Biography
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.
Filmography
all 61
Movies 60
self 4
TV Shows 1
Oboist (2017)
The Teacher without Master (2016)
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report (2016)
The Maritime Silk Road (2011)
And the blue sky (2010)
Forties (2010)
Motherland (2009)
The Green Fire (2008)
Colors of Memory (2008)
The Night (2007)
Jamshid Mashayekhi (2007)
Verdict (2005)
To be a Star (2005)
A Good Time for Tragedy (2005)
A Place to Live (2004)
The River's End (2004)
The Insane Flew Away (2003)
Summit of the Wave (2003)
A House Built on Water (2002)
Twilight (2001)
The Mix (2000)
Once Upon a Time in Tehran (1999)
Takhti (1997)
Punishment Committe (1997)
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait (1996)
The Blue-Veiled (1995)
The Fateful Day (1995)
Battle of Oil Tankers (1994)
Baziche (1993)
Day of the Angel (1993)
The Quiet Home (1992)
Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
The Lady (1992)
The Shadow of Imagination (1991)
Hamoon (1990)
Eye of the Hurricane (1989)
The Ship Angelica (1989)
Grand Cinema (1989)
Shirak (1988)
The Suitcase (1988)
Hezar Dastan (1988)
The Stone Lion (1987)
The Tenants (1987)
Jafar Khan az farang bargashte (1985)
Kamalolmolk (1984)
The House of Spider (1983)
Hajji Washington (1983)
The School We Went To (1980)
First Case, Second Case (1979)
The Cycle (1978)
The Sleeping Lion (1977)
The Divine One (1976)
Resurrection of Love (1973)
Resurrection of Love (1973)
Sattar Khan (1972)
Sadegh the Kurd (1972)
Bita (1972)
The Postman (1972)
Mr. Gullible (1970)
The Cow (1969)
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1924-06-21
Deathday2018-08-17 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceTehran, Iran
ChildrenMajid Entezami
CitizenshipsIran
ResidencesTehran, Iran
Also Known Asعزت اله انتظامی, آقای بازیگر, عزت الله انتظامی, Ezatolah Entezami, Ezzatolah Entezami, عزت خان انتظامی
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