Ezzatollah Entezami
Known for Acting · 61 credits
- Born
- 1924-01-01
- Died
- 2018-08-17
- Place of birth
- Tehran, Iran
- Also known as
- عزت اله انتظامی · آقای بازیگر · عزت الله انتظامی · Ezatolah Entezami · Ezzatolah Entezami · عزت خان انتظامی
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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (60)
The Cow
1969
as Masht Hassan
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
2016
as Self
The Cycle
1978
as Dr. Sameri
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
1996
as Self
Mr. Gullible
1970
as Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
The Lady
1992
as Ghorban Salar
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992
as Nassereddin Shah
The School We Went To
1980
as The librarian
Hamoon
1990
as Dabiri
Summit of the Wave
2003
The Ship Angelica
1989
The Stone Lion
1987
as Namdar khan
Sadegh the Kurd
1972
as Sergeant Vali Khan
A House Built on Water
2002
as Dr. Sepidbakht's father
Forties
2010
as Judge
The Maritime Silk Road
2011
as Slave Merchant
The Suitcase
1988
as Mr. Sajjadi
The Insane Flew Away
2003
as Mostofi
The Tenants
1987
as Abbas
Day of the Angel
1993
as Niyyatollah
Bita
1972
as Bita's Father
Verdict
2005
as Reza Ma'roofi
The Shadow of Imagination
1991
Eye of the Hurricane
1989
as Amir Houshang
Takhti
1997
as Takhti's father
The Green Fire
2008
as Judge
Twilight
2001
as Detective Alavi
A Place to Live
2004
as Eydi Mohammad
The House of Spider
1983
And the blue sky
2010
as Himself
Jafar Khan is back from the West
1985
The Night
2007
as Dr Parviz
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
1999
as Khan-e Mozaffar
The Fateful Day
1995
The Sleeping Lion
1977
as Mahmoud Khan
Resurrection of Love
1973
as Mr. Kamal
Hajji Washington
1983
as Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
First Case, Second Case
1979
as Self
The Mix
2000
Grand Cinema
1989
as Aghaiev
Colors of Memory
2008
as Ghanati
The Quiet Home
1992
as Ghadir zafarlu
The Postman
1972
as Niyatollah
The Blue-Veiled
1995
as Rasul Rahmani
Kamalolmolk
1984
as Nasereddin Shah
The Divine One
1976
as M.L.
Jamshid Mashayekhi
2007
Battle of Oil Tankers
1994
Sattar Khan
1972
as Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
Punishment Committe
1997
as Khan-e Mozaffar
The River's End
2004
Shirak
1988
as Haj Khaloo
To be a Star
2005
as Rafi Golkar
Baziche
1993
as Ghadir zafarlu
The Condemned
1977
Motherland
2009
as Colonel Amiri
Shabi Ba Setareha
2013
The Teacher without Master
2016
Oboist
2017
as as Himself
About Ezzatollah Entezami
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… With 61 credits spanning from 1969 to 2017, Ezzatollah Entezami has appeared in 60 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Ezzatollah Entezami Movies
- The Cow (1969) — as Masht Hassan
- Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report (2016) — as Self
- The Cycle (1978) — as Dr. Sameri
- Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
- Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait (1996) — as Self
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