He was born on 15 April 1930. He is the second child of the family of Keshavarz, an artificer family.Mohammad Ali Keshavarz graduated from Art School for Acting. He started stage acting in 1960 and began film acting with Night of Hunchback (1964, Farrokh Ghaffari). He is one of the most experienced and prominent actors of Iranian cinema who is still active. He has also appeared in a few television series.