Parviz Sayyad

Parviz Sayyad (; born 22 March 1939) is an Iranian-born American celebrated actor, director, translator, and screenwriter of Iranian cinema. He was one of the earliest television stars in Iran. Early life Parviz Sayyad was born on March 22, 1939, in Lahijan, Pahlavi Iran. Throughout the 1960s Sayyad starred in many plays that were adapted for television; and he was in the first Iranian television program titled Amir Arsalan alongside Mary Apick.