Amin Tarokh

Amin Tarokh
Amin Tarokh
	Tarokh at the 35th Fajr Film Festival (2017)
Born	11 August 1953; Shiraz, Iran
Died	24 September 2022 (aged 69); Tehran, Iran
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1973–2022
Spouse	Mansoureh Shadmanesh
Children	3

Amin Tarokh (Persian: امین تارخ; 11 August 1953 – 24 September 2022) was an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award. He also used to teach acting and was the teacher of famous actors like Taraneh Alidoosti, Gelareh Abbasi, Shabnam Moghaddami, Navid Pourfaraj, Pouria Rahimisam, Majid Vasheghani, Hedieh Bazvand and more.

Early life

Tarokh was born in Shiraz. After finishing high school in Shiraz, he started his education at Tehran University. He graduated from University of Tehran with a degree in cultural management. Tarokh had three sons named Nima, Mani and Nami. He also had a casting production company in Tehran.^[1]

Career

Tarokh started acting in 1973. He opened the first acting school in 1994,^[1] "The Open Workshop of Acting". His graduates have won many awards. In 2000, he connected his school to other international acting schools, and he was invited to Australia to teach in the Flinders Drama centre. There he taught for two years. He was a member of the judging council in numerous festivals, and also a member of the House of Cinema. He was invited to many festivals in other countries such as Germany. As of 1995, he was considered one of the influential figures in reviving Theatrical art in Iran.

Death

Tarokh died from a heart attack in Tehran, on 24 September 2022, at the age of 69.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director
1982	Death of Yazdgerd	General Espahbod	Bahram Beyzai
1984	Sarbadars	Hassan Jouri	Mohammad Ali Najafi
1986	The Baggage		Jalal Moghaddam
1988	Little Bird of Happiness	Khalil Sohrabi	Pouran Derakhshandeh
1988	Payizan	Masoud	Rasoul Sadrameli
1989	The Lead	Danial	Masoud Kimiai
1990	Mother	Jala Aldin	Ali Hatami
1992	Love-stricken	Taher	Ali Hatami
1992	The Status		Ebrahim Vahidzadeh
1993	Sara	Hesam	Dariush Mehrjui
1995	Shaykh Mufid		Sirous Moghaddam, Fariborz Saleh
1996	The Conspiracy		Ali Ghavitan
1997	Moon and Sun		Mohammad Hossein Haghighi
1997	Saghar		Sirous Alvand
1998	Love + 2	Mahmoud	Reza Karimi
1998	Seven Stones		Abdolreza Navab Safavi
2004	Secrets		Mohammad Reza A'alami
2006	Havana File	Dr. Mohsen Pezhman	Alireza Raeesian
	The Boss	Colonel Reza Javid	Masoud Kimiai
	25 O' Clock		Masoud Abparvar
2007	The Rule of the Game		Ahmad Reza Motamedi
2007	Barefoot in Heaven		Bahram Tavakoli
2009	Zamharir		Ali Rouintan
2009	Red Garden		Amir Samavati
2016	Dead End of Trust	Reza Vosough	Hamid Kaviani
2018	Behind the Wall of Silence	Setareh's father	Masoud Jafari Jozani

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform
2020–2021	Blue Bood	Mehrdad	Behrang Tofighi	Namava, Filimo
2021	Mutual Friendship	Himself	Shahab Hosseini	Namava
2021–2022	Lunar Eclipse	Mehrad	Maziar Miri	Namava

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Network
1975–1976	My City, Shiraz		Shahrokh Zolriastin	TV series	NIT
1977	Iranian Heritage		Mahmoud Mohammad Yousef		NIT
1983	Sarbadars	Hassan Jouri	Mohammad Ali Najafi		IRIB TV1
2015	Sometimes Look Behind You	Jalal Tabesh	Maziar Miri		IRIB TV2
2017–2018	Awning	Mehran	Jamshid Mahmoudi		IRIB TV2
2018	Don't Leave Me	Rasoul Tavalaee	Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour		IRIB TV3

Awards and nominations

Year	Movie	Award	Category	Result
1995	Moon and Sun	Fajr Film Festival	Best Supporting Actor	Won^[2]
2004	Havana Files	Fajr Film Festival	Best Actor	Nominated

References

^ ^a ^b Amin Tarokh in Iranian Movie Database (Soureh) Archived July 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ 1995 Fajr Film Festival Awards Archived June 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Amin Tarokh at IMDb

[soureh-1] Amin Tarokh in Iranian Movie Database (Soureh) Archived July 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[2] 1995 Fajr Film Festival Awards Archived June 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

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