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Reza Naji
Tabriz, Iran
Reza Naji is an Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema. Naji started his career in theater when he was a teenager. While serving in the Iranian army, he continued t…
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Reza Naji is an Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema. Naji started his career in theater when he was a teenager. While serving in the Iranian army, he continued to perform in different roles. His first role in a film goes back to 1997 in Children of Heaven, which proved to be a breakthrough. For playing the role of Ali's father, director Majid Majidi was seeking an actor with an Azeri accent, and Naji was carefully selected from a group of 2,500 actors tested for the role. Since then, he has played several roles in Iranian films. Among his most notable performances is his appearance in "The Song of Sparrows", directed by renowned film director Majid Majidi, for which Naji won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and Best Performance by an Actor at the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reza Naji, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
Red Shades
Movie
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2024
Occasion
TV show Haj Ghorban
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2024
Projectionist
Movie jalil's father
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2023
Winners
Movie Naser Khan
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2023
Crab
Movie
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2022
The Sorcerer
TV show
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2022
Apache
Movie
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2020
After the Incident
Movie
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2019
Newcastle
Movie
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2019
We Are All Together
Movie
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2019
Texas 2
Movie Yavar
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2019
The Maiden Tower
Movie
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2018
The Redtails
Movie
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2018
Sly
Movie
- 2017
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2017
Next Door Neighbor
TV show
More credits
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2016
Bench Cinema
Movie Prison Guard
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2015
Hamsar dot com
Movie
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2015
Sperm Whale
Movie Panah
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2014
Shiva
Movie
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2014
Angels Descend Together
Movie Mohammad Amir Naji
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2014
Chartered to Azadi
Movie
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2014
Angels Come Together
Movie
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2013
Ziba and I
Movie
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2011
Forgotten
TV show Karam
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2011
Wave and Rock
TV show
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2010
Maman, Behrouz Hits Me!
Movie
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2010
Autumn
Movie Yusuf (as Reza Naji)
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2010
Mom! Behrouz Hit Me
Movie
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2009
Wind Blows in the Meadow
Movie
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2009
Parvaze Morghabiha
Movie
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2008
The Song of Sparrows
Movie Karim
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2005
The Willow Tree
Movie Morteza
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2004
Kandaloos Gardens
Movie
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2002
The Little Bird Boy
Movie
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2001
Baran
Movie Memar
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2000
Birth of a Butterfly
Movie
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1997
Children of Heaven
Movie Ali's Father
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1997
Tunnel 18
Movie Khan
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The Ride
Movie
