Ezzatollah Entezami
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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
Credits
Hajji Washington (1983)
as Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
Kamalolmolk (1984)
as Nasereddin Shah
Sattar Khan (1972)
as Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
Eye of the Hurricane (1989)
as Amir Houshang
Twilight (2001)
as Detective Alavi
The Postman (1972)
as Niyatollah
Takhti (1997)
as Takhti's father
To be a Star (2005)
as Rafi Golkar
The Teacher without Master (2016)
Actor
Colors of Memory (2008)
as Ghanati
The River's End (2004)
Actor
The Ship Angelica (1989)
Actor
The Night (2007)
as Dr Parviz
Shirak (1988)
as Haj Khaloo
The Fateful Day (1995)
Actor
Punishment Committe (1997)
as Khan-e Mozaffar
The Cycle (1978)
as Dr. Sameri
The Mix (2000)
Actor
The Blue-Veiled (1995)
as Rasul Rahmani
Mr. Gullible (1970)
as Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
The Cow (1969)
as Masht Hassan
Bita (1972)
as Bita's Father
Hamoon (1990)
as Dabiri
The Divine One (1976)
as M.L.
The Sleeping Lion (1977)
as Mahmoud Khan
The Insane Flew Away (2003)
as Mostofi
First Case, Second Case (1979)
as Self
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait (1996)
as Self
Jamshid Mashayekhi (2007)
Actor
The School We Went To (1980)
as The librarian
Resurrection of Love (1973)
as Mr. Kamal
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow (—)
Actor
Summit of the Wave (2003)
Actor
Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
as Nassereddin Shah
The Condemned (1977)
Actor
Forties (2010)
as Judge
Shabi Ba Setareha (2013)
Actor
Battle of Oil Tankers (1994)
Actor
The Suitcase (1988)
as Mr. Sajjadi
The Quiet Home (1992)
as Ghadir zafarlu
The Green Fire (2008)
as Judge
The Tenants (1987)
as Abbas
The Lady (1992)
as Ghorban Salar
Sadegh the Kurd (1972)
as Sergeant Vali Khan
The Stone Lion (1987)
as Namdar khan
And the blue sky (2010)
as Himself
Verdict (2005)
as Reza Ma'roofi
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report (2016)
as Self
Jafar Khan is back from the West (1985)
Actor
Oboist (2017)
as as Himself
Baziche (1993)
as Ghadir zafarlu
Grand Cinema (1989)
as Aghaiev
The House of Spider (1983)
Actor
Motherland (2009)
as Colonel Amiri
The Maritime Silk Road (2011)
as Slave Merchant
The Shadow of Imagination (1991)
Actor
Day of the Angel (1993)
as Niyyatollah
A House Built on Water (2002)
as Dr. Sepidbakht's father
A Place to Live (2004)
as Eydi Mohammad
Once Upon a Time in Tehran (1999)
as Khan-e Mozaffar