Morteza Aghili

Morteza Aghili — Biography

Morteza Aghili was born on 11 September 1944 in Tehran. He began his stage career in 1962 by joining the Shahin Sarkisian Theater Group, and entered professional cinema in 1971 with a role in Shapoor Gharib's Kako. Through the 1970s he appeared in dozens of Iranian films, playing Hossein in Ghoul (1973), Ali in Red Hair (1974), Ahmad in Taher (1974), Luti in The Crookes (1974), and Kazem in The Enemy (1973), among many other parts.

Beyond acting, Aghili also directed, wrote and produced several films, including Safe Place (1977), Paper Flowers (1977) and Distance (1975). He left Iran after the 1979 revolution and settled in the United States, where he still lives in Los Angeles; he continues to take roles in Persian-language series on the Gem television channel.