{{Short description|Iranian actor (1942–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Bahman Mofid | image = Bahman Mofid.JPG | caption = Mofid in 2017 | native_name = بهمن مفید | birth_name = Bahman Mofid | native_name_lang = Fa | other_names = Bahman Farivar | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|07|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Tehran, Iran<ref name=":0" /> | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|16|1942|7|27|df=y}} | death_place = Tehran, Iran | resting_place = Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery | occupation = Actor, singer, voice actor | years_active = | notable_works = ''Qeysar''<br>''Reza Motori''<br>''Dash Akol'' | relatives = Bijan Mofid (brother)<br>Hengameh Mofid (sister) | children = Tahamtan Mofid | parents = | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Soraya Helly-Mofid|1968|1985}} * {{marriage|Sudabeh Mofid|1999}} }} }} '''Bahman Mofid''' ({{langx|fa|بهمن مفید}}; 27 July 1942 – 16 August 2020)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-08-17|title="Qeisar" star Bahman Mofid passes on at 78|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/451373/Qeisar-star-Bahman-Mofid-passes-on-at-78|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Tehran Times|language=en}}</ref> was an Iranian superstar, theatre actor, poet, singer and ballet dancer.<ref>''Culture and Customs of Iran'', p. 117, 0313320535, Elton L. Daniel, ʻAlī Akbar Mahdī, 2006 – Sa'id Soltânpur was executed for his political activism, Gholâm-Hosayn Sâ'edi, Parviz Sayyâd, Parviz Kardân, Bijan and Bahman Mofid, as well as most actors and actresses, had to flee the country to avoid persecution for their allegedly "corrupt" past writings and performances.</ref>
== Biography == Bahman Mofid was born in Tehran,<ref name=":0" /> to father Gholamhossein Mofid a stage director and actor and a pioneer in Iranian modern theatre.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=نگاهی به زندگی و آثار "بهمن مفید" هنرمندی که سالها در ایران اجازه کار نداشت|url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/persiannewsarts_bahman-mofid-actor-cinema-iran-movie-play-theater/6097115.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=صدای آمریکا|date=19 August 2020 |publisher=VOA News|language=fa}}</ref> His siblings included Bijan Mofid, a playwright; Ardavan Mofid, theatre director and actor; and sister Hengameh Mofid,poet, songwriter, actress, theatre director and playwright.<ref name=":0" /> He started acting in childhood, under the direction of his father.<ref name=":0" />
He died on 16 August 2020 after battling cancer.<ref name=":1" />
== Illness and Death of Bahman Mofid == Bahman Mofid was diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent treatment for some time. However, he ultimately died at his private residence in Tehran on 16 August 2020. His body was laid to rest in the Artists’ Section of Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery following a funeral ceremony. His grave is shared with Kambiz Samimi Mofakham, an actor and theater puppeteer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-29 |title=معرفی و مشخصات کامل و سوابق |url=https://fa.wikida.ir/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%AF |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=دانشنامه ویکیدا |language=fa}}</ref>
==Filmography== * Toofan Dar Shahre Ma (1958) * Damad Sad Kiloei (1961) * Gole Gomshodeh (1962) * ''Qeysar'' (1969)<ref name=":0" /> * ''Reza Motorcyclist'' ''(Reza Motori)'' (1970) – directed by Masoud Kimiai, as "Abbas Ghorazeh" * ''Raghase-ye Shahr'' (1970) * ''Wood Pigeon'' ''(Toghi)'' (1970) – directed by Ali Hatami * ''Se-Ghap'' (1971) * ''Rashid'' (1971) * ''Pol'' (1971) * ''Faryad'' (1971) * ''Dash Akol'' (1971) as "Kaka Rostam" * ''Baba Shamal'' (1971) * ''Reza Haft-khat'' (1972) as "Reza Haft-khat” * ''Khanevade-ye Sarkar Ghazanfar'' (1972) as "Akbar" * ''Ghalandar'' (1972) as "Davood" * ''Agha Mehdi Vared Mishavad'' (1974) * ''Jooje Fokoli'' (1974) * ''Tuti'' (1978) * ''Faryad-e Mojahed'' (1979) * ''Nafas-borideh'' (1980) as "Jalil" * ''Hejrat'' (1981) as "Abdol" * ''Veiled Threat'' (1989) as "Haji Firuz" * ''Once Upon a Time'' (1999)
==Voice acting== * ''Ice Age: Continental Drift'' (2012).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myindustry.ir/companynews/13970901329489704/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%AD%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%93%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86//|title=دیدار دو حکیم نام آشنا صدا و سینمای ایران|website=myindustry.ir|language=fa|access-date=25 January 2019|archive-date=21 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064519/http://myindustry.ir/companynews/13970901329489704/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%AD%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%93%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86//|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://banounews.ir/companynews/13970901329489704/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%AD%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%93%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86///|title=دیدار دو حکیم نام آشنا صدا و سینمای ایران|website=banounews.ir news agency|language=fa|access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>
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