Khosrow Vaziri
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian: حسین خسرو علی وزیری) better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik, is an Iranian retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor. He is the only Iranian champion in WWE history, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983. His villainous character peaked during the 1980s WWF wrestling boom and his rivalry with Hulk Hogan turned Hogan into one of the greatest television heroes of the decade. He later formed a tag team with Nikolai Volkoff, which won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event. In 2005, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. A heel throughout the 1980s, Sheik later gained popularity on Kidd Chris, The Howard Stern Show, and on the internet due to his shoot interviews, vulgar language, and his intense dislike for some of his fellow professional wrestlers, particularly Hulk Hogan.
Acting
TV
Raw
as The Iron Sheik
1993
TV
The Eric Andre Show
as Self
2012
Movie
Andre the Giant
as Self (archive footage)
2018
TV
Naked News
2005
Movie
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
as The Iron Sheik
2001
Movie
WrestleMania
as The Iron Sheik
1985
TV
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
as The Iron Sheik
1985
TV
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
as Colonel Mustafa
1985
Movie
WWE WrestleMania III
as The Iron Sheik
1987
Movie
WrestleMania II
as The Iron Sheik
1986
Movie
The Sheik
as Self - The Iron Sheik
2014
Movie
WWE WrestleMania 13
as Iron Sheik (Manager)
1997
TV
Hogan Knows Best
2005
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Col. Mustafa
1992
TV
Biography: WWE Legends
2021
Movie
The Wrestling Classic
as The Iron Sheik
1985
Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1991
as Col. Mustafa
1991
Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1991
as Col. Mustafa
1991
Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1996
as The Iron Sheik (Manager)
1996
Movie
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
as The Iron Sheik
2010
Movie
Andre the Giant
as The Iron Sheik (Archive footage)
1985
Movie
We Will Rock You
as Abdul Hassan Omar Kassan Margud
2011
Movie
Maz Jobrani: Brown and Friendly
as The Iron Sheik
2009
Movie
Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit
as Iron Sheik
2002