TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – The funeral ceremony of veteran Iranian actor Atila Pesyani was held in Tehran on Thursday.
Pesyani passed away on Friday at the age of 66 after a long illness.
Born on 30 April 1957 in Tehran, Atila Pesyani was a prominent Iranian actor who was suffering from cancer in recent years.
Among the movies in which he has performed are The Hidden Half (2001), Ceasefire 1 and 2 (2005 and 2014), Hidden Feeling (2006), Throughout the Night (2010), The Redemption (2010), The President's Cell Phone (2011) and The Wooden Bridge (2011).
Some series in which he has played roles are The First Night of Peace (2006), Privacy Policy (2009), Goodbye Child (2012), A Piece of Land (2012), Like a Mother (2013), Madineh (2014) and A Beautiful Revolution (2014).
Pesyani received a nomination for the Best Supporting Actor Golden Statue for the movies Two Women (1998), The Burnt Generation (1999), The Last Supper (2001), and Who Killed Amir? (2005) as well as a nomination for the Crystal Simorgh's Best Leading Actor for In Cold Blood (1994) from the Fajr International Film Festival.
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