Ezzatollah Entezami
Acting • Born 1924-01-01 – Died 2018-08-17
Biography
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 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
61 credits
Resurrection of Love
Movie • 1973
Mr. Kamal
The Cow
Movie • 1969
Masht Hassan
Oboist
Movie • 2017
as Himself
The Cycle
Movie • 1978
Dr. Sameri
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Movie • 2016
Self
Bita
Movie • 1972
Bita's Father
Eye of the Hurricane
Movie • 1989
Amir Houshang
Hamoon
Movie • 1990
Dabiri
The School We Went To
Movie • 1980
The librarian
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Movie • 1996
Self
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
Movie
The Divine One
Movie • 1976
M.L.
And the blue sky
Movie • 2010
Himself
The Sleeping Lion
Movie • 1977
Mahmoud Khan
Hajji Washington
Movie • 1983
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Movie • 1992
Nassereddin Shah
Verdict
Movie • 2005
Reza Ma'roofi
The Postman
Movie • 1972
Niyatollah
The Blue-Veiled
Movie • 1995
Rasul Rahmani
The Tenants
Movie • 1987
Abbas
Sattar Khan
Movie • 1972
Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
Sadegh the Kurd
Movie • 1972
Sergeant Vali Khan
The Green Fire
Movie • 2008
Judge
Kamalolmolk
Movie • 1984
Nasereddin Shah
Mr. Gullible
Movie • 1970
Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
Jafar Khan is back from the West
Movie • 1985
Motherland
Movie • 2009
Colonel Amiri
The River's End
Movie • 2004
Forties
Movie • 2010
Judge
Punishment Committe
Movie • 1997
Khan-e Mozaffar
The Stone Lion
Movie • 1987
Namdar khan
The Mix
Movie • 2000
The Night
Movie • 2007
Dr Parviz
The Insane Flew Away
Movie • 2003
Mostofi
The House of Spider
Movie • 1983
The Quiet Home
Movie • 1992
Ghadir zafarlu
Colors of Memory
Movie • 2008
Ghanati
A House Built on Water
Movie • 2002
Dr. Sepidbakht's father
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Movie • 2007
First Case, Second Case
Movie • 1979
Self
Day of the Angel
Movie • 1993
Niyyatollah
The Fateful Day
Movie • 1995
Takhti
Movie • 1997
Takhti's father
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Movie • 1999
Khan-e Mozaffar
The Ship Angelica
Movie • 1989
The Suitcase
Movie • 1988
Mr. Sajjadi
Grand Cinema
Movie • 1989
Aghaiev
The Shadow of Imagination
Movie • 1991
Shirak
Movie • 1988
Haj Khaloo
The Lady
Movie • 1992
Ghorban Salar
Baziche
Movie • 1993
Ghadir zafarlu
Battle of Oil Tankers
Movie • 1994
Twilight
Movie • 2001
Detective Alavi
A Place to Live
Movie • 2004
Eydi Mohammad
To be a Star
Movie • 2005
Rafi Golkar
The Maritime Silk Road
Movie • 2011
Slave Merchant
The Teacher without Master
Movie • 2016
Summit of the Wave
Movie • 2003
Shabi Ba Setareha
Movie • 2013
The Condemned
Movie • 1977
Hezar Dastan
TV • 1988
Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)