Acting · Tehran, Iran · Born January 1, 1924
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.
MovieOboist
2017
as as Himself
MovieThe Teacher without Master
2016
MovieMehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
2016
as Self
Shabi Ba Setareha
2013
MovieThe Maritime Silk Road
2011
as Slave Merchant
MovieAnd the blue sky
2010
as Himself
MovieForties
2010
as Judge
MovieMotherland
2009
as Colonel Amiri
MovieThe Green Fire
2008
as Judge
MovieColors of Memory
2008
as Ghanati
MovieThe Night
2007
as Dr Parviz
MovieJamshid Mashayekhi
2007
MovieVerdict
2005
as Reza Ma'roofi
MovieTo be a Star
2005
as Rafi Golkar
MovieA Place to Live
2004
as Eydi Mohammad
MovieThe River's End
2004
MovieThe Insane Flew Away
2003
as Mostofi
MovieSummit of the Wave
2003
MovieA House Built on Water
2002
as Dr. Sepidbakht's father
MovieTwilight
2001
as Detective Alavi
MovieThe Mix
2000
MovieOnce Upon a Time in Tehran
1999
as Khan-e Mozaffar
MovieTakhti
1997
as Takhti's father
MoviePunishment Committe
1997
as Khan-e Mozaffar
MovieStardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
1996
as Self
MovieThe Blue-Veiled
1995
as Rasul Rahmani
MovieThe Fateful Day
1995
MovieBattle of Oil Tankers
1994
MovieBaziche
1993
as Ghadir zafarlu
MovieDay of the Angel
1993
as Niyyatollah
MovieThe Quiet Home
1992
as Ghadir zafarlu
MovieOnce Upon a Time, Cinema
1992
as Nassereddin Shah
MovieThe Lady
1992
as Ghorban Salar
MovieThe Shadow of Imagination
1991
MovieHamoon
1990
as Dabiri
MovieEye of the Hurricane
1989
as Amir Houshang
MovieThe Ship Angelica
1989
MovieGrand Cinema
1989
as Aghaiev
MovieShirak
1988
as Haj Khaloo
MovieThe Suitcase
1988
as Mr. Sajjadi
TVHezar Dastan
1988
as Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)
MovieThe Stone Lion
1987
as Namdar khan
MovieThe Tenants
1987
as Abbas
MovieJafar Khan is back from the West
1985
MovieKamalolmolk
1984
as Nasereddin Shah
MovieThe House of Spider
1983
MovieHajji Washington
1983
as Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
MovieThe School We Went To
1980
as The librarian
MovieFirst Case, Second Case
1979
as Self
MovieThe Cycle
1978
as Dr. Sameri
MovieThe Condemned
1977
MovieThe Sleeping Lion
1977
as Mahmoud Khan
MovieThe Divine One
1976
as M.L.
MovieResurrection of Love
1973
as Mr. Kamal
MovieSattar Khan
1972
as Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
MovieSadegh the Kurd
1972
as Sergeant Vali Khan
MovieBita
1972
as Bita's Father
MovieThe Postman
1972
as Niyatollah
MovieMr. Gullible
1970
as Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
MovieThe Cow
1969
as Masht Hassan
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
