Garshasb Raoufi

Garshasb Raoufi — Biography

Garshasb Raoufi (گرشا رئوفی) was an Iranian actor in theatre and cinema. In the 1960s he formed a successful comedy troupe with Mohammad Motavaslani and Mansour Sepehrnia, and on screen he appeared in dozens of films between 1958 and 1976. He died in Tehran on 8 December 2007.

The earliest film in his filmography is Storm in Our Town (1958), in which he played Hooshang. In the 1960s he took part in films such as The Midnight Terror, The Bitter Land, Ten Dangerous Shadows and Se Naghola dar Japon (as Amir); toward the end of the decade he acted in Riccardo, Velgardha, The Wedding Commotion, Three Escapees and Desert Ghoul. In the 1970s he continued with Fadime (as Veli), A Suitcase Full of Sex (as Ebrahim), Prodigies, The Deer (as a drug dealer), Hamsafar, Hasrat and The People on the Line.