Mehdi Hashemi

Mehdi Hashemi (مهدی هاشمی) is an Iranian actor, screenwriter and director, born in 1946 in Langarud, Iran. He graduated from the University of Tehran in 1973, where he studied performing arts. Mehdi Hashemi has had a long and enviable career both in cinema and TV and is known for his work in the films 'The Spouse' (1994), 'Alo! Alo! Man Joojoo-am' (1994), and 'Alzheimer' (2011) to name a few. Mehdi Hashemi is married to the Iranian actress Golab Adiyne.

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The Silent Hunt (1990)

A loyal gamekeeper enters the Pardis Kala region with his teenage son. There, an ill-wisher landlord has influence over all the people but no one likes him. A flighty sergeant is not happy about the gamekeeper entering there. A new teacher can not understand the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiumars Pourahmad
CAST:  Sirous Gorjestani  •  Golab Adine  •  Sam Gharibian  •  Mehdi Hashemi

A loyal gamekeeper enters the Pardis Kala region with his teenage son. There, an ill-wisher landlord has influence over all the people but no one likes him. A flighty sergeant is not happy about the gamekeeper entering there. A new teacher can not understand the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiumars Pourahmad
CAST:  Sirous Gorjestani  •  Golab Adine  •  Sam Gharibian  •  Mehdi Hashemi

Death of Yazdgerd (1982)

Bahram Beizai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahram Beyzai
CAST:  Susan Taslimi  •  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Mahmoud Behrouzian  •  Amin Tarokh

Bahram Beizai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahram Beyzai
CAST:  Susan Taslimi  •  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Mahmoud Behrouzian  •  Amin Tarokh

Mr. Yousef (2011)

A man lives with his only daughter, doing everything he can to make a living for his daughter's sake. But a misunderstanding makes things complicated for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Rafie
CAST:  Pegah Ahangarani  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian  •  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Ladan Mostofi

A man lives with his only daughter, doing everything he can to make a living for his daughter's sake. But a misunderstanding makes things complicated for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Rafie
CAST:  Pegah Ahangarani  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian  •  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Ladan Mostofi

Nothing (2010)

A man, who has some kind of a disease and eats a lot, enters a poor and large family to marry their mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abdolreza Kahani
CAST:  Ahmad Mehranfar  •  Mehran Ahmadi  •  Nayereh Farahani  •  Pantea Bahram

A man, who has some kind of a disease and eats a lot, enters a poor and large family to marry their mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abdolreza Kahani
CAST:  Ahmad Mehranfar  •  Mehran Ahmadi  •  Nayereh Farahani  •  Pantea Bahram

Hello! Hello! This Is Juju (1995)

Khanom Bozorg wants to give her necklace to her grand daughter Reihan but her son and her expelled daughter Nimtaj are after it. They send two thieves to steal it from Reihan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marziyeh Boroumand
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Arjang Amirfazli  •  Mahtab Nasirpour

Khanom Bozorg wants to give her necklace to her grand daughter Reihan but her son and her expelled daughter Nimtaj are after it. They send two thieves to steal it from Reihan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marziyeh Boroumand
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Arjang Amirfazli  •  Mahtab Nasirpour

The Paternal House (2014)

A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kianush Ayyari
CAST:  Nazanin Farahani  •  Mojde Hamrang  •  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Naser Hashemi

A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kianush Ayyari
CAST:  Nazanin Farahani  •  Mojde Hamrang  •  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Naser Hashemi

Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)

The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohsen Makhmalbaf
CAST:  Akbar Abdi  •  Dariush Arjmand  •  Ezzatollah Entezami  •  Mehdi Hashemi

The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohsen Makhmalbaf
CAST:  Akbar Abdi  •  Dariush Arjmand  •  Ezzatollah Entezami  •  Mehdi Hashemi

Tales (2014)

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Habib Rezaei  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mehrave Sharifinia  •  Golab Adine

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Habib Rezaei  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mehrave Sharifinia  •  Golab Adine

The Fourth Child (2013)

Two on the road: an actress who is giving up cinema and discovering a new world in photography and a man who lost his factory. The destination is Somalia where human dignity proves to be the conqueror even in the hard times of war and starvation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vahid Mousaian
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Mahtab Keramati  •  Hamed Behdad  •  Hossein Mohebahari

Two on the road: an actress who is giving up cinema and discovering a new world in photography and a man who lost his factory. The destination is Somalia where human dignity proves to be the conqueror even in the hard times of war and starvation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vahid Mousaian
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Mahtab Keramati  •  Hamed Behdad  •  Hossein Mohebahari

Bulletproof (2012)

When Salim - who sells governmental forbidden western music and film tapes in the streets- discovers he has a fatal brain tumor, he decides to join the army and get killed defending his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mostafa Kiaei
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Masoud Karamati  •  Zhaleh Sameti  •  Saeed Aghakhani

When Salim - who sells governmental forbidden western music and film tapes in the streets- discovers he has a fatal brain tumor, he decides to join the army and get killed defending his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mostafa Kiaei
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Masoud Karamati  •  Zhaleh Sameti  •  Saeed Aghakhani

Texas 2 (2019)

Sasan and Bahram are back to Iran and Alice is with them too. Babak's father and Sasan's mother come to airport to take them home but they don't know that they are married. Meanwhile Bahram takes the wrong suitcase which lead them to confront with a gang and enter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masoud Atyabi
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Sam Derakhshani  •  Pejman Jamshidi  •  Zhaleh Sameti

