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