Parviz Parastui

Parviz Parastui
Born	Parviz Parastui (1955-06-24) 24 June 1955 (age 66) Kabudrahang, Hamedan, Iran
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, singer
Years active	1983–present
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)

Parviz Parastui (also spelt Parastooee or Parastouei, Persian: پرویز پرستویی‎, born 24 June 1955) is an Iranian theater, cinema, television actor and voice actor and singer. Parastui holds the record for the most Crystal Simorgh by an actor, he has upheld his standard by only working with high quality stories and film teams. His latest works are The Accomplice and Motreb, both were directed by and have set records for the most watched series and film.

Personal life[]

Parviz Parastui was born in Kabudrahang, Hamadan province.^[1] He married Shohreh Lorestani (an Iranian actress). Also, he served in the Iran-Iraq war.

Career beginning[]

Parviz Parastui had worked in judicature before he became an actor. He began his career by starring in the film Diar-e Asheghan. Following Diar-e Asheghan, Parastui began a long lasting career in films.

Film career[]

After starring in films such as Pishtazan-e Fath, Hunting, etc., Parviz Parastui acted as "Sadeq Meshkini", a comedy role in the highly acclaimed yet controversial movie Leily Is with Me directed by Kamal Tabrizi. The war film Leily Is with Me brought a new perspective to the Iran–Iraq War which up to then was viewed as taboo material. The movie tells the comical story of a war-fearing employee of Iranian Television Broadcasting unknowingly advancing straight to enemy lines, while actually trying to flee the war when he is assigned to accompany a director to a city close to enemy lines to film a documentary piece. Since then, Parastui has expanded his presence as a comedy film actor by starring in other revolutionary comedy films.

Parviz Parastui also starred in some war films like: The Red Ribbon, The Glass Agency, Dead Wave, etc. Ebrahim Hatamikia directed most of Parastui's war films. Parviz Parastui had been known as a comedian with playing roles in The Snowman, The Glass Love, Mard-e Avazi before he played a role in the satire film The Lizard, another work by Kamal Tabrizi. He gained major popularity and fame after playing in Marmoulak as "Reza Marmoulak". Parastui in The Willow Tree, Majid Majidi the role of "Joseph", Performance was brilliant. Today, Reza Mirkarimi latest Movie of Important He is.

Television career[]

Parastui's TV works include series such as: The Apartment, Imam Ali, The Red Soil, Under the Pillory (Zir-e Tigh). He was awarded the Best Actor title in International TV Programs Rome Festival for playing in Zire Tigh.^[2]He also plays the lead role in The Accomplice Home video series.

Filmography[]

Awards[]

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Musical activities[]

Parastui in Kiarostami Funeral

Besides acting in movies and on stage, Parastui is a singer and so far has recorded three albums. His first album called Daddy (Persian: بابایی‎) was released in 2006 and his second album Im Parviz Parastui (Persian: من پرویز پرستویی‎) was released in 2013. Parastui's most recent album, I'm an Actor (Persian: من یک بازیگرم‎), was released in 2014.

See also[]

• Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Parviz Parastui's partner in several films
• Reza Kianian
• Mohammad Reza Honarmand

References[]

External links[]

• Parviz Parastui at IMDb
• Parviz Parastui on Instagram
• (in Persian) His Profile on IranActor.com
• TIFF.net | Toronto International Film Festival – Today
• FilmNetNews.com | Latest news about Parviz Parastooi