[custom_adv] Mehdi Hashemi is a actor, screenwriter, and director. He also is the winner of the ninth International Fajr Film Festival award, Crystal Simorgh, for his playing in the film Do Film Ba Yek Belit. [custom_adv] Mehdi Hashemi born December 7, 1946 in Langrud, screenwriter, and director.He studied performance art and graduated in 1973 from the University of Tehran. The actor began his theatre/cinema career with Dariush Farhang in 1969. [custom_adv] The peak time of his activities was between 1981 and 1996 when he played in several TV 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. [custom_adv] He also is the winner of the ninth Fajr Film Festival award, Simorgh-e-Bolourin, for his playing in the film "Do Film Ba Yek Belit" (translates "one ticket for two movies"). He has acted in the films of many great directors including Bahram Beizai, Rakhshan Bani Etemad and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.