Khosrow Shakiba'í ( March 27 , 1944 , Tehran , Iran — July 18 , 2008 , Tehran) was a celebrated Iranian stage and cinema actor . He ranks amongst the most accomplished of actors of his generation.

Khosrow Shakibai was born to Colonel Ahmad Shakibai and Ms Farideh Khatami. His father, who was an army Colonel , died from cancer when Khosrow (called Mahmoud by family and close friends) was only fourteen. Khosrow studied acting at Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Tehran . He began his stage career in 1963 and initiated his film acting in 1982 with Khatt-e Ghermez (The Red Line), directed by Masoud Kimiai . He had played in seven feature films when the film director Dariush Mehrjui offered him the title role of Hamoun , a film that over time has achieved a cult status.