[custom_adv] Sirus Gorjestani (1944 - 2020) was a TV , cinema and theater actor, known for Traveller of Rey (2001), Murphy's Law: Ghanoone Morfi (2019) and Snowman (1995). [custom_adv] Actor Sirus Gorjestani, who is most famous for his roles in the comic series and movies such as “The Suspect Ran Away” and “Sperm Whale 2”, died from a heart attack in a Tehran hospital on Thursday. He was 76. [custom_adv] “He was admitted to Lavasani Hospital the night before and he passed away from a heart attack today,” his son, Siavash told the Persian service of MNA. [custom_adv] Gorjestani was born in the northern Iranian town of Bandar Anzali in 1944. His family moved to Tehran about ten years later, beginning a new life in the Nasser Khosro neighborhood. [custom_adv] He learned acting experimentally and was employed at the Theater Office. He began his acting career by playing minor roles in the movies “Twenty Years of Waiting” by Mehdi Reis-Firuz and “Double Agent” by Mehdi Mirsamadzadeh in 1966. [custom_adv] He also played a role in the play “The Stone and Sorna” directed by Nosrat Partovi at Tehran’s Sangalaj Theater in 1970. [custom_adv] “The Cry of the Mojahed” directed by Mehdi Madanian in 1979 was his first film produced just few months after the victory of the Islamic Revolution. [custom_adv] He collaborated with outstanding directors such as Rakhshan Bani-Etemad in “Canary Yellow” and Kianush Ayyari in “Dust Devil”. [custom_adv] Gorjestani’s prolific output of stage performances include “The Court” directed by Hadi Eslami, “The Golden Teeth” by Davud Mirbaqeri and “Mahan and Kushan” by Iraj Raad. [custom_adv] He was an actor in many popular TV series, including director Ziaeddin Dorri’s “The English Briefcase” and Davud Mirbaqeri’s “Imam Ali (AS)”.
