Mohamad Ali Fardin
Acting
Born 1931-02-04
Died 2000-04-06
Tehran, Iran
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
34 credits
Furious Men
The Rotation of the Firmament
Mr. Twentieth Century
The Chivalrous
Hell + Me
Baba Shamal
The Imperilled
Up in the Sky
Take Care of Your Hat
Tomorrow Is Bright
That Man from Teheran
Rural Songs
Hell Under My Feet
Amir Arsalan-e Namdar
Salam bar Eshgh
Invincible
A Man from the South of the City
The Mountain Tiger
King of Hearts
The Humans
The secret of the oleaster tree
Sahel-e Entezar
The Big Appointment
Ayyoob
A Girl Screams
The River Course
Mard-e hezar labkhand
The Midnight Terror
Croesus' Treasure
Ghazal
Filmfarsi
Homaye Sa'adat
And Now... Make Your Peace with God
A Night Tale
Other credits
21 credits
Alley of Valiants
Three-Eyed Ruby
Mootalaie shahre ma
White Gold
Gypsy's Wrath
The Laughing Widows
Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant
Behesth Door Nist
Shokoh-e-javanmardi
Women Are Angels
Twins
Jahan Pahlavan
The Roar of the Storm
The Big Appointment
The Golden Village
Noah's Storm
One Beautiful and 1000 Problems
The White Gold
Fountain of Life
The Champion of Champions
Tehran, an Unfinished History
Directing
10 credits
Hell + Me
Up in the Sky
Love and Vengeance
Hatam Taee
King of Hearts
The Big Appointment
Beggars of Tehran
Hungry Wolves
The Golden Palace
A Night Tale
Writing
5 credits
Producing
4 credits
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