{{Short description|Iranian actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Parviz Parastui | image = Parviz Parastui 1.jpg | image_size = | caption = Parastui in 2020 | native_name = پرویز پرستویی | native_name_lang = Fa | occupation = Actor | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|06|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kabudrahang]], [[Hamedan]], [[Imperial Iran]] | years_active = 1984–present | spouse = Nastaran Parastui ({{abbr|m. |married}} 1981) | children = 2 }} '''Parviz Parastui''' ({{langx|fa| پرویز پرستویی }}; born 24 June 1955) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including four [[Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor]]–making him the only actor to have four wins in that category–four [[Hafez Awards]], two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.
==Early life == Parviz Parastui was born in [[Kabudrahang]], Hamadan province.<ref>[http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/65485 زندگینامه: پرویز پرستویی (۱۳۳۴-) ]. [[Hamshahri]]. Retrieved on 11 November 2015.</ref> He served in the [[Iran–Iraq War|Iran-Iraq war]]. He worked in [[Judiciary|judicature]] before becoming an actor. He began his career by starring in the film ''Diar-e Asheghan''. Following ''Diare Asheghan'', Parastui began a long lasting career in films.
==Career== === Film === After starring in films such as ''Pishtazan-e Fath'', ''Hunting'', etc., Parviz Parastui acted as "Sadeq Meshkini", a comedy role in the highly acclaimed yet controversial movie ''[[Leily Is with Me]]'' directed by [[Kamal Tabrizi]]. The war film ''Leily Is with Me'' brought a new perspective to the [[Iran–Iraq War]] which up to then was viewed as taboo material. The movie tells the comical story of a war-fearing employee of [[Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting|Iranian Television Broadcasting]] unknowingly advancing straight to enemy lines, while actually trying to flee the war when he is assigned to accompany a director to a city close to enemy lines to film a documentary piece. Since then, Parastui has expanded his presence as a comedy film actor by starring in other revolutionary comedy films.
Parviz Parastui also starred in war films such as ''The Red Ribbon'', ''[[The Glass Agency]]'', and ''Dead Wave''. [[Ebrahim Hatamikia]] directed most of Parastui's war films. Parviz Parastui had been known as a comedian with playing roles in ''The Snowman'', ''The Glass Love'', ''Marde Avazi'' before he played a role in the satire film ''[[Marmoulak|The Lizard]]'', another work by Kamal Tabrizi. He gained major popularity and fame after playing in ''Marmoulak'' as "Reza Marmoulak". Parastui in ''[[The Willow Tree (2005 film)|The Willow Tree]]'', [[Majid Majidi]] the role of "Joseph", Performance was brilliant. ''[[Today (2014 film)|Today]]'', [[Reza Mirkarimi]] latest Movie of ''Important He is''.
=== Television === Parastui's TV works include series such as: ''[[The Apartment (Iranian TV series)|The Apartment]]'', ''[[The Martyr of Kufa]]'', ''[[The Red Soil]]'', ''[[Zire Tigh|Under the Pillory]]'' and ''[[The Chef (TV series)|The Chef]].''
He was awarded the Best Actor title in International TV Programs Rome Festival for playing in ''Under the Pillory.''<ref> [http://www.aftab.ir/news/2007/jul/19/c5c1184845615_art_culture_media_zire_tigh.php An Iranian Actor Won the Best Actor of TV Programs Award] International Rome TV Programs Festival.19 July 2007</ref> He also plays the lead role in ''[[The Accomplice (TV series)|The Accomplice]]'' series.
