--- name: "Mohammadali Keshavarz" canonical: "https://film.one/person/mohammadali-keshavarz" fi1m_id: "mohammadali-keshavarz" imdb_id: "nm0450185" tmdb_id: 920426 wikidata_id: "Q3318281" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 April 1930" died: "14 June 2020" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T02:29:07.812888+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Mohammadali Keshavarz ## Identity Mohammadali Keshavarz - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mohammadali-keshavarz - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** mohammadali-keshavarz - **IMDb ID:** nm0450185 - **TMDB ID:** 920426 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3318281 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Keshavarz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3318281, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0450185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/920426 Actor. Born 15 April 1930 in Isfahan, Iran. Died 14 June 2020. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 April 1930, Isfahan, Iran - **Died:** 14 June 2020 - **Also known as:** Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Mohamadali Keshavarz, محمد علی کشاورز, محمدعلی کشاورز - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Keshavarz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3318281, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0450185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/920426 ## Fi1m on Mohammadali Keshavarz > Mohammadali Keshavarz makes sense as the man in charge, whether of a household or a film set. We rate his supporting work, though professional assurance can become conspicuous when the people around him are not actors by trade. In *Through the Olive Trees* (1994), Mohammadali Keshavarz plays the Film Director, while Hossein Rezai and Tahereh Ladanian play characters bearing their own first names. Keshavarz is one of the few professionals in a largely nonprofessional cast. The distinction gives his casting a point: an experienced actor plays the person responsible for getting performances out of others. We find him useful here because his presence keeps the business of making a film in view without making that the only thing that matters. The authority was there well before Kiarostami. After early film work in Farrokh Ghaffari's *Night of the Hunchback* (1964), he played the principal in Bahram Beyzai's *Downpour* (1972) and the stepfather Hadji Amoo in *Chess of the Wind* (1976). Those parts suggest a useful casting instinct: give him a position in a family or an institution, and the ensemble has someone to reckon with. Ali Hatami employed him repeatedly in films and in the television series *Hezar Dastan*, in which Keshavarz played the villain Shaban Ostekhani. *Kamalolmolk* (1984) and *Mother* (1990) belong to that collaboration too. Historical and social dramas suited his ability to give a supporting character weight among other performers, without needing the whole story arranged around him. In *Through the Olive Trees*, his professional training can stand out beside performers who are not actors by trade, and we would not pretend that experience always makes him the more interesting person to watch. We were moved by the nonprofessional performers because their connection to the rural community makes the film feel close to the people it depicts. Keshavarz's part helps us remain aware that a film is being made around them. The slight action sometimes asks for more patience than it earns, a weakness no supporting performance could repair. Start here for Keshavarz in unusual company, provided patient rural drama is your sort of evening. ## Biography Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz was an Iranian actor. Born in Isfahan in 1930, he graduated from the Art School for Acting. He began stage work in 1960 and made his film debut in *Night of Hunchback* (1964), directed by Farrokh Ghaffari. Keshavarz appeared in many films and television series over several decades. Notable credits include *Chess of the Wind* (1976), *Through the Olive Trees* (1994) as the film director, and series such as *My Uncle Napoleon* (1976) and *Pedar Salar* (1993). He died in Tehran in 2020. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Through the Olive Trees* (1994), Fi1m 77, as Film Director — [page](https://film.one/film/through-the-olive-trees.md) ## Complete filmography (40) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Old Man and the Sea* (2018), as Mohammadali Keshavarz - *Zendegi Va Digar Hich* (2017), Actor - *The Teacher without Master* (2016), Actor - *One Falls Asleep* (2008), Actor - *Jamshid Mashayekhi* (2007), Actor - *Once Upon a Time in Tehran* (1999), as Shaban Ostekhani - *Punishment Committe* (1997), as Shaban ostekhani - *The Autumn Alley* (1997), Actor - *The Fateful Day* (1995), Actor - *Through the Olive Trees* (1994), as Film Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/through-the-olive-trees.md) - *The Eclipse* (1992), as fattah - *Love-Stricken* (1992), as Mirza Mahmoud Mohandes - *Once Upon a Time, Cinema* (1992), as Farrash bashi - *A Search In The Island* (1991), Actor - *Mother* (1990), as Mohammad Ebrahim - *Foreign Currency* (1989), Actor - *Hezar Dastan* (1988), series, as Shaban Ostadkhani a.k.a. Ostekhani - *Jafar Khan is back from the West* (1985), Actor - *Mirza Norooz's Shoes* (1985), Actor - *Kamalolmolk* (1984), as Atabak - *Sarbadars* (1984), series, as Khaje Qashiri - *Sultan and Berger* (1983), series, as Khabgozar Azam - *The Legend of the King and the Shepherd* (1983), Actor - *The Imperilled* (1983), Actor - *The Devil's Hand* (1981), Actor - *Caravans* (1978), as Shakkur - *Azizam Tavalodet Mobarak* (1978), Director - *The Condemned* (1977), Actor - *Chess of the Wind* (1976), as Hadji Amoo - *When the Sky Splits* (1976), Actor - *The Last Supper* (1976), Actor - *My Uncle Napoleon* (1976), series, as Daei Jan Sarhang - *Escape* (1974), Actor - *The sun in the swamp* (1974), as shalkoo - *Sadegh the Kurd* (1972), as Police Station's Chief - *Downpour* (1972), as Mr. Nazem - *Mr. Gullible* (1970), Actor - *The Brick and the Mirror* (1966), Actor - *Night of the Hunchback* (1965), Actor - *Forooshgah*, series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Mohammadali Keshavarz](https://film.one/media/person/3929505/gallery-34d375d6d837.jpg) Mohammadali Keshavarz — Erfan Kouchari, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Mohammad_Ali_Keshavarz_1399032516401179620595484.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Shaban Ostekhani (Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz) (1987)](https://film.one/media/person/3929505/gallery-93e35c3c0e70.jpg) Shaban Ostekhani (Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz) (1987) — Ali Hatami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Shaban_Ostekhani.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Danial Hakimi in Legion (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/3929505/gallery-86df56a031c4.jpg) Danial Hakimi in Legion (2020) — Japeth33, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Danial_Hakimi_in_Legion.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Mohammadali Keshavarz](https://film.one/media/person/3929505/gallery-f07eb28fcc84.jpg) Mohammadali Keshavarz — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/M_A_Keshavarz.JPG/1280px-M_A_Keshavarz.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mohammadali Keshavarz](https://film.one/media/person/3929505/gallery-7df62dc09873.jpg) Mohammadali Keshavarz — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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