15 Facts About Nosrat Karimi

Nosrat Karimi was an Iranian actor, director, make-up artist, professor, scriptwriter, and sculptor.

Nosrat Karimi was perhaps best known for his role as Agha Joon in My Uncle Napoleon and The Carriage Driver.

Nosrat Karimi then registered at the only drama school existing at that time in Tehran.

In 1940, Nosrat Karimi worked as actor, make-up artist, and as stage designer in various Tehran theaters.

At the beginning of 1953, Nosrat Karimi travelled to Europe in order to complete his art degrees.

Nosrat Karimi worked as assistant director for Vittorio De Sica, performed on the stage, appeared in musicals and dubbed a number of Italian movies for distribution in Iran.

In 1964, after eleven years in Europe, Nosrat Karimi went back to Iran.

In 1969, Nosrat Karimi began shooting the film The Thief and the Policeman - a Persian adaptation of the story of cops and robbers.

Nosrat Karimi engaged Karimi as make-up artist for his lead Yul Brynner and other actors.

From 1971 to 1973, Nosrat Karimi made three feature films: The Carriage Driver, The Solution and A Bed for Three where he not only acted as director, but wrote the film scripts and played the title roles.

Nosrat Karimi played a supporting role in a Japanese-Iranian co-production.

In 1976, Nosrat Karimi played one of the main characters of the TV series My Uncle Napoleon.

Nosrat Karimi then wrote another film script and was preparing his next movie, but for the time being film production was stopped during the Iranian Revolution.

Nosrat Karimi made many mimic-sculptures which were shown in numerous national and international exhibitions.

Nosrat Karimi lived with his wife Parvin Teymouri in the north of Tehran.