=== Music === [[File:Abbas Kiarostami funeral 08.jpg|thumb|Parastui in Kiarostami Funeral]] Besides acting in movies and on stage, Parastui is a singer and so far has recorded three albums. His first album called ''Daddy'' ({{langx|fa|بابایی}}) was released in 2006 and his second album ''Im Parviz Parastui'' ({{langx|fa|من پرویز پرستویی هستم}}) was released in 2013. Parastui's most recent album, ''I'm an Actor'' ({{langx|fa|من یک بازیگرم}}), was released in 2014.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !Role!! Director !! Notes |- | 1983 || ''Land of Lovers'' | || Hassan Karbakhsh Ravari || Honorary Diploma Best Supporting Actor [[Fajr International Film Festival]] |- | 1984 || Conquest Vanguards | || Naser Mohammadipour || |- | 1987 || Secret Agency | || Hassan Javanbakhsh || |- | 1988 || Hunting | || Majid Javanmard || |- | 1990 || The Adventures of that Fortunate Man | || Reza Heydarnejad || |- | 1991 || The Snake | || Majid Javanmard || |- | 1992 || ''[[Shaheed-e Kufa|Imam Ali]]'' | || Davoud Mirbagheri || |- | 1995 || The Snowman | || Davoud Mirbagheri || |- |rowspan="2"| 1996 || ''[[Leily Is with Me]]'' | || [[Kamal Tabrizi]] || Honorary Diploma Best Actor [[Fajr International Film Festival]] |- | The voice of the Cuckoo | || Bahman Zarin || |- |rowspan="5"| 1997 || Under the Umbrella of the Sun | || Bahman Zarrinpour || |- | Motherly Love | || [[Kamal Tabrizi]] || |- | The Mad | || Dariush Farhang || |- | ''[[The Glass Agency]]'' | || [[Ebrahim Hatamikia]] || [[Crystal Simorgh]] Best Actor [[Fajr International Film Festival]]<br/>Statue Best Actor Celebration House of Cinema<br/>Best Actor International Festival of Ethnological Film<br/>Best Actor Moqavemat Film Festival<br/>Hafez Award Best Actor |- | [[The Changed Man]] | || [[Mohammad Reza Honarmand]] || |- |rowspan="2"| 1999 || [[The Red Ribbon]] | || [[Ebrahim Hatamikia]] || |- | Joking | || Homayoun Assadian || |- |rowspan="2"| 2000 || The Glass Love | || Reza Heydarnejad || |- | Mummy III | || [[Mohammad Reza Honarmand]] || |- |rowspan="3"| 2001 || The Dead Wave | || Ebrahim Hatamikia || |- | Water & Fire | || Fereydoun Jeyrani || |- | The Red Soil | || [[Ebrahim Hatamikia]] || |- |rowspan="2"| 2002 || I'm not winded | || [[Mohammad Reza Honarmand]] ||Hafez Award Best Actor |- | One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest | || Ahmadreza Motamedi || |- | 2003 || Banooye Man | || Yadollah Samadi || |- | 2004 || [[Duel (2004 film)|Duel]] | || [[Ahmad Reza Darvish]]|| |- |rowspan="2"| 2005 || ''[[Café Transit]]'' | || [[Kambuzia Partovi]] || Special Jury Award [[International Film Festival of Kerala]] |- | ''[[The Willow Tree (2005 film)|The Willow Tree]]'' | || [[Majid Majidi]] || [[Crystal Simorgh]] Best Actor [[Fajr International Film Festival]] |- |rowspan="3"| 2006 || In the Name of the Father | ||[[Ebrahim Hatamikia]] ||[[Crystal Simorgh]] Best Actor [[Fajr International Film Festival]]<br/>Hafez Award Best Actor |- | [[Zire Tigh|Under the Pillory]] | || [[Mohammad Reza Honarmand]] || Best Actor Award International TV Programs Rome Festival |- | Fans | || Mohammad Rahmanian || Best Actor Award Theatre Critics Society |- |rowspan="2"| 2007 || Reward of Silence | || [[Maziar Miri]] || |- | Miss Iran | || Saman Moghaddam || |- |2008 || ''[[The Book of Law (film)|The Book of Law]]'' | || [[Maziar Miri]] || |- |2008 || Twenty | || [[Abdolreza Kahani]] || Best Actor Award [[Batumi]] International Art-House Film Festival |- |2010 ||Thirteen 59 | || [[Saman Salur]] || |- |2010 || Bear | || Khosro Masumi || |- |2011 || Ziba and I | || Fereydoun Hassanpour || Best Actor Award Iranian Film Festival in Canada |- |2013 || We Guests | || Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour || |- |2014 || Bidari Baraye Se Rooz | || Masoud Amini || |- |2014 || Buffalo | || Kaveh Sajjadi || |- |2015 || Two | || Soheila Golestani || |- |2017 |''House of Paper'' |Amirali |Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh | |}
