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Ezzatolah Entezami

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.


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Born:
Jun 21, 1924 In Tehran - Iran
Movie/TV Credits:
21
First Appeared:
In the movie The Cow 1969-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie The Green Fire 2008-09-02
Known For
Poster of The Green Fire
Poster of Hajji Washington
Poster of Sadegh the Kurd
Poster of The Postman
Filmography
Movie The Green Fire Judge 2008-09-02
Movie Verdict Reza Ma'roofi 2005-12-05
Movie Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait Himself 1996-10-19
Movie The Blue-Veiled Rasul Rahmani 1995-02-01
Movie Once Upon a Time, Cinema Nassereddin Shah 1992-02-01
Movie Hamoon Dabiri 1990-02-01
Movie Eye of the Hurricane Amir Houshang 1989-07-05
Series Hezar Dastan Hezardastan 1988-01-01
Movie The Tenants Abbas 1987-02-01
Movie Kamalolmolk Nasereddin Shah 1984-11-09
Movie Hajji Washington Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori 1983-02-01
Movie The School We Went To 1980-01-02
Movie First Case, Second Case Self 1979-02-01
Movie The Cycle Dr. Sameri 1978-09-14
Movie The Divine One 1976-12-04
Movie The Postman Niyatollah 1972-04-01
Movie Bita Bita's Father 1972-08-21
Movie Sattar Khan Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli 1972-10-16
Movie Sadegh the Kurd Sergeant Vali Khan 1972-10-06
Movie Mr. Gullible Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan 1970-04-01
Movie The Cow Masht Hassan 1969-01-01
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