Ezzatollah Entezami
Date of Birth:
Jan 01, 1924
Place of Birth:
Tehran, Iran
Date of Birth:
Jan 01, 1924
Place of Birth:
Tehran, Iran
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:
2017
2010
2010
2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
2005
2005
2004
2004
2003
2003
2001
2000
1997
1997
1995
1995
1993
1993
1992
1992
1990
1989
1989
1989
1988
1988
1987
1987
1984
1983
1983
1978
1977
1976
1973
1973
1972
1972
1972
1972
1970
1969