Changiz Jalilvand

Changiz Jalilvand ( – ) was an Iranian voice actor, dubbing director, and actor.

Jalilvand began his career in 1957, working at the 21st Century Studio, other studios, and the IRIB dubbing studio. He died on November 22, 2020, due to COVID-19.

Biography Changiz Jalilvand was born on October 28, 1935, in Shiraz. He began his artistic career in 1957 with theatre alongside Abolhassan Tahami.

After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Changiz Jalilvand lived in the United States for twenty years. He returned to Iran and resumed dubbing in 1998. He also acted in several television series and films.

Jalilvand's voice was ideal for dubbing commanding and impactful leading roles in cinema. He was skilled in voice characterization and could produce a variety of voices. Among Iranian voice actors, he was known as the "Man with the Golden Throat" and "Mr. Dubbing of Iran".

Jalilvand's most famous dubbing roles in foreign films were for Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Salman Khan, Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Maximilian Schell, Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Yul Brynner, Clint Eastwood, Dean Martin, Sylvester Stallone, Liam Neeson, Kenneth Branagh, Robert Downey Jr. and in Iranian films for Mohammad Ali Fardin, Behrouz Vossoughi, Naser Malek Motiei, Iraj Ghaderi, and Saeed Rad.

Death Changiz Jalilvand died on November 22, 2020, due to COVID-19 at Khatam-ol-Anbia Hospital in Tehran.

Voice acting Domestic actors Fardin in films such as Ganj-e Qarun, Wheel of Fate, Baba Shamal, Young Man, Alley of Men, Soltane Ghalbha, Mr. 20th Century, Golden Palace, Hatem Tai, Pretty Pretty, Lucky Coin. Behrouz Vossoughi in films The Hive, Mamal the American, Honeymoon, Dagger, Zabih, Idol, Touqi, Breathless, Companion. Naser Malek Motiei in films Gholam the Gendarme, Man, Captain, Baba Shamal, Wood Pigeon, Chandelier, Idol, Baba Goli Be Jamalat, Noon Prayer, Knucklebones, Golden Heel, Silver Hot. Iraj Ghaderi in films Fratricide, Death Sentence, Panther at Night, Doctor and Dancer, Back and Dagger, Artery, Cage, Rebel, Uncle Footballer, Southern Shark, Lust, Turkmen, Unveiled, Target, Captain with God, Two Stubborn Ones. Saeed Rad in film Journey of the Stone. Jamshid Mashayekhi in film The Heartbroken. Mohammad Reza Golzar in film Salaam Mumbai. Hamed Behdad in film Crime by Masoud Kimiai. Arash Majidi in television series on IRIB TV1 Jalaluddin. Bahman Mofid in films Stranger, Heydar, Sorceress, Rashid.

