Khosrow ShakibÄ 'à or Khosro Shakibaei (Persian: خسرو
شکیبایی‎; March 27, 1944, Tehran, Iran â€" July 18, 2008,
Tehran) was an Iranian stage and cinema actor. He ranks amongst the
most accomplished actors of his generation. Khosrow Shakibai was born
to Colonel Ahmad ShakibÄ i and Ms Farideh KhÄ tami. His father, who
was an army Colonel, died from cancer when Khosrow (called Mahmoud by
family and close friends) was only fourteen. Khosrow studied acting at
Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Tehran. He began his stage
career in 1963 and branched out his activities into film dubbing in
1968. ShakibÄ 'Ã initiated his film acting in 1982 with Khatt-e
Ghermez (The Red Line), directed by Masoud Kimiai. He had played in
seven feature films when the film director Dariush Mehrjui offered him
the title role of Hamoun, a film that over time has achieved a cult
status.Shakibai's performance in Hamoun marked a turning point in his
career. He received a Crystal Simorgh at Fajr International Film
Festival for his portrayal of Hamoun, a literary intellectual who
gradually loses his touch with reality and becomes entrapped into an
obsessive and destructive conflict with his estranged wife whom he
deeply loves. Shakibai played also in some major television series. He
won a Crystal Phoenix for KimiÄ (The Philosopher's Stone) (1994)
directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish.Shakibai found also a considerable
following for his voice, brought about through publication of the
recordings of his readings of poems by such luminaries of the modern
Persian poetry as Forough Farrokhzad and Sohrab Sepehri. Shakibai is
credited for helping to raise the stature of performing arts in Iran
by the end of the 1980s, when the authorities in charge tended to
neglect this area of cultural activities. He married twice. From his
first marriage with the actress TÄ nyÄ Joharà he has one daughter
named Poupak, and from his second marriage with Parvin Koush'yÄ r one
son named Pouria.Khosrow Shakibai died at 6 am on July 18, 2008, of
liver cancer in PÄ rsiÄ n Hospital in Tehran. Earlier it had been
reported that Shakibai's death had been a consequence of his heart
failure. It has further been reported that on October 5, 2007, Khosrow
Shakibai had been admitted to a hospital for suffering from diabetes,
however on his explicit request the press had withheld this
information from public. On Sunday, July 20, 2008, the body of Khosrow
Shakibai was laid to rest in The Artists Section of Behesht-e Zahra
Cemetery in Tehran. His funeral procession began at 9 am from Vahdat
Hall (TÄ lÄ r-e Vahdat), Hafez Street, in Tehran.
شکیبایی‎; March 27, 1944, Tehran, Iran â€" July 18, 2008,
Tehran) was an Iranian stage and cinema actor. He ranks amongst the
most accomplished actors of his generation. Khosrow Shakibai was born
to Colonel Ahmad ShakibÄ i and Ms Farideh KhÄ tami. His father, who
was an army Colonel, died from cancer when Khosrow (called Mahmoud by
family and close friends) was only fourteen. Khosrow studied acting at
Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Tehran. He began his stage
career in 1963 and branched out his activities into film dubbing in
1968. ShakibÄ 'Ã initiated his film acting in 1982 with Khatt-e
Ghermez (The Red Line), directed by Masoud Kimiai. He had played in
seven feature films when the film director Dariush Mehrjui offered him
the title role of Hamoun, a film that over time has achieved a cult
status.Shakibai's performance in Hamoun marked a turning point in his
career. He received a Crystal Simorgh at Fajr International Film
Festival for his portrayal of Hamoun, a literary intellectual who
gradually loses his touch with reality and becomes entrapped into an
obsessive and destructive conflict with his estranged wife whom he
deeply loves. Shakibai played also in some major television series. He
won a Crystal Phoenix for KimiÄ (The Philosopher's Stone) (1994)
directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish.Shakibai found also a considerable
following for his voice, brought about through publication of the
recordings of his readings of poems by such luminaries of the modern
Persian poetry as Forough Farrokhzad and Sohrab Sepehri. Shakibai is
credited for helping to raise the stature of performing arts in Iran
by the end of the 1980s, when the authorities in charge tended to
neglect this area of cultural activities. He married twice. From his
first marriage with the actress TÄ nyÄ Joharà he has one daughter
named Poupak, and from his second marriage with Parvin Koush'yÄ r one
son named Pouria.Khosrow Shakibai died at 6 am on July 18, 2008, of
liver cancer in PÄ rsiÄ n Hospital in Tehran. Earlier it had been
reported that Shakibai's death had been a consequence of his heart
failure. It has further been reported that on October 5, 2007, Khosrow
Shakibai had been admitted to a hospital for suffering from diabetes,
however on his explicit request the press had withheld this
information from public. On Sunday, July 20, 2008, the body of Khosrow
Shakibai was laid to rest in The Artists Section of Behesht-e Zahra
Cemetery in Tehran. His funeral procession began at 9 am from Vahdat
Hall (TÄ lÄ r-e Vahdat), Hafez Street, in Tehran.
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