Reza Fazeli (Persian: رضا فاضلی, 3 July 1935, Tehran - 13 April 2009, California), Iranian actor, film director and leading opposition figure. After a period of one year in the Imperial Iranian Air Force he left the country in 1953. In the following years he was in the area of the Persian Gulf as well as in Lebanon and Egypt and finally passed eight years in France, Germany, Great Britain and the United States of America. After years of education and work he returned to Persia. Reza Fazeli made a career as an actor and film director in Iranian cinema and in international productions.