Ezzatollah Entezami
Acting
Ezzatolah Entezami (also spell Ezatollah Entezami, born 1924 in Tehran, Iran) was an award-winning Iranian actor. Graduated from theater and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in 1958, Entezami started his career on stage in 1941. He has been acting in movies since 1969. His debut performance in Darius Mehrjui's admired classic film, The Cow(Gaav), received the Golden Hugo in Chicago International Film Festival in 1971. He shined in the role of a naive villager who cannot endure the death of his beloved cow and starts to believe that he is the cow himself. He is known as one of the most prominent actors in Iranian cinema and has been labeled as the greatest actor in history of the cinema of Iran. He has worked with most of the prominent Iranian film directors, including Darius Mehrjui (eight films), Ali Hatami (four films), Nasser Taqvaee, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Behrouz Afkhami and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. He has been awarded the Crystal Simorgh for the Best Actor twice from the International Fajr Film Festival, for Grand Cinema and The Day of Angel. His work and accomplishments were recognized in October 2006 at the Iran cultural center in Paris.
Known for
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movieOboist
2017
as Himself
movieThe Maritime Silk Road
2011
Slave Merchant
movieAnd the blue sky
2010
Himself
movieForties
2010
Judge
movieMotherland
2009
Colonel Amiri
movieColors of Memory
2008
Ghanati
movieThe Night
2007
Dr Parviz
movieVerdict
2005
Reza Ma'roofi
movieTo be a Star
2005
Rafi Golkar
movieA Place to Live
2004
Eydi Mohammad
movieA House Built on Water
2002
Dr. Sepidbakht's father
movieTwilight
2001
Detective Alavi
movieOnce Upon a Time in Tehran
1999
Khan-e Mozaffar
movieTakhti
1997
Takhti's father
moviePunishment Committe
1997
Khan-e Mozaffar
movieThe Blue-Veiled
1995
Rasul Rahmani
movieBaziche
1993
Ghadir zafarlu
movieDay of the Angel
1993
Niyyatollah
movieThe Quiet Home
1992
Ghadir zafarlu
movieOnce Upon a Time, Cinema
1992
Nassereddin Shah
movieThe Lady
1992
Ghorban Salar
movieHamoon
1990
Dabiri
movieEye of the Hurricane
1989
Amir Houshang
movieGrand Cinema
1989
Aghaiev
movieShirak
1988
Haj Khaloo
movieThe Suitcase
1988
Mr. Sajjadi
tvHezar Dastan
1988
Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)
movieThe Stone Lion
1987
Namdar khan
movieThe Tenants
1987
Abbas
movieKamalolmolk
1984
Nasereddin Shah
movieHajji Washington
1983
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
movieThe School We Went To
1980
The librarian
movieThe Cycle
1978
Dr. Sameri
movieThe Sleeping Lion
1977
Mahmoud Khan
movieResurrection of Love
1973
Mr. Kamal
movieSattar Khan
1972
Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
movieSadegh the Kurd
1972
Sergeant Vali Khan
movieBita
1972
Bita's Father
movieThe Postman
1972
Niyatollah
movieMr. Gullible
1970
Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
movieThe Cow
1969
Masht Hassan