Acting
Mohamad Ali Fardin
- Born
- Feb 4, 1931 · Aged 69
- Died
- Apr 6, 2000
- Place of birth
- Tehran, Iran
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 66
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 11
Also known as (5)
- محمد علی فردین
- محمدعلی فردين
- Mohamad-Ali Fardin
- Mohamadali Fardin
- محمدعلی فردین
Biography
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…
