# Parviz Parastui

Parviz Parastui (Persian: 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. He served in the Iran-Iraq war. He worked in 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 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 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, Majid Majidi the role of "Joseph", Performance was brilliant. Today, Reza Mirkarimi latest Movie of Important He is.

### Television

Parastui's TV works include series such as: The Apartment, The Martyr of Kufa, The Red Soil, Under the Pillory and The Chef.
He was awarded the Best Actor title in International TV Programs Rome Festival for playing in Under the Pillory. He also plays the lead role in The Accomplice series.

### Music

Besides acting in movies and on stage, Parastui is a singer and so far has recorded three albums. His first album called Daddy (Persian: بابایی) was released in 2006 and his second album Im Parviz Parastui (Persian: من پرویز پرستویی هستم) was released in 2013. Parastui's most recent album, I'm an Actor (Persian: من یک بازیگرم), was released in 2014.

## Filmography

| 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 | Imam Ali | | Davoud Mirbagheri | |
| 1995 | The Snowman | | Davoud Mirbagheri | |
| 1996 | Leily Is with Me | | Kamal Tabrizi | Honorary Diploma Best Actor Fajr International Film Festival |
| 1996 | The voice of the Cuckoo | | Bahman Zarin | |
| 1997 | Under the Umbrella of the Sun | | Bahman Zarrinpour | |
| 1997 | Motherly Love | | Kamal Tabrizi | |
| 1997 | The Mad | | Dariush Farhang | |
| 1997 | The Glass Agency | | Ebrahim Hatamikia | Crystal Simorgh Best Actor Fajr International Film Festival Statue Best Actor Celebration House of Cinema Best Actor International Festival of Ethnological Film Best Actor Moqavemat Film Festival Hafez Award Best Actor |
| 1997 | The Changed Man | | Mohammad Reza Honarmand | |
| 1999 | The Red Ribbon | | Ebrahim Hatamikia | |
| 1999 | Joking | | Homayoun Assadian | |
| 2000 | The Glass Love | | Reza Heydarnejad | |
| 2000 | Mummy III | | Mohammad Reza Honarmand | |
| 2001 | The Dead Wave | | Ebrahim Hatamikia | |
| 2001 | Water & Fire | | Fereydoun Jeyrani | |
| 2001 | The Red Soil | | Ebrahim Hatamikia | |
| 2002 | I'm not winded | | Mohammad Reza Honarmand | Hafez Award Best Actor |
| 2002 | One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest | | Ahmadreza Motamedi | |
| 2003 | Banooye Man | | Yadollah Samadi | |
| 2004 | Duel | | Ahmad Reza Darvish | |
| 2005 | Café Transit | | Kambuzia Partovi | Special Jury Award International Film Festival of Kerala |
| 2005 | The Willow Tree | | Majid Majidi | Crystal Simorgh Best Actor Fajr International Film Festival |
| 2006 | In the Name of the Father | | Ebrahim Hatamikia | Crystal Simorgh Best Actor Fajr International Film Festival Hafez Award Best Actor |
| 2006 | Under the Pillory | | Mohammad Reza Honarmand | Best Actor Award International TV Programs Rome Festival |
| 2006 | Fans | | Mohammad Rahmanian | Best Actor Award Theatre Critics Society |
| 2007 | Reward of Silence | | Maziar Miri | |
| 2007 | Miss Iran | | Saman Moghaddam | |
| 2008 | 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

| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 2004 | The Lizard | Reza Mesghali | Kamal Tabrizi |
| 2014 | Today | Younes | Reza Mirkarimi |
| 2016 | Bodyguard | Heidar Zabihi | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
| 2017 | Domestic Killer | Jalal Soroush | Masoud Kimiaee |
| 2018 | Los Angeles, Tehran | Behrouz | Tina Pakravan |
| 2019 | The Singer | Ebrahim Khoshlahn | Mostafa Kiaee |
| 2021 | Majority | Amir | Mohsen Gharaee |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 2020 | The Accomplice | Fariborz Sabouri | Mostafa Kiaee | Filimo, Namava | Main role | |
| TBA | The Hunting Ground | | Nima Javidi | | Main role | |

## Awards and nominations

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