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Reza Naji

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.​


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Born:
Dec 26, 1942 In Tabriz, Iran
Movie/TV Credits:
26
First Appeared:
In the movie Circle of Death 1993-12-31
Latest Project:
Series Occasion 2024-03-20
Known For
Poster of Angels Come Together
Poster of Ziba and I
Poster of The Little Bird Boy
Poster of Tunnel 18
Filmography
Series Occasion Haj Ghorban 2024-03-20
Movie Winners Naser Khan 2023-03-17
Movie Apache 2022-03-15
Series The Sorcerer 2022-05-16
Movie We Are All Together 2019-06-05
Movie Texas 2 Yavar 2019-04-10
Movie Newcastle 2019-07-17
Movie Sly 2018-04-20
Movie The Redtails 2018-08-01
Movie Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection 2017-10-06
Movie Bench Cinema Prison Guard 2016-10-22
Movie Sperm Whale Panah 2015-05-20
Movie Angels Come Together 2014-02-01
Movie Shiva 2014-11-13
Movie Ziba and I 2013-01-01
Movie Autumn Yusuf (as Reza Naji) 2010-11-01
Movie Wind Blows in the Meadow 2009-06-07
Movie The Song of Sparrows Karim 2008-10-01
Movie The Willow Tree Morteza 2005-08-11
Movie Kandaloos Gardens 2004-04-01
Movie The Little Bird Boy 2002-08-23
Movie Baran Memar 2001-01-31
Movie Birth of a Butterfly 2000-01-01
Movie Children of Heaven Ali's Father 1997-08-01
Movie Tunnel 18 Khan 1997-02-13
Movie Circle of Death 1993-12-31