Mohammad Ali Fardin

Mohammad Ali Fardin (Persian: محمدعلی فردین‎, Born 4 February 1931 - Died 6 April 2000) was an Iranian wrestler and actor.

Fardin was a popular leading man in scores of many Iranian movies and was given the title, King of Hearts after his lead role in an Iranian film of the same title (Soltane Ghalbha). He was a former wrestler who came to fame in the 1960s. For the average Iranians, he represented a hero and served as an alternative to the foreign movie stars. He often played the poor tough guy with the heart of gold who got the girl at the end. His movies include, Gedayan-e Tehran, Ganj-e Gharoon, and Parvaz dar Asemanha. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he starred in only one more film, and his earlier films were eventually banned. In later years, Mr. Fardin had earned his living running a bakery in northern Tehran.