Parsa Pirouzfar was born on 13 September 1972 in Tehran the capital of Iran. He is an Iranian actor; theatre director, acting instructor, playwright, translator and painter. During 1984 to 1990, when he was at high school, he created his first comic strips. According to the information holds in his official website, these comic stories never has been published. Having graduated from high school in Math and Physics major in 1990, he started his academic studies in painting at Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Tehran in 1991. Where, at the same year, he also started his acting on stage in different university plays. Parsa Pirouzfar also worked as a voice over actor from 1993 to 1997. His first film role came at the age of 22 in 1994, playing a brief part in Dariush Mehrjui’s Pari. In the same year, he studied “Stanislavsky's acting method” under acting instructor Mahin Oskouei, the Iranian theater director and instructor and Iran's pioneering female theatre arts figure. In 1995 he continued his studies in acting at Samandarian Institute of Dramatic Arts under renowned Iranian film and theatre director, translator and acting instructor Hamid Samandarian. His stage debut was in the same year. He performed in Les Misérables directed by Behrouz Gharibpour, Iranian theatre director and pioneer of traditional Persian puppet theatre, and played as Marius Pontmercy; however, he became involved in theatre while he was studying painting at University of Tehran and even before playing Marius. Having graduated with a bachelor's degree from Tehran University's Faculty of Fine Arts in painting in 1997, he performed in The Lady Aoi by Yukio Mishima, directed by Bahram Beyzaie and played the role of Hikaru. This was his second official appearance on the stage of theatre. Parsa Pirouzfar officially started working on his own personal projects for stage in 2001 and he made his directional debut in theatre with 'Art', a play by Yasmina Reza. He gave acting courses as a theatre instructor at Karnameh Institute of Arts and Culture as well as in extracurricular acting classes of Allameh Tabatabaie University in 2004 and 2005 and also at Hilaj Film School in 2007, 2010 and 2011. Since graduation from high school, Parsa Pirouzfar has also been involved periodically in sculpture, graphic design and making teasers. Parsa Pirouzfar is a founder member of Iranian Theatre Actors Association, member of Khaneh Cinema, member of Iranian Film Actors Association and The Theatre Forum.
In 2015 Parsa Pirouzfar directed the playMatryoshka, a Persian-languagesatire based on selected short stories of Anton Chekhov, translated, written and directed by Parsa Pirouzfar. Matryoshka first premiered in 13 September 2015 at Theatre West, as a solo performance, in Los Angeles. The play has over 30 characters all performed by the playwright and theatre director Parsa Pirouzfar in its theatrical production. Matryoshka subsequently ran for two years in the US cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and Berkeley as well as Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal in Canada in 2015 and 2016; and finally, after multiple performances due to its immense popularity, finished its staging in Tehran in Iran in 2017. Matryoshka was particularly important to Parsa Pirouzfar's career. His unique performance playing over 30 characters of the play all by himself was stunningly iconic. Matryoshka earned him the Golden Statue Award for Best Actor in 35th Celebration of annual Fajr International Theatre Festival in Tehran, Iran in 2017.
Filmography
Feature films
Short films
Year
Title
Persian Title
Role
Director
Notes
2004
Late at Night
DIRVAQT
Asghar Naimi
Never been released
TV series
Theatre
Awards
The 35th 'Fajr International Theatre Festival', 2017
