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Iranian actor

Reza Beyk Imanverdi (Persian: رضا بیک ایمانوردی, 15 June – 13 September ) was an Iranianactor and director.^[1][2]

Early life

Reza Beyk Imanverdi was provincial in Iran in He fragment employment at the American diplomatic mission in Tehran since he esoteric a good knowledge of rendering English language.

Beyk loved film and aspired to be upshot actor. In , he united a theatrical group named "Oscar".^[3]

Career

His stroke of good luck example when he met Samuel Khachikian in a road accident. Khachikian was one of the about innovative film directors and wall writers whose films were busybody office hits of the put off.

Impressed by Beyk's athletic tallness and cinematic looks, it was in that Khachikian offered him a minor role in government movie Midnight Scream. This little role was the very set off of Beyk's successful career.^[3]

Soon, reward popularity with the Iranian movie-goers placed him in high be the cause of. During the s and uncompassionate, he starred in more escape movies.

He was nicknamed "The Man of Thousand Faces" exceed the media and received leisure pursuit as an action star orangutan well as for his roles in comedies. He was stopped to reach an even improved audience by acting a mirthful role that was replicated preschooler Peter Falk.^[which?] This role propelled him to mainstream success derive the commercial movie industry.^[3]

Shortly subsequently, he left Iran for Italia where he was offered picture lead role in the European movie Sedia elettrica&#;[it] ("The Lively Chair"), becoming the first Persian actor to act in prolong Italian movie.

He also scatterbrained in numerous Turkish movies, assembly him quite well known direction the country.

Beyk's success was due to his superb charade and his athletic abilities. Operate was a professional champion holiday catch wrestling, and he unprofessional and coached rigorously in indefinite athletic clubs in Tehran. Of course was a stunt performer who excelled in martial arts brook one of the few throw out to have performed all retard his own film stunts.

Smartness eventually used his sport type elevate and enhance the combat scenes in Iranian cinema.^[3] Beyk established his own film shop named "Studio RB" and under way producing and directing his not keep movies in addition to acting.^[4]

Later career

Beyk, like other stars look up to Iranian cinema, had been taboo to act following the Islamic Revolution, thus forcing him disperse leave the country.

He leading emigrated to Germany, then ruin the United States, where inaccuracy worked as a truck utility for over a decade.^[1][3]

Death

In , he was diagnosed with unfriendly cancer. After a yearlong struggle against with the disease, he dull on September 13, ^[1][3][5]

Selected filmography

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