Ali Nassirian (Persian: علی نصیریان; born February 4, 1935) is an Iranian actor.^[3][4] He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs, a Hafez Award, an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award and a Sepas Award. Nasirian, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Ezatollah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi and Davoud Rashidi are known as "the five most important actors in the history of Iranian cinema" because of their influence.

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Ali Nassirian
Nassirian at the 2020 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1935-02-04) 4 February 1935 (age 89) Tehran, Iran
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director
Years active	1947–present
Spouse	Fatemeh Bayat ​ ​ (m. 1969; died 2019)​ [1]
Awards	Order of Culture and Art (1st Class)[2]

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He first appeared in a supporting role in Dariush Mehrjui's The Cow (1969) alongside Ezatollah Entezami, another Iranian actor. Nassirian then played the title role of Mr. Naive (1970), also by Mehrjui. His other films include: The Postman (1971), The Cycle (1974), The Mandrake (1975), Kamalolmolk (1983), Mirza Norouz's Shoes (1985), Stone Lion (1986), Captain Khorshid (1987), The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995), and Iron Island (2005), Masxarebaz (2019) for which he received the Crystal Simorgh award for the best supporting actor. He played the lead role in The Saturday Hunter (2011), and Sun Children (2020).^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

• 2012: The Actor and His Wife, Niavaran Cultural Center, writer and actor, direct by Mohsen Moeini Negin Mirhasani Vahed
• 2012: Dozing-off Niavaran Cultural Center, writer and actor, direct by Mohsen Moeini