Foreign characters

Foreign actors + For In Film(s) Paul Newman Somebody Up There Likes Me, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Victory, The Long, Hot Summer, Cool Hand Luke, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The Secret War of Harry Frigg, The Sting, Sweet Bird of Youth, The MacKintosh Man, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Hustler, The Left Handed Gun, The Towering Inferno, Torn Curtain, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Marlon Brando The Wild One, Viva Zapata!, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, The Young Lions, Sayonara, The Nightcomers, A Countess from Hong Kong, One-Eyed Jacks, The Chase, Burn!, The Missouri Breaks Richard Burton Cleopatra, Where Eagles Dare, Doctor Faustus, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Taming of the Shrew, Hammersmith Is Out, The Medusa Touch, Hotel International, The Wild Geese, The Desert Rats, Raid on Rommel, The Assassination of TrotskyBruce Lee The Big Boss, Game of Death, Game of Death IIEd Harris The Third Miracle, The HoursTimothy Dalton The Living Daylights, Licence to KillTerence Hill My Name Is Nobody, God Forgives... I Don't!, The Wind's Fierce, Doc WestDaniel Craig Skyfall, Dream House, Logan LuckyErrol Flynn The Prince and the Pauper Raf Vallone Two Women Dwayne Johnson Empire State, Race to Witch Mountain, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Jumanji: The Next Level, San AndreasDharmendra Sholay, Chupke ChupkeSalman Khan Yuvvraaj, Judwaa, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Jai Ho, Judwaa, Babul, Bodyguard, Ready, Salaam-e-Ishq, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, Wanted, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Tiger Zinda Hai, SultanAjay Devgn Son of Sardaar, Action Jackson, Singham Returns, Golmaal, Bol BachchanLiam Neeson Taken 3, Unknown, The Commuter, Wrath of the TitansMichael Caine The Dark Knight Rises, Dune, Journey 2: The Mysterious IslandMatt Dillon Albino AlligatorSteve Reeves The Avenger, The Pirates of MalaysiaKurt Russell Escape from New York, TombstoneHoward Keel Seven Brides for Seven BrothersDick Van Dyke Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang BangSylvester Stallone The Expendables, The Expendables 2, The Expendables 3, Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky Balboa, Creed, Oscar, Get Carter, Assassins, Daylight, Rambo II, Rambo III, Rambo IV, Rambo V, Escape Plan 2: Hades, Demolition ManBud Spencer It Can Be Done AmigoKevin Costner Robin Hood, Draft DayAmitabh Bachchan ZanjeerVictor Mature HannibalVin Diesel Find Me Guilty, Riddick, The Fate of the FuriousHugh Jackman The Wolverine, Real Steel, Kate & Leopold, Logan, Eddie the Eagle, Van Helsing, Les Misérables, Chappie, X-MenKevin Spacey K-PAX, Recount, Beyond the Sea, The Usual SuspectsAndy Garcia Christmas in ConwayBurt Lancaster Seven Days in May, Brute Force, The Leopard, Vera Cruz, Elmer Gantry, Trapeze, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Birdman of Alcatraz, From Here to Eternity, The Devil's Disciple, The Young Savages, The Unforgiven, Judgment at Nuremberg, The Professionals, The Scalphunters, The Cassandra Crossing, Island of Dr. MoreauSean Connery Just Cause, Dr. No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Never Say Never Again, Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice, From Russia with Love, The Rock, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, HighlanderWoody Harrelson Zombieland, Zombieland: Double Tap, True Detective (season 1), War for the Planet of the Apes, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Solo: A Star Wars Story, HighwaymenBryan Cranston Godzilla, The One and Only Ivan, Kung Fu Panda 3Robert Downey Jr. The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Endgame, Dolittle, The JudgeRalph Fiennes The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2Billy Zane TitanicJoseph Fiennes ElizabethJim Carrey Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Mr. Popper's Penguins, The MaskChris Evans CellularHarrison Ford Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Blade Runner, Firewall, The Fugitive, Blade Runner 2049, The Call of the WildJude Law The Talented Mr. RipleyDenzel Washington He Got Game, The Equalizer, Unstoppable, The Equalizer 2Keanu Reeves 47 RoninGeorge Clooney Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Intolerable CrueltyBruce WillisDie Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Live Free or Die Hard, A Good Day to Die Hard, The Jackal, Pulp Fiction, The Kid, Catch .44, Fire with Fire, Cop Out, Looper, GlassBen Affleck Good Will Hunting, Daredevil, Boiler Room, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice LeagueMel Gibson Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, Lethal Weapon 4, The Expendables 3, Get the GringoMichael Douglas Wonder Boys, Ant-ManRowan Atkinson Johnny English, Johnny English Reborn, Johnny English Strikes AgainJames Caan The Godfather, MiseryGregory Peck Big Country, The Guns of Navarone, Mackenna's Gold, Midnight DuelRobert De Niro Heist, Wag the Dog, The Killing Season, Once Upon a Time in America, The Irishman, Goodfellas, Joker, The War with GrandpaClark Gable Gone with the Wind, The Misfits, It Happened One Night, Band of AngelsColin Firth Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Railway ManChristian Bale Terminator Salvation, The Jungle BookKenneth Branagh Hamlet, Dunkirk, Murder on the Orient ExpressHrithik Roshan Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Lakshya, Krrish, Krrish 3, Koi... Mil Gaya, Dhoom 2Sunny Deol Apne, Right Yaaa Wrong, Singh Saab the GreatAnthony Steffen Django Strikes AgainYul Brynner The Magnificent Seven, Solomon and Sheba, The Ten Commandments, Travel, Invitation to a Gunfighter, Morituri, The Ultimate Warrior, Poppies Are Also FlowersStephen Boyd Ben-Hur, Poppies Are Also FlowersRoy Scheider JawsKirk Douglas The Vikings, The War Wagon, Two-Faced , Two-Fisted Tales, OscarRoger Moore Octopussy, A View to a KillClint Eastwood The Outlaw Josey Wales, Magnum Force, A Fistful of Dollars, Two Mules for Sister Sara, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Dirty Harry, The Eiger Sanction, Coogan's Bluff, The Rookie, UnforgivenLee Van Cleef SabataCharlton Heston Touch of Evil, 55 Days at PekingJohn Wayne The Quiet Man, El DoradoPeter O'Toole Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, What's New Pussycat?, The Last Emperor, Troy, How to Steal a MillionRussell Crowe Gladiator, 3:10 to Yuma, NoahJeremy Irons House of the Spirits, Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeGeoffrey Rush The Life and Death of Peter SellersJeff Bridges Tron, The Big LebowskiVincent Cassel Secret AgentsRobert Redford The Great Gatsby, SneakersJames Stewart RopeSteve McQueen The Great Escape, The Cincinnati KidJean-Paul Belmondo Le DoulosAntonio Banderas House of the Spirits, The Expendables 3Michael Fassbender X-Men: First Class, Prometheus, Alien: CovenantRichard Armitage The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyThe Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesLaurence Fishburne The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix RevolutionsJim Gaffigan Hotel Transylvania 3Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds – Django UnchainedArnold Schwarzenegger Viy 2: Journey to China, Terminator: Dark FateJason Statham 13James Purefoy Solomon Kane

Acting Cinema Mr. Luck (1959) Arshin Malalan (1960) The Neighbor's Daughter (1961) Harbor of Love (1967) Fitileh and Mah Pishooni (2011) Collars of Gold (2011) My Father's Love Story (2012) This Apple Is for You (2014) West Terminal (2016)

Television Salman Farsi Monster, Iranian series directed by Mehran Modiri Crossing Autumn Yalda Nushdaru Star Twenty Competition (Judge) Magic of Voice (Judge) The Enigma of the Shah The Art of Dubbing

Theatre On the Swift Steed, theatre voice acting, Milad Tower Tehran, directed by Mohsen Moeini 2013 Father, actor, Shahrzad Theatre Complex, directed by Mahmoud Zendehnam 2016

Genealogical Chart

Eisa Jalilvand Changiz Jalilvand (1935–2020) Pourandokht Ateshrang (1936–) Niloofar Jalilvand (1962–) Jeffrey Stowe (1964–) Leila Nations (1983–) Cyrus Stowe (1996–) Frankie Fariba Jalilvand (1963–) Bijan Khossrovpour (1958–) Donya Khossrovpour (1992–) Khashayar Nickolas Jalilvand (1969–) Shahdi Jalilvand (1967–) Sophia Petra Jalilvand (2001–) Kourosh Nickolas Jalilvand (2005–)