Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
86
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-01-01
Day of Death
2022-03-08 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Also Known As
منوچهر وثوق
عباس رضايی وثوق
Manouchehr Vossough
Manuçerh Vusug
Manoochehr Vossoogh
Biography
Manoochehr Vossoogh, whose real name is Abbas Rezaei Vossogh, was an established cinema actor during Iran's Pahlavi era. He began his acting career in high school, before being scouted to work live theater for Iranian national television. He became a fixed actor for Pars Film Studio. A few months before the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Manoochehr went to London for a play but came back to his work and job as an actor being banned. He secretly moved back to London through the Pakistani border where he did numerous satire peices on the Islamic Republic. He was married to Lida Daneshvar. On March 8th, 2022, he died while fighting cancer in London.
