Ezzatolah Entezami (also spell Ezatollah Entezami, born 1924 in Tehran, Iran) is 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.
Movie | The Teacher without Master | 2016-10-15 | |
Movie | Forties | Judge | 2010-02-01 |
Movie | Motherland | Colonel Amiri | 2009-02-05 |
Movie | Colors of Memory | Ghanati | 2008-03-11 |
Movie | The Green Fire | Judge | 2008-09-02 |
Movie | Jamshid Mashayekhi | 2007-01-01 | |
Movie | The Night | Dr Parviz | 2007-02-12 |
Movie | To be a Star | Rafi Golkar | 2005-04-01 |
Movie | Verdict | Reza Ma'roofi | 2005-12-05 |
Movie | The River's End | 2004-03-14 | |
Movie | A Place to Live | Eydi Mohammad | 2004-04-01 |
Movie | Summit of the Wave | 2003-01-01 | |
Movie | The Insane Flew Away | Mostofi | 2003-07-23 |
Movie | A House Built on Water | Dr. Sepidbakht's father | 2002-04-01 |
Movie | Twilight | Detective Alavi | 2001-06-01 |
Movie | The Mix | 2000-01-01 | |
Movie | Punishment Committe | Khan-e Mozaffar | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Takhti | Takhti's father | 1997-04-01 |
Movie | Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait | Himself | 1996-10-19 |
Movie | The Fateful Day | 1995-02-01 | |
Movie | The Blue-Veiled | Rasul Rahmani | 1995-02-01 |
Movie | Day of the Angel | Niyyatollah | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Baziche | Ghadir zafarlu | 1993-04-01 |
Movie | The Lady | Ghorban Salar | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time, Cinema | Nassereddin Shah | 1992-02-01 |
Movie | The Quiet Home | Ghadir zafarlu | 1992-04-01 |
Movie | The Shadow of Imagination | 1991-04-01 | |
Movie | Hamoon | Dabiri | 1990-02-01 |
Movie | The Ship Angelica | 1989-04-01 | |
Movie | Eye of the Hurricane | Amir Houshang | 1989-07-05 |
Series | Hezar Dastan | Hezardastan | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | The Tenants | Abbas | 1987-02-01 |
Movie | The Stone Lion | Namdar khan | 1987-02-04 |
Movie | Jafar Khan az farang bargashte | 1985-01-01 | |
Movie | Kamalolmolk | Nasereddin Shah | 1984-11-09 |
Movie | Hajji Washington | Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori | 1983-02-01 |
Movie | The School We Went To | 1980-01-02 | |
Movie | First Case, Second Case | Himself | 1979-02-01 |
Movie | The Cycle | Dr. Sameri | 1978-09-14 |
Movie | The Divine One | 1976-12-04 | |
Movie | The Postman | Niyatollah | 1972-04-01 |
Movie | Sattar Khan | Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli | 1972-10-16 |
Movie | Bita | Bita's Father | 1972-08-21 |
Movie | Sadegh the Kurd | Sergeant Vali Khan | 1972-10-06 |
Movie | Mr. Gullible | Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | The Cow | Masht Hassan | 1969-01-01 |