=== Film === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:100%" ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Role ! scope="col" |Director ! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Notes !{{abbr|Ref(s)|references}} |- ! scope="row" |2004 |''[[The Lizard (film)|The Lizard]]'' |Reza Mesghali |[[Kamal Tabrizi]] | |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-07-28 |title=حضور پرويز پرستويي در “مارمولك” تبريزي قطعي شد |url=https://www.isna.ir/news/8205-02343/%D8%AD%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D8%AF |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=ایسنا |language=fa}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |2014 |''[[Today (2014 film)|Today]]'' |Younes |[[Reza Mirkarimi]] | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=پوستر و تصاویر جدید از «امروز» میرکریمی - تسنیم |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1393/03/31/407730/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%88-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim |language=fa}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |2016 |''[[Bodyguard (2016 film)|Bodyguard]]'' |Heidar Zabihi |[[Ebrahim Hatamikia]] | |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-13 |title=پرویز پرستویی هنگام تمرین «بادیگارد» آسیب دید |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/2777841/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A2%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency |language=fa}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |2017 |''Domestic Killer'' |Jalal Soroush |[[Masoud Kimiai|Masoud Kimiaee]] | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=پوستر قاتل اهلی رونمایی شد - تسنیم |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/07/22/1544971/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim |language=fa}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |2018 |''Los Angeles, Tehran'' |Behrouz |[[Tina Pakravan]] | |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-03 |title=خبرها و عکسهای جدید از فیلمی با بازی پرویز پرستویی |url=https://www.isna.ir/news/96071105622/%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=ایسنا |language=fa}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |2019 |[[Motreb|''The Singer'']] |Ebrahim Khoshlahn |Mostafa Kiaee | |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-13 |title=رونمایی از پوستر جدید «مطرب» با تصویری از الناز شاکردوست |url=https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1352275/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=www.khabaronline.ir |language=fa}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |2021 |''[[Without Everything|Majority]]'' |Amir |Mohsen Gharaee | |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-20 |title=عصبانیت پرویز پرستویی از حوزه هنری: به همه خصوصیات بدتان، ترسو بودن را هم بیفزایید |url=https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/402697/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%87%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B5%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=www.khabaronline.ir |language=fa}}</ref> |}
=== Web === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style=font-size:100% ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" | Platform ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|references}} |- ! scope=row|2020 | ''[[The Accomplice (TV series)|The Accomplice]]'' |Fariborz Sabouri |Mostafa Kiaee |[[Filimo]], Namava |Main role |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-10 |title=پرویز پرستویی با «همگناه» به شبکه نمایش خانگی میآید |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4689485/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%85-%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%A8%DA%A9%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AF |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency |language=fa}}</ref> |- |{{TBA}} |''The Hunting Ground'' | |[[Nima Javidi]] | |Main role | |}
==Awards and nominations== {{multiple image | align = right | image1 = Parviz Parastui in Fajr Film Festival.jpg | width1 = 171 | alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = | width2 = 161 | alt2 = | caption2 = | footer = }}
he received numerous accolades throughout his career spanned, including four [[Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor]], making him the first and only actor to have four wins in that category
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Sister project links|Parviz Parastui}} * {{IMDb name|0660978}} * {{Instagram|parvizparastouei}} * {{in lang|fa}} [https://archive.today/20130126100738/http://www.iranactor.com/artists/actors/parastoi.htm His Profile on IranActor.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141104015137/http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/contemporary-world-cinema/today TIFF.net | Toronto International Film Festival – Today] * [https://filmnetnews.com/tag/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C FilmNetNews.com | Latest news about Parviz Parastooi]
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