Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1924
Place of Birth:
Tehran, Iran
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Ezzatollah Entezami
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oboist | as Himself |
| 2016 | Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report | Self |
| 2016 | The Teacher without Master | |
| 2011 | The Maritime Silk Road | Slave Merchant |
| 2010 | And the blue sky | Himself |
| 2010 | Forties | Judge |
| 2009 | Motherland | Colonel Amiri |
| 2008 | The Green Fire | Judge |
| 2008 | Colors of Memory | Ghanati |
| 2007 | The Night | Dr Parviz |
| 2007 | Jamshid Mashayekhi | |
| 2005 | Verdict | Reza Ma'roofi |
| 2005 | To be a Star | Rafi Golkar |
| 2004 | The River's End | |
| 2004 | A Place to Live | Eydi Mohammad |
| 2003 | The Insane Flew Away | Mostofi |
| 2003 | Summit of the Wave | |
| 2002 | A House Built on Water | Dr. Sepidbakht's father |
| 2001 | Twilight | Detective Alavi |
| 2000 | The Mix | |
| 1999 | Once Upon a Time in Tehran | Khan-e Mozaffar |
| 1997 | Punishment Committe | Khan-e Mozaffar |
| 1997 | Takhti | Takhti's father |
| 1996 | Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait | Self |
| 1995 | The Blue-Veiled | Rasul Rahmani |
| 1995 | The Fateful Day | |
| 1994 | Battle of Oil Tankers | |
| 1993 | Day of the Angel | Niyyatollah |
| 1993 | Baziche | Ghadir zafarlu |
| 1992 | Once Upon a Time, Cinema | Nassereddin Shah |
| 1992 | The Quiet Home | Ghadir zafarlu |
| 1992 | The Lady | Ghorban Salar |
| 1991 | The Shadow of Imagination | |
| 1990 | Hamoon | Dabiri |
| 1989 | Eye of the Hurricane | Amir Houshang |
| 1989 | The Ship Angelica | |
| 1989 | Grand Cinema | Aghaiev |
| 1988 | Shirak | Haj Khaloo |
| 1988 | The Suitcase | Mr. Sajjadi |
| 1987 | The Tenants | Abbas |
| 1987 | The Stone Lion | Namdar khan |
| 1985 | Jafar Khan az farang bargashte | |
| 1984 | Kamalolmolk | Nasereddin Shah |
| 1983 | Hajji Washington | Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori |
| 1983 | The House of Spider | |
| 1980 | The School We Went To | The librarian |
| 1979 | First Case, Second Case | Self |
| 1978 | The Cycle | Dr. Sameri |
| 1977 | The Sleeping Lion | Mahmoud Khan |
| 1976 | The Divine One | M.L. |
| 1973 | Resurrection of Love | Mr. Kamal |
| 1972 | Bita | Bita's Father |
| 1972 | The Postman | Niyatollah |
| 1972 | Sattar Khan | Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli |
| 1972 | Sadegh the Kurd | Sergeant Vali Khan |
| 1970 | Mr. Gullible | Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan |
| 1969 | The Cow | Masht Hassan |
| Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Hezar Dastan | Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan) |