Ezzatollah Entezami

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Ezzatollah Entezami

Acting January 1, 1924

Tehran, Iran

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 1…

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The Cow

The Cow

7.7 1969 Movie
Hamoon

Hamoon

7.0 1990 Movie
The Postman

The Postman

6.6 1972 Movie
Hezar Dastan

Hezar Dastan

6.8 1988 TV Show
First Case, Second Case

First Case, Second Case

7.2 1979 Movie
The Tenants

The Tenants

6.1 1987 Movie
Takhti

Takhti

4.3 1997 Movie
Twilight

Twilight

10.0 2001 Movie
Hajji Washington

Hajji Washington

5.6 1983 Movie
The Cycle

The Cycle

6.9 1978 Movie
Mr. Gullible

Mr. Gullible

5.4 1970 Movie
The Blue-Veiled

The Blue-Veiled

5.3 1995 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    Oboist

    Movie as Himself

  2. 2016
    The Teacher without Master

    Movie

  3. 2016
    Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

    Movie Self

  4. 2013
    Shabi Ba Setareha

    Movie

  5. 2011
    The Maritime Silk Road

    Movie Slave Merchant

  6. 2010
    And the blue sky

    Movie Himself

  7. 2010
    Forties

    Movie Judge

  8. 2009
    Motherland

    Movie Colonel Amiri

  9. 2008
    The Green Fire

    Movie Judge

  10. 2008
    Colors of Memory

    Movie Ghanati

  11. 2007
    The Night

    Movie Dr Parviz

  12. 2007
    Jamshid Mashayekhi

    Movie

  13. 2005
    Verdict

    Movie Reza Ma'roofi

  14. 2005
    To be a Star

    Movie Rafi Golkar

  15. 2004
    A Place to Live

    Movie Eydi Mohammad

  16. 2004
    The River's End

    Movie

More credits
  1. 2003
    The Insane Flew Away

    Movie Mostofi

  2. 2003
    Summit of the Wave

    Movie

  3. 2002
    A House Built on Water

    Movie Dr. Sepidbakht's father

  4. 2001
    Twilight

    Movie Detective Alavi

  5. 2000
    The Mix

    Movie

  6. 1999
    Once Upon a Time in Tehran

    Movie Khan-e Mozaffar

  7. 1997
    Takhti

    Movie Takhti's father

  8. 1997
    Punishment Committe

    Movie Khan-e Mozaffar

  9. 1996
    Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

    Movie Self

  10. 1995
    The Blue-Veiled

    Movie Rasul Rahmani

  11. 1995
    The Fateful Day

    Movie

  12. 1994
    Battle of Oil Tankers

    Movie

  13. 1993
    Baziche

    Movie Ghadir zafarlu

  14. 1993
    Day of the Angel

    Movie Niyyatollah

  15. 1992
    The Quiet Home

    Movie Ghadir zafarlu

  16. 1992
    Once Upon a Time, Cinema

    Movie Nassereddin Shah

  17. 1992
    The Lady

    Movie Ghorban Salar

  18. 1991
    The Shadow of Imagination

    Movie

  19. 1990
    Hamoon

    Movie Dabiri

  20. 1989
    Eye of the Hurricane

    Movie Amir Houshang

  21. 1989
    The Ship Angelica

    Movie

  22. 1989
    Grand Cinema

    Movie Aghaiev

  23. 1988
    Shirak

    Movie Haj Khaloo

  24. 1988
    The Suitcase

    Movie Mr. Sajjadi