Oveisi was born in 1945 in Orlando, Florida, United States to wealthy Iranian parents. He received his BA in Architecture from State University of Texas in 1972. He emigrated to Iran in 1975, in order to carry on his studies and received his MA degree from The University of Tehran. After five years of owning a property company in Mashhad, Iran, his company became bankrupt due to the limitations of resources that Iran had during the Iran-Iraq war. After which, he became associated with the acting industry where he embarked a successful career in t ...