Ezzatollah Entezami
ActingEzzatolah 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
The Cow
Masht Hassan
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Nassereddin Shah
The Maritime Silk Road
Slave Merchant
Hajji Washington
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
Sadegh the Kurd
Sergeant Vali Khan
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Self
The House of Spider
First Case, Second Case
Self
The Stone Lion
Namdar khan
The Tenants
Abbas
Filmography — Acting
The Cow
Masht Hassan
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Nassereddin Shah
The Maritime Silk Road
Slave Merchant
Hajji Washington
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
Sadegh the Kurd
Sergeant Vali Khan
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Self
The House of Spider
First Case, Second Case
Self
The Stone Lion
Namdar khan
The Tenants
Abbas
Verdict
Reza Ma'roofi
Forties
Judge
Battle of Oil Tankers
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Self
Takhti
Takhti's father
Hamoon
Dabiri
The Sleeping Lion
Mahmoud Khan
Mr. Gullible
Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Khan-e Mozaffar
Day of the Angel
Niyyatollah
The Cycle
Dr. Sameri
Shirak
Haj Khaloo
And the blue sky
Himself
The Blue-Veiled
Rasul Rahmani
The Green Fire
Judge
Resurrection of Love
Mr. Kamal
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Colors of Memory
Ghanati
Bita
Bita's Father
Jafar Khan is back from the West
A Place to Live
Eydi Mohammad
The School We Went To
The librarian
The Suitcase
Mr. Sajjadi
The Ship Angelica
The Shadow of Imagination
The Insane Flew Away
Mostofi
Twilight
Detective Alavi
Baziche
Ghadir zafarlu
The Divine One
M.L.
Summit of the Wave
The Lady
Ghorban Salar
To be a Star
Rafi Golkar
Motherland
Colonel Amiri
The Quiet Home
Ghadir zafarlu
The Fateful Day
The Night
Dr Parviz
The Condemned
Sattar Khan
Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
Eye of the Hurricane
Amir Houshang
The Mix
The Postman
Niyatollah
Kamalolmolk
Nasereddin Shah
A House Built on Water
Dr. Sepidbakht's father
Grand Cinema
Aghaiev
Oboist
as Himself
The River's End
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
Shabi Ba Setareha
The Teacher without Master
Punishment Committe
Khan-e Mozaffar