Sasan and Bahram are back to Iran and Alice is with them too. Babak's father and Sasan's mother come to airport to take them home but they don't know that they are married. Meanwhile Bahram takes the wrong suitcase which lead them to confront with a gang and enter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masoud Atyabi
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Sam Derakhshani  •  Pejman Jamshidi  •  Zhaleh Sameti

Off-Limits (1986)

Mohammad Javad Halimi is a simple government's employer who manages after years to buy a house for himself outside the city's limits. But in the second night in his new house a thief is coming to his house. He manages to catch the thief but delivering him to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Mahmoud Jafari  •  Jamshid Layegh  •  Parvaneh Massoumi

Mohammad Javad Halimi is a simple government's employer who manages after years to buy a house for himself outside the city's limits. But in the second night in his new house a thief is coming to his house. He manages to catch the thief but delivering him to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Mahmoud Jafari  •  Jamshid Layegh  •  Parvaneh Massoumi

Canary Yellow (1989)

After spending all his money buying a piece of land that was already sold to someone else, Nasrallah Madadi finds himself in trouble. To solve his money problems, he then decides to be the offender of fraud rather than its victim. Getting himself involved with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Golab Adine  •  Manouchehr Hamedi  •  Mahmoud Jafari

After spending all his money buying a piece of land that was already sold to someone else, Nasrallah Madadi finds himself in trouble. To solve his money problems, he then decides to be the offender of fraud rather than its victim. Getting himself involved with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Golab Adine  •  Manouchehr Hamedi  •  Mahmoud Jafari

The President's Cell Phone (2012)

An old man who is a simple worker decides that he wants to buy a cell phone. He goes to buy some second hand ones but by accident the president's used cell phone is the one which he buys.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Atshani
CAST:  Akbar Abdi  •  Ali Dehkordi  •  Sanaz Ghorbani  •  Mehdi Hashemi

An old man who is a simple worker decides that he wants to buy a cell phone. He goes to buy some second hand ones but by accident the president's used cell phone is the one which he buys.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Atshani
CAST:  Akbar Abdi  •  Ali Dehkordi  •  Sanaz Ghorbani  •  Mehdi Hashemi

A Romantic Robbery (2016)

Two old-timer thieves, Kamal and Jamal who are released from prison after years, go to their accomplice - Essi - to get their share from their last robbery. But Essi has invested the money on a film and has played in it which was a complete failure. Despite their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amir Shahab Razavian
CAST:  Farhad Aeish  •  Farzaneh Ghasemi  •  Levon Haftvan  •  Mehdi Hashemi

Two old-timer thieves, Kamal and Jamal who are released from prison after years, go to their accomplice - Essi - to get their share from their last robbery. But Essi has invested the money on a film and has played in it which was a complete failure. Despite their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amir Shahab Razavian
CAST:  Farhad Aeish  •  Farzaneh Ghasemi  •  Levon Haftvan  •  Mehdi Hashemi

Cyanide (2016)

Police investigates a case to find and eliminate a group of political objectors to Iranian regime before 1978 revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Behrooz Shoeibi
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Hanie Tavassoli  •  Pedram Sharifi  •  Babak Hamidian

Police investigates a case to find and eliminate a group of political objectors to Iranian regime before 1978 revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Behrooz Shoeibi
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Hanie Tavassoli  •  Pedram Sharifi  •  Babak Hamidian

Viva (1980)

An engineer attempts to keep his family safe from the revolutionary turmoil of 1978 Iran.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khosrow Sinai
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Gholemreza Tabatabai  •  Sorayya Ghasemi

An engineer attempts to keep his family safe from the revolutionary turmoil of 1978 Iran.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khosrow Sinai
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Gholemreza Tabatabai  •  Sorayya Ghasemi

Alzheimer (2011)

A story about Human beings and their relations which has a man in the center of it. Because of a car accident he has Alzheimer and must face a different new world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmad Reza Mo'tamedi
CAST:  Mahtab Keramati  •  Faramarz Gharibian  •  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Emre Tetikel

A story about Human beings and their relations which has a man in the center of it. Because of a car accident he has Alzheimer and must face a different new world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmad Reza Mo'tamedi
CAST:  Mahtab Keramati  •  Faramarz Gharibian  •  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Emre Tetikel

The Spouse (1999)

The personal life of a couple is challenged when the wife gets a promotion over her husband and becomes his boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehdi Fakhimzadeh
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Fatemeh Motamed-Arya  •  Nasrin Moghanloo  •  Parastoo Golestani

The personal life of a couple is challenged when the wife gets a promotion over her husband and becomes his boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehdi Fakhimzadeh
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Fatemeh Motamed-Arya  •  Nasrin Moghanloo  •  Parastoo Golestani

The Legend of the King and the Shepherd (1983)

One evening in a grand royal palace, a frivolous and grotesque sultan has a nightmare. The great diviner concludes that on a full moon evening arrows of doom will fall on his head. Frightened, the sultan feels discomfort and falls ill in bed...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dariush Farhang
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Golab Adine  •  Mohamad Motie  •  Mohammadali Keshavarz

One evening in a grand royal palace, a frivolous and grotesque sultan has a nightmare. The great diviner concludes that on a full moon evening arrows of doom will fall on his head. Frightened, the sultan feels discomfort and falls ill in bed...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dariush Farhang
CAST:  Mehdi Hashemi  •  Golab Adine  •  Mohamad Motie  •  Mohammadali Keshavarz
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