabrizi, Hashem Attar, Mojtaba Rahimi, Reza Maghsoodi, Behnam Abtahi, Mahmoud Azizi, Behrouz Moavenian, Ali Ghaffari, Rahim Mehdikhani, Hasan Hoseinian.
Ziba and I is about that Although Mousa is an outcast in his village, he holds the important community position of caring for a sacred horse that is at the center of an annual ritual. When Mousa starts suffering from a recurring dream in which he dies every night, his son consults the village imam and council of elders to help save him from his torment. Although they refuse, Mousa begins to find comfort in a young village girl named Ziba. As the time of the ceremony approaches, the two strike up a touching relationship that will change them both and lead toward a climax that affects the whole village. In this film Parviz Parastui collaborates with Reza Naji, Shahab Hosseini, Darya Ashoori, Javad Norooz Beigi, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Abbas Rastegarpour, Mehdi Hosseinivand, Mohammad Reza Sokoot, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Fereydoun Hassanpour, Mohsen Roshan, Niki Nasirian, Houman Masoumi, Hadis Miramini, Bahman Sadegh Hasani, Habib Majidi, Sima Khezr Abadi, Mehdi Boustan Parvar, Parviz Sirati.
Other films are:
Thirteen 59, Border Cafe, The Glass Agency, Red Ribbon, We Have a Guest, Jamshid and Khorshid, In the Name of Father, Bodyguard, The Book of Law, The Reward of Silence, Haj Kazem, Buffalo, Tamed Killer, Water and Fire, Maternal Love, The Prank, Dead Wave, Today, The Duel, The Insane Flew Away, Night Out, Miss Iran, Los Angeles, Tehran, House of Paper, Awakening for Three Days, The Bear, My Lady, The Mummy 3, The Psycho, The Story Of A Lucky Man, The Snake, Hunt, The Last Fiction, I Am Naser Hejazi, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Glasses Love, Conquest Vanguards, Two, The Minstrel, There at the Same Time, Without Anything, Land of Lovers, The Organization 4, My Dear I Don't Coock
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