- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1924
- Place of Birth
- Tehran, Iran
- Died
- August 17, 2018
Ezzatollah Entezami
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 B…
Filmography
movieOboist
2017 · as Himself
movieThe Teacher without Master
2016
movieMehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
2016 · Self
Shabi Ba Setareha
movieShabi Ba Setareha
2013
movieThe Maritime Silk Road
2011 · Slave Merchant
movieAnd the blue sky
2010 · Himself
movieForties
2010 · Judge
movieMotherland
2009 · Colonel Amiri
movieThe Green Fire
2008 · Judge
movieColors of Memory
2008 · Ghanati
movieThe Night
2007 · Dr Parviz
movieJamshid Mashayekhi
2007
movieVerdict
2005 · Reza Ma'roofi
movieTo be a Star
2005 · Rafi Golkar
movieA Place to Live
2004 · Eydi Mohammad
movieThe River's End
2004
movieThe Insane Flew Away
2003 · Mostofi
movieSummit of the Wave
2003
movieA House Built on Water
2002 · Dr. Sepidbakht's father
movieTwilight
2001 · Detective Alavi
movieThe Mix
2000
movieOnce Upon a Time in Tehran
1999 · Khan-e Mozaffar
movieTakhti
1997 · Takhti's father
moviePunishment Committe
1997 · Khan-e Mozaffar
movieStardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
1996 · Self
movieThe Blue-Veiled
1995 · Rasul Rahmani
movieThe Fateful Day
1995
movieBattle of Oil Tankers
1994
movieBaziche
1993 · Ghadir zafarlu
movieDay of the Angel
1993 · Niyyatollah, Writer
movieThe Quiet Home
1992 · Ghadir zafarlu
movieOnce Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Nassereddin Shah
movieThe Lady
1992 · Ghorban Salar
movieThe Shadow of Imagination
1991
movieHamoon
1990 · Dabiri
movieEye of the Hurricane
1989 · Amir Houshang
movieThe Ship Angelica
1989
movieGrand Cinema
1989 · Aghaiev
movieShirak
1988 · Haj Khaloo
movieThe Suitcase
1988 · Mr. Sajjadi
tvHezar Dastan
1988 · Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)
movieThe Stone Lion
1987 · Namdar khan
movieThe Tenants
1987 · Abbas
movieJafar Khan is back from the West
1985
movieKamalolmolk
1984 · Nasereddin Shah
movieThe House of Spider
1983
movieHajji Washington
1983 · Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
movieThe School We Went To
1980 · The librarian
movieFirst Case, Second Case
1979 · Self
movieThe Cycle
1978 · Dr. Sameri
movieThe Condemned
1977
movieThe Sleeping Lion
1977 · Mahmoud Khan
movieThe Divine One
1976 · M.L.
movieResurrection of Love
1973 · Mr. Kamal
movieSattar Khan
1972 · Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
movieSadegh the Kurd
1972 · Sergeant Vali Khan
movieBita
1972 · Bita's Father
movieThe Postman
1972 · Niyatollah
movieMr. Gullible
1970 · Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
movieThe Cow
1969 · Masht Hassan
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
movieDariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
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