Javad Hashemi


Sayyid Javad Hashemi Pourasl is an Iranian actor, film director, writer and composer.

Early life

He was born on 17 January 1966 in Tehranpars, Tehran. He was graduated from Tehran University college of arts in 1994. He was married in 1991. He has one son, Mohsen and Fatemeh Sadat.

Acting career

Hashemi began professional acting on theater in 1980. His first feature theatre role was Haj Ebrahim-Haj Ashoora in Tehran City Theatre. After Haj Theatre, he continued roles in theatre and working for Ministry of Education. He began acting in cinema with Parvaz Dar Shab. He attended in his more than 43 movies so far and long and short series. He mostly roled as a Basiji in movies that he acted.

Political career

He supported Mir-Hossein Mousavi in 2009 presidential election. During 2009-10 election protests, he directed and acted in a political theatre named Farzande Edalat with presence of a number of politicians such as Mohammad Khatami, former President. He read a poetry for Khatami and said that "I learned that the desires of the child against the dictatorship, I tell in theatre".

Selected filmography

Acted