Mohamad Ali Fardin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 4, 1931
- Died
- April 6, 2000 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Tehran, Iran
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Tehran, an Unfinished History
Movie
Filmfarsi
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Imperilled
Movie · as Seyyed Yaqub
Up in the Sky
Movie · as Ramin / Shahin
Ghazal
Movie · as Hojjat
The Big Appointment
Movie · as Amir
Take Care of Your Hat
Movie · as Farhad
The Crookes
Movie · as Eslaam
The Chivalrous
Movie · as Amir Palang
Salam bar Eshgh
Movie · as Habib Khalkoub / Iraj
Invincible
Movie · as Akbar
Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant
Movie
A Night Tale
Movie · as Mohsen Shirazi
Hell + Me
Movie · as Fereydoun
The Meeting place of Anger
Movie
The secret of the oleaster tree
Movie · as Gholam
Homaye Sa'adat
Movie · as Aram
Ayyoob
Movie · as Ayyoob
Baba Shamal
Movie · as Baba Shamal
Mard-e hezar labkhand
Movie · as Hassan Kababi
Furious Men
Movie · as Nasir
One Beautiful and 1000 Problems
Movie
Three-Eyed Ruby
Movie · as Shahin
A Man from the South of the City
Movie · as Habib
Alley of Valiants
Movie
Sekke-ye shans
Movie
The Roar of the Storm
Movie
A World Full of Hope
Movie
Behesth Door Nist
Movie
The Golden Palace
Movie
Gypsy's Wrath
Movie
And Now... Make Your Peace with God
Movie · as Stanley Maserick
Shokoh-e-javanmardi
Movie
King of Hearts
Movie · as Saeed
Storm Over Petra
Movie
That Man from Teheran
Movie · as Detective / Sepehr Saman
The Rotation of the Firmament
Movie · as Mamal Feshfesheh
Beggars of Tehran
Movie
Noah's Storm
Movie
Amir Arsalan-e Namdar
Movie · as Amir Arsalan
Hatam Taee
Movie
Jahan Pahlavan
Movie
Mootalaie shahre ma
Movie
Khoshgele khoshgela
Movie
Croesus' Treasure
Movie · as Ali bigham
The Champion of Champions
Movie
The Mountain Tiger
Movie · as Majid
The Golden Village
Movie
Love and Vengeance
Movie
Mr. Twentieth Century
Movie · as Dash Habib
The Humans
Movie · as Amir
The River Course
Movie · as Mahmood
Rural Songs
Movie · as Morad
Hell Under My Feet
Movie · as YarQoli
Women Are Angels
Movie
Sahel-e Entezar
Movie · as Ahmad
The Bitter Land
Movie · as Jamal
White Gold
Movie
The White Gold
Movie
Hungry Wolves
Movie
The Midnight Terror
Movie · as Amir
A Girl Screams
Movie · as Sharif
The Laughing Widows
Movie
Tomorrow Is Bright
Movie · as 2
Fountain of Life
Movie
Twins
Movie