Davoud Rashidi

Davoud Rashidi
Rashidi in 2015
Native name	داوود رشیدی
Born	(1933-07-16)July 16, 1933 Tehran, Iran
Died	August 26, 2016(2016-08-26) (aged 83) Tehran, Iran
Burial place	Behesht Zahra
Alma mater	University of Geneva Conservatoire de Genève
Occupation	Actor filmmaker producer
Years active	1971–2016
Spouse(s)	Ehteram Boroumand (m. 1968) [1]
Children	Farhad Leili
Relatives	Marzieh Boroumand (sister-in-law)
Awards	Order of Culture and Art (1st Class)[2]

Davoud Rashidi (Persian: داوود رشیدی‎; July 16, 1933 – August 26, 2016) was an Iranian actor. His daughter, Leili Rashidi, is also an actress.

Education

He had a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Geneva in 1960 and also attended the Conservatoire de Genève in theater.

Career

His first film was Escape from the Trap (1971, Jalal Moghadam) after years of stage acting. He has also had a career in television series.

Selected filmography

• Fleeing the Trap (1971) - directed by Jalal Moghadam
• The Beehive (1975) - directed by Fereydun Gole
• Hezar Dastan, 1978-1987, TV series
• Mr. Hieroglyph, 1980
• The Border, 1981
• The Liberation
• The Prize, 1982
• The Spider's House, 1983
• Kamalolmolk, 1984
• The Inner Devil, 1984
• Through the Trap, 1993
• Leaning on the Wind, 2000
• Velayate Eshgh, 2000

See also

• Ibn al-Sheikh, grandfather of Davoud Rashidi

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Davoud Rashidi.

• Davoud Rashidi on IMDb