Jalal Pishvaian

Jalal Pishvaian
جلال پیشوائیان
Born	10 June 1930 Tehran, Iran
Died	11 December 2021(2021-12-11) (aged 91) Germany
Years active	1962–2011

Jalal Pishvaian (10 June 1930[1] – 11 December 2021) was an Iranian actor. He acted in over 80 films.[2][3]

Life and career

Jalal Pishvaian was born on 10 June 1930 in Tehran, Iran. Prior to acting, he owned a gym and was involved in boxing and Judo.[4]

Pishvaian is associated with Iranian New Wave, Persian film, and popular film; he often played villainous characters.[3][5] One of his first films was in 1962 with A Girl Is Screaming. Before 1978 and the Iranian Revolution, his other notable films were The Hungry Wolves (1962), Qeysar (1969; English: Caesar), Khodahafez Rafigh (1971; English: Goodbye Friend), and Reza, the Motorcyclist (1970).[6]

During the period of the Iranian Revolution and immediately after, Pishvaian was considered as one of the symbols of the "vulgarity".[3] In 1985, Pishvaian emigrated to Germany, with the intention of retiring from acting; however 10 years in 1995 later he returned to acting again.[3]

He died after fracturing his pelvis in Germany, on 11 December 2021, at the age of 91.[3]

References

1. "قاب‌هایی از جلال سینمای ایران؛ پرواز ابدی پیشواییان /ویدئو". Arshehonline.com. 2021.
2. Moradi, Alireza (11 December 2021). "جلال پیشوائیان بازیگر پیشکسوت سینما درگذشت" [Veteran cinema actor Jalal Pishvaian has died]. ایرنا (in Persian). Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
3. Mosleh, Ali (20 December 2021). "جلال پیشواییان؛ ضدقهرمانی برای تمام فصول" [Jalal Pishvaeian; Anti-hero for all seasons]. BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
4. جهان, فرارو | اخبار روز ایران و (2020). "تکذیب خبر درگذشت جلال پیشواییان" [Denial of the news of the death of Jalal Pishvaian]. Fararu (in Persian). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
5. Naficy, Hamid (16 September 2011). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2: The Industrializing Years, 1941–1978. Duke University Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-8223-4774-3.
6. "جلال پیشوائیان درگذشت | خبرگزاری فارس". FarsNews.ir. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

External links

• Jalal Pishvaian at IMDb