Mehdi Hashemi born 7 December, 1946 is an actor, screenwriter, and director. He studied performance art and graduated in 1973. The actor began his theatre/cinema career with Dariush Farhang in 1969. The peak time of his activities was between 1981 and 1996 when he played in several series and movies. However it was the TV complex of Soltan-o-Shaban (Sultan and Shepherd), shot and broadcast around 1984-85 which made him famous.