
Known for
Acting
Born
February 4, 1931
Birthplace
Tehran, Iran
Died
April 6, 2000 (aged 69)
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).
He rose to fame in the 1960s. For the average Iranian, he was a heroic figure...
2025
2019
as (archive footage)
1983
as Seyyed Yaqub
1979
as Ramin / Shahin, Director
1976
as Hojjat
1976
as Amir, Producer, Editor, Writer, Director
1975
as Farhad
1974
as Habib Khalkoub / Iraj
1974
as Amir Palang
1974
as Akbar
1974
as Eslaam
1973
as Mohsen Shirazi, Director, Producer, Writer
1973
1972
as Fereydoun, Producer, Director
1972
1972
as Gholam
1971
as Baba Shamal
1971
1971
as Aram
1971
as Ayyoob
1971
as Hassan Kababi
1971
as Nasir
1970
as Habib
1970
1970
Producer