Birthday: 1931-02-04
Deathday: 2000-04-06
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Year | Title | Character | |
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عشق و انتقام | |||
1983-01-02 | The Imperilled | Seyyed Yaqub | |
1979-03-21 | Up in the Sky | Ramin / Shahin | |
1976-06-30 | Ghazal | Hojjat | |
1976-03-21 | The Big Appointment | Amir | |
1975-01-01 | Be Careful of Your Hat | Farhad | |
1974-11-13 | Salam bar Eshgh | Habib Khalkoub / Iraj | |
1974-09-04 | The Chivalrous | Amir Palang | |
1974-03-21 | Invincible | Akbar | |
1974-01-01 | Najoorha | ||
1973-03-21 | Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant | ||
1973-01-01 | The Night Story | ||
1972-11-08 | Hell + Me | Fereydoun | |
1972-11-05 | The Meeting place of Anger | ||
1971-10-05 | Baba Shamal | Baba Shamal | |
1971-03-21 | Homaye Sa'adat | Aram | |
1971-03-21 | Ayyoob | Ayyoob | |
1971-03-21 | Mard-e hezar labkhand | Hassan Kababi | |
1971-03-21 | Furious Men | Nasir | |
1970-12-01 | A Man from the South of the City | Habib | |
1970-09-04 | Three-Eyed Ruby | ||
1970-04-02 | Sekke-ye shans | ||
1970-03-21 | Alley of Valiants | ||
1969-03-29 | The Golden Palace | ||
1969-01-29 | Gypsy's Wrath | ||
1969-01-10 | A World Full of Hope | ||
1969-01-01 | The Roar of the Storm | ||
1969-01-01 | Behesth Door Nist | ||
1968-10-26 | And Now... Make Your Peace with God | Stanley Maserick | |
1968-03-21 | King of Hearts | Saeed | |
1968-03-21 | Storm Over Petra | ||
1968-01-01 | Shokoh-e-javanmardi | ||
1967-09-20 | The Rotation of the Firmament | Mamal Feshfesheh | |
1967-03-21 | Noah's Storm | ||
1967-02-01 | Valley of Death | Detective / Sepehr Saman | |
1967-01-01 | Beggars of Tehran | ||
1966-03-21 | Jahan Pahlavan | ||
1966-01-01 | Amir Arsalan-e Namdar | Amir Arsalan | |
1966-01-01 | Hatam Taee | ||
1965-04-27 | The Mountain Tiger | Majid | |
1965-04-01 | The Champion of Champions | ||
1965-02-03 | The Golden Village | ||
1965-01-01 | Mootalaie shahre ma | ||
1965-01-01 | Khoshgele khoshgela | ||
1965-01-01 | Croesus' Treasure | Ali bigham | |
1964-04-23 | The Humans | Amir | |
1964-03-21 | Mr. Twentieth Century | Dash Habib | |
1963-07-01 | Sahel-e Entezar | Ahmad | |
1963-03-21 | Women Are Angels | ||
1962-01-01 | White Gold | ||
1962-01-01 | Zamine Talkh | Jamal | |
1961-10-21 | The Midnight Terror | Amir | |
1960-01-01 | Tomorrow Is Bright | 2 |