After starring in films such as Pishtazan-e Fath, Hunting, etc., Parviz Parastui acted as "Sadeq Meshkini", a comedy role in the highly acclaimed yet controversial movie Leily Is with Me directed by Kamal Tabrizi.

The movie tells the comical story of a war-fearing employee of Iranian Television Broadcasting unknowingly advancing straight to enemy lines, while actually trying to flee the war when he is assigned to accompany a director to a city close to enemy lines to film a documentary piece.

Parviz Parastui also starred in war films such as The Red Ribbon, The Glass Agency, and Dead Wave.

Parastui's TV works include series such as: The Apartment, The Martyr of Kufa, The Red Soil, Under the Pillory and The Chef.

He was awarded the Best Actor title in International TV Programs Rome Festival for playing in Under the Pillory.