Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 04, 1931
Died
Apr 06, 2000
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Credits
66 titles
Mohamad Ali Fardin
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
Filmography
Tehran, an Unfinished History
Filmfarsi
(archive footage)
The Imperilled
Seyyed Yaqub
Up in the Sky
Ramin / Shahin
Ghazal
Hojjat
The Big Appointment
Amir
Take Care of Your Hat
Farhad
Salam bar Eshgh
Habib Khalkoub / Iraj
The Chivalrous
Amir Palang
Invincible
Akbar
The Crookes
Eslaam
A Night Tale
Mohsen Shirazi
Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant
Hell + Me
Fereydoun
The Meeting place of Anger
The secret of the oleaster tree
Gholam
Baba Shamal
Baba Shamal
One Beautiful and 1000 Problems
Furious Men
Nasir
Ayyoob
Ayyoob
Mard-e hezar labkhand
Hassan Kababi
Homaye Sa'adat
Aram
A Man from the South of the City
Habib
Three-Eyed Ruby
Sekke-ye shans
Alley of Valiants
The Golden Palace
Gypsy's Wrath
A World Full of Hope
Behesth Door Nist
The Roar of the Storm
And Now... Make Your Peace with God
Stanley Maserick
King of Hearts
Saeed
Storm Over Petra
Shokoh-e-javanmardi
The Rotation of the Firmament
Mamal Feshfesheh
Noah's Storm
That Man from Teheran
Detective / Sepehr Saman
Beggars of Tehran
Jahan Pahlavan
Hatam Taee
Amir Arsalan-e Namdar
Amir Arsalan
Love and Vengeance
The Mountain Tiger
Majid
The Champion of Champions
The Golden Village
Mootalaie shahre ma
Croesus' Treasure
Ali bigham
Khoshgele khoshgela
Rural Songs
Morad