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Ezzatollah Entezami

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.


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Born:
Jan 1, 1924 In Tehran, Iran
Movie/TV Credits:
58
First Appeared:
In the movie The Cow 1969-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Oboist 2017-06-01
Known For
Poster of Oboist
Poster of Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Poster of Battle of Oil Tankers
Poster of The Sleeping Lion
Filmography
Movie Oboist as Himself 2017-06-01
Movie Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report Self 2016-07-04
Movie The Teacher without Master 2016-10-15
Movie The Maritime Silk Road Slave Merchant 2011-01-01
Movie Forties Judge 2010-02-01
Movie And the blue sky Himself 2010-02-07
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 Once Upon a Time in Tehran Khan-e Mozaffar 1999-07-15
Movie Punishment Committe Khan-e Mozaffar 1997-01-01
Movie Takhti Takhti's father 1997-04-01
Movie Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait Self 1996-10-19
Movie The Blue-Veiled Rasul Rahmani 1995-02-01
Movie The Fateful Day 1995-02-01
Movie Battle of Oil Tankers 1994-01-01
Movie Day of the Angel Niyyatollah 1993-01-01
Movie Baziche Ghadir zafarlu 1993-04-01
Movie Once Upon a Time, Cinema Nassereddin Shah 1992-02-01
Movie The Lady Ghorban Salar 1992-01-01
Movie The Quiet Home Ghadir zafarlu 1992-04-01
Movie The Shadow of Imagination 1991-04-01
Movie Hamoon Dabiri 1990-02-01
Movie Grand Cinema Aghaiev 1989-02-01
Movie Eye of the Hurricane Amir Houshang 1989-07-05
Movie The Ship Angelica 1989-04-01
Series Hezar Dastan Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan) 1988-01-01
Movie The Suitcase Mr. Sajjadi 1988-04-01
Movie Shirak Haj Khaloo 1988-06-01
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 House of Spider 1983-04-01
Movie The School We Went To 1980-01-02
Movie First Case, Second Case Self 1979-02-01
Movie The Cycle Dr. Sameri 1978-09-14
Movie The Sleeping Lion Mahmoud Khan 1977-03-02
Movie The Divine One M.L. 1976-12-04
Movie Resurrection of Love 1973-01-01
Movie The Postman Niyatollah 1972-04-01
Movie Bita Bita's Father 1972-08-21
Movie Sadegh the Kurd Sergeant Vali Khan 1972-10-06
Movie Sattar Khan Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli 1972-10-16
Movie Mr. Gullible Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan 1970-04-01
Movie The Cow Masht Hassan 1969-01-01