Mohamad Ali Fardin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 4, 1931, Tehran, Iran
- Died
- April 6, 2000
- Movies
- 78
Mohammad Ali Fardin (Persian: محمدعلی فردین, 4 February 1931 – 6 April 2000) was an Prominent Iranian actor, film director and freestyle wrestler.
Fardin was born and raised in a poor area in southern Tehran. He was the eldest of three children.[1] After graduating from high school, Fardin joined the Air Force and became a freestyle wrestler in his twenties; he won a silver medal at the 1954 World Wrestling Championships and placed fourth in 1957.
He was a popular lead actor in Iranian cinema, and was known by the title, King of Hearts, after his lead role in an Iranian film of the same title (Soltane Ghalbha).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1979 | Up in the Sky | Director |
| 1976 | The Big Appointment | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 1973 | A Night Tale | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1972 | Hell + Me | Producer, Director |
| 1970 | Sekke-ye shans | Producer |
| 1969 | The Golden Palace | Director |
| 1968 | King of Hearts | Director, Writer |
| 1967 | Beggars of Tehran | Director |
| 1966 | Hatam Taee | Director, Writer |
| 1965 | Love and Vengeance | Director, Writer |
| 1965 | Khoshgele khoshgela | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1962 | Hungry Wolves | Director |
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