Ezzatollah Entezami

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1924-01-01

Deathday 2018-08-17 (94 years old)

Place of Birth Tehran, Iran

Also Known As عزت اله انتظامی, آقای بازیگر, عزت الله انتظامی, Ezatolah Entezami, Ezzatolah Entezami, عزت خان انتظامی

Ezzatollah Entezami

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2017
Oboist

as as Himself

2011
The Maritime Silk Road

as Slave Merchant

2010
And the blue sky

as Himself

2010
Forties

as Judge

2009
Motherland

as Colonel Amiri

2008
2008
Colors of Memory

as Ghanati

2007
The Night

as Dr Parviz

2005
Verdict

as Reza Ma'roofi

2005
To be a Star

as Rafi Golkar

2004
A Place to Live

as Eydi Mohammad

2003
2002
A House Built on Water

as Dr. Sepidbakht's father

2001
Twilight

as Detective Alavi

1999
Once Upon a Time in Tehran

as Khan-e Mozaffar

1997
Takhti

as Takhti's father

1997
Punishment Committe

as Khan-e Mozaffar

1995
The Blue-Veiled

as Rasul Rahmani

1993
Baziche

as Ghadir zafarlu

1993
Day of the Angel

as Niyyatollah

1992
The Quiet Home

as Ghadir zafarlu

1992
Once Upon a Time, Cinema

as Nassereddin Shah

1992
The Lady

as Ghorban Salar

1990
Hamoon

as Dabiri

1989
Eye of the Hurricane

as Amir Houshang

1989
Grand Cinema

as Aghaiev

1988
Shirak

as Haj Khaloo

1988
The Suitcase

as Mr. Sajjadi

1988
Hezar Dastan

as Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)

1987
The Stone Lion

as Namdar khan

1987
The Tenants

as Abbas

1984
Kamalolmolk

as Nasereddin Shah

1983
Hajji Washington

as Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori

1978
The Cycle

as Dr. Sameri

1977
The Sleeping Lion

as Mahmoud Khan

1976
1972
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

Writer

1993