Mohamad Ali Fardin
Acting • Born 1931-02-04 – Died 2000-04-06
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.
Filmography
66 credits
Mootalaie shahre ma
Movie • 1965
Three-Eyed Ruby
Movie • 1970
Take Care of Your Hat
Movie • 1975
Farhad
Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant
Movie • 1973
The Roar of the Storm
Movie • 1969
The Crookes
Movie • 1974
Eslaam
Khoshgele khoshgela
Movie • 1965
A World Full of Hope
Movie • 1969
And Now... Make Your Peace with God
Movie • 1968
Stanley Maserick
Homaye Sa'adat
Movie • 1971
Aram
Mr. Twentieth Century
Movie • 1964
Dash Habib
A Man from the South of the City
Movie • 1970
Habib
Amir Arsalan-e Namdar
Movie • 1966
Amir Arsalan
The Imperilled
Movie • 1983
Seyyed Yaqub
Ghazal
Movie • 1976
Hojjat
Hatam Taee
Movie • 1966
The Chivalrous
Movie • 1974
Amir Palang
Ayyoob
Movie • 1971
Ayyoob
That Man from Teheran
Movie • 1967
Detective / Sepehr Saman
The Rotation of the Firmament
Movie • 1967
Mamal Feshfesheh
Croesus' Treasure
Movie • 1965
Ali bigham
Alley of Valiants
Movie • 1970
A Night Tale
Movie • 1973
Mohsen Shirazi
Tomorrow Is Bright
Movie • 1960
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Shokoh-e-javanmardi
Movie • 1968
Filmfarsi
Movie • 2019
(archive footage)
The Midnight Terror
Movie • 1961
Amir
Up in the Sky
Movie • 1979
Ramin / Shahin
The Champion of Champions
Movie • 1965
King of Hearts
Movie • 1968
Saeed
Baba Shamal
Movie • 1971
Baba Shamal
Hell + Me
Movie • 1972
Fereydoun
White Gold
Movie • 1962
Jahan Pahlavan
Movie • 1966
The Mountain Tiger
Movie • 1965
Majid
Salam bar Eshgh
Movie • 1974
Habib Khalkoub / Iraj
Storm Over Petra
Movie • 1968
Mard-e hezar labkhand
Movie • 1971
Hassan Kababi
The Humans
Movie • 1964
Amir
Sahel-e Entezar
Movie • 1963
Ahmad
Women Are Angels
Movie • 1963
Furious Men
Movie • 1971
Nasir
The Golden Village
Movie • 1965
The Big Appointment
Movie • 1976
Amir
Invincible
Movie • 1974
Akbar
Sekke-ye shans
Movie • 1970
Behesth Door Nist
Movie • 1969
The Bitter Land
Movie • 1963
Jamal
Beggars of Tehran
Movie • 1967
The Meeting place of Anger
Movie • 1972
The Golden Palace
Movie • 1969
Gypsy's Wrath
Movie • 1969
Noah's Storm
Movie • 1967
Love and revenge
Movie
Tehran, an Unfinished History
Movie • 2025
Fountain of Life
Movie • 1959
The White Gold
Movie • 1962
Hungry Wolves
Movie • 1962
Twins
Movie • 1959
A Girl Screams
Movie • 1961
Sharif
The Laughing Widows
Movie • 1961
The River Course
Movie • 1964
Mahmood
Rural Songs
Movie • 1964
Morad
Hell Under My Feet
Movie • 1964
YarQoli
The secret of the oleaster tree
Movie • 1972
Gholam
One Beautiful and 1000 Problems
Movie • 1971