Parviz Sayyad
Acting
Biography
Parviz Sayyad (Persian: پرویز صیاد, romanized: Parviz Sayyād; born 22 March 1939) is an Iranian-born American celebrated actor, director, translator, and screenwriter of Iranian cinema. He was one of the earliest television stars in Iran.
Born: March 22, 1939
Place of Birth: Lahijan, Iran
Known For
Samad Becomes Homeless
Samad goes to the city with his donkey on the advice of his grandmother to learn an industrial job with the help of Mash Baqer. His donkey is kidnapped and he is reported to the local constable. Karim Agha, the owner of a real estate agency, with the help of his apprentice Rahim, enlists Samad to play the role of a rural landowner who has come to the city to sell his land at a cheap price. Karim Agha employs Samad as a construction worker while using Samad's fingerprints under fake land ownership papers.
Samad be madreseh miravad
In the village where Samad lives, the "Fighting Illiteracy" organization organizes a literacy class for the elderly to teach them literacy skills. In order to trap a group of smugglers, the head of the police force arranges a "politics" and sends one of the smugglers he has arrested to the class. The smuggler's friends, who have learned of the presence of their accomplice in the class, try to escape him, unaware of the trap that has been set for them. At the moment when the smugglers want to free their friend and the police station officers are unaware, Samad, who is one of the students in the class, enters the fray and traps the fugitive and the group of smugglers, and delivers them to the police station.
Samad Becomes Prosperous
Samad is been sent to the city to work at the house of a rich guy Mr. Maghami. The rich guy wins in a lottery but doesn't want his name to be revealed so he introduces Samad as the winner...
Samad in the Way of Dragon
Samad is to be sent to the city courthouse for his fights where he points his finger at others, and he happens to be handcuffed to a male smuggler. Along the way, the smuggler manages to escape with the help of one of his accomplices, and since his hand was tied to Samad's, they are forced to take Samad with them. After they untie the handcuffs, they decide to kill Samad, but the smuggler's accomplice, who was a girl and happened to be the daughter of the gang boss, does not allow them to kill Samad out of emotion. So they take him to a cinema and while Samad is immersed in a Bruce Lee karate movie, they leave him there and leave. Samad becomes fascinated with Bruce Lee and karate after watching the karate movie, and after returning to the village, he tries to teach the villagers karate by imitating Bruce Lee's martial arts moves.
Samad and Sami, Leyla and Lili
While the village headman and Mashhadi Bagher want to marry Leyla off to Eynollah, Leyla runs away and, together with Samad, sets out for the city. On the way, they encounter two city youths, Sami and Lili, who bear a striking resemblance to them. Samad and Sami, and Leyla and Lili, exchange clothes and head off to the city and the village in each other’s place…
Samad Becomes an Artist
Persian (Iranian) Movie
The Stoning of Soraya M.
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.
My Uncle Napoleon
An uproarious adoption of a popular novel by Iraj Pezeshkzad set in and around the family compound in early 1940s Tehran, marvelously rich in personality and incident. The title character, so-called because of his constant invocation of the general, rules over a wonderfully complex extended family. A hilarious series which makes fun of just about everything.
Homeland
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.
Far from Home
Turkish migrant Husseyin spends his days in hypnotic routine as a “guest worker” in ‘70s West Berlin, living in a small, shared apartment and commuting daily to his job at a factory pressing machine parts. Diligently saving up his wages he hopes to one day marry and buy a house back home, but his immediate future in Berlin is clouded by indignities at the hands of racist coworkers and botched attempts at romantic intimacy.
Filmography
as Self
as Cirrus
as Mr. Sherazi
as Reza Shah (voice)
as Hashem
as Mr. Younesi
as Dadgar
as The Colonel
as Samad
as Samad
as Asdollah Mirza
as Zanburakchi
as Samad
as Mohammad Ghiasi
as Mozaffar
as Husseyin
as Peasant
as Samad
as Samad
as Ali Mosioo
as Samad / Sami
as Khavari
as Samad
as Hasan Kachal