Mohamad Ali Fardin

Known for ActingBorn 1931-02-04Died 2000-04-06Tehran, Iran

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.Read more

Movies & web series

A World Full of Hope

Shokoh-e-javanmardi

Mootalaie shahre ma

Mr. Twentieth Century

Tomorrow Is Bright

The secret of the oleaster tree

Storm Over Petra

Khoshgele khoshgela

The Humans

Sahel-e Entezar

The Bitter Land

White Gold

The Imperilled

The Rotation of the Firmament

The Mountain Tiger

The Golden Village

The Midnight Terror

Ghazal

King of Hearts

That Man from Teheran

Women Are Angels

And Now... Make Your Peace with God

Up in the Sky

Alley of Valiants

Baba Shamal

Croesus' Treasure

The Champion of Champions

Filmfarsi

Hell + Me

Tehran, an Unfinished History

The Big Appointment

Take Care of Your Hat

The Crookes

The Chivalrous

Salam bar Eshgh

Invincible

Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant

A Night Tale

The Meeting place of Anger

Homaye Sa'adat

Ayyoob

Mard-e hezar labkhand

Furious Men

One Beautiful and 1000 Problems

Three-Eyed Ruby

A Man from the South of the City

Sekke-ye shans

The Roar of the Storm