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Ezzatollah Entezami
Actor, Writer
Born January 1, 1924Died August 17, 2018 (94 years)
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
| 2011 | The Maritime Silk Road · as Slave Merchant |
| 2010 | Love at 40 · as Judge |
| 2009 | Motherland · as Colonel Amiri |
| 2008 | The Night · as Dr Parviz |
| 2008 | The Green Fire · as Judge |
| 2007 | Colors of Memory · as Ghanati |
| 2006 | To Be A Star · as Rafi Golkar |
| 2005 | Verdict · as Reza Ma'roofi |
| 2003 | A Place to Live · as Eydi Mohammad |
| 2003 | The Insane Flew Away · as Mostofi |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | A House Built on Water · as Dr. Sepidbakht's Father |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | Once Upon a Time in Tehran · as Khan-E Mozaffar |
| 1998 | Takhti · as Takhti's Father |
| 1997 | Punishment Committe · as Khan-E Mozaffar |
| 1997 | Storm · as Cast |
| 1995 | The Blue-Veiled · as Rasul Rahmani |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Day of the Angel · as Niyyatollah |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | The Quiet Home · as Amir Jalaleddin |
| 1992 | Once Upon a Time, Cinema · as Nassereddin Shah |
| 1992 | The Lady · as Ghorban Salar |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | Hamoun · as Dabiri |
| 1989 | Eye of the Hurricane · as Amir Houshang |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Grand Cinema · as Aghaiev |
| 1988 | Shirak · as Haj Khaloo |
| 1988 | Hezar Dastan (TV Series) · as Khan -E- Mozaffar (hezardastan) |
| 1987 | The Stone Lion · as Namdar Khan |
| 1987 | The Tenants · as Abbas |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | Kamalolmolk · as Nasereddin Shah |
| 1983 | The House of Spider · as Morad Sabetian |
| 1983 | Hajji Washington · as Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori |
| 1980 | The School We Went To · as The Librarian |
| 1977 | The Cycle · as Dr. Sameri |
| 1976 | Divine One · as M.l. |
| 1973 | Sattar khan · as Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli |
| 1972 | Sadegh the Kurd · as Sergeant Vali Khan |
| 1972 | Bita · as Bita's Father |
| 1972 | The Postman · as Niyatollah |
| 1970 | Mr. Gullible · as Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan |
| 1969 | The Cow · as Masht Hassan |