Parviz Poorhosseini (Persian: پرویز پورحسینی, alternative transliterations include Pervez Pourhosseini, Pour-Hosseini), b. September 11, 1941 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian film, theater and television actor. He is best known (outside of Iran) for his roles in Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989), The Fifth Season (1997) and Saint Mary (1997). Other well-known films he has performed in include The Man Who Became a Mouse (1985), The Night it Happened (1988), Angel Day (1993), and Leila's Sleep (2007). He graduated with a bachelor's degree in performance arts from Tehran University's Faculty of Fine Arts. In 1961, with director Hamid Samandarian, he and other artists formed an acting troupe named Pasargad. Since then, Poorhosseini has appeared in more than 35 movies, over 70 TV shows and 60 theater performances.