Ezzatollah Entezami

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

Hezar Dastan

The Cow

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

Hamoon

First Case, Second Case

The Stone Lion

Once Upon a Time, Cinema

Bita

All Movies (60)

• Oboist2017 · as as Himself
• The Teacher without Master2016
• Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report2016 · as Self
• Shabi Ba Setareha2013
• The Maritime Silk Road2011 · as Slave Merchant
• And the blue sky2010 · as Himself
• Forties2010 · as Judge
• Motherland2009 · as Colonel Amiri
• The Green Fire2008 · as Judge
• Colors of Memory2008 · as Ghanati
• The Night2007 · as Dr Parviz
• Jamshid Mashayekhi2007
• Verdict2005 · as Reza Ma'roofi
• To be a Star2005 · as Rafi Golkar
• A Place to Live2004 · as Eydi Mohammad
• The River's End2004
• The Insane Flew Away2003 · as Mostofi
• Summit of the Wave2003
• A House Built on Water2002 · as Dr. Sepidbakht's father
• Twilight2001 · as Detective Alavi
• The Mix2000
• Once Upon a Time in Tehran1999 · as Khan-e Mozaffar
• Takhti1997 · as Takhti's father
• Punishment Committe1997 · as Khan-e Mozaffar
• Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait1996 · as Self
• The Blue-Veiled1995 · as Rasul Rahmani
• The Fateful Day1995
• Battle of Oil Tankers1994
• Baziche1993 · as Ghadir zafarlu
• Day of the Angel1993 · as Niyyatollah
• The Quiet Home1992 · as Ghadir zafarlu
• Once Upon a Time, Cinema1992 · as Nassereddin Shah
• The Lady1992 · as Ghorban Salar
• The Shadow of Imagination1991
• Hamoon1990 · as Dabiri
• Eye of the Hurricane1989 · as Amir Houshang
• The Ship Angelica1989
• Grand Cinema1989 · as Aghaiev
• Shirak1988 · as Haj Khaloo
• The Suitcase1988 · as Mr. Sajjadi
• The Stone Lion1987 · as Namdar khan
• The Tenants1987 · as Abbas
• Jafar Khan is back from the West1985
• Kamalolmolk1984 · as Nasereddin Shah
• The House of Spider1983
• Hajji Washington1983 · as Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
• The School We Went To1980 · as The librarian
• First Case, Second Case1979 · as Self
• The Cycle1978 · as Dr. Sameri
• The Condemned1977
• The Sleeping Lion1977 · as Mahmoud Khan
• The Divine One1976 · as M.L.
• Resurrection of Love1973 · as Mr. Kamal
• Sattar Khan1972 · as Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
• Sadegh the Kurd1972 · as Sergeant Vali Khan
• Bita1972 · as Bita's Father
• The Postman1972 · as Niyatollah
• Mr. Gullible1970 · as Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
• The Cow1969 · as Masht Hassan
• Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow—

All TV Shows (1)

• Hezar Dastan1988 · as Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)