Javad Hashemi

Javad Hashemi Pourasl
Born (1966-01-17) January 17, 1966
Tehran, Iran
Occupation Actor, Director, Composer
Years active 1980–present
Spouse(s) Zahra Hashemi (m. 1991)
Children Mohsen (b. 1995)
Fatemeh Sadat (b. 2000)

Seyed Javad Hashemi Pourasl (Persian: سیدجواد هاشمی پوراصل, born 17 January 1966) is an Iranian actor,[1] 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 (born 12 January 1995) and Fatemeh Sadat (born 19 April 2000).

Acting career

Hashemi began professional acting on theater in 1980. His first feature theatre role was Haj Ebrahim-Haj Ashoora(1980, Kamaloddin Ghorab) 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 (1987, Rasoul Mollagholipour). 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.[2] 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".[3]

Selected filmography

Acted

Directed

Composed

References

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