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Ezzatollah Entezami

Ezzatollah Entezami

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1924-01-01

Birth Place

Tehran, Iran

Movies and TV shows :

A House Built on Water

A House Built on Water

2002

7.5

Movie
A Place to Live

A Place to Live

2004

1.0

Movie
And the blue sky

And the blue sky

2010

0.0

Movie
Battle of Oil Tankers

Battle of Oil Tankers

1994

4.0

Movie
Baziche

Baziche

1993

0.0

Movie
Bita

Bita

1972

5.0

Movie
Colors of Memory

Colors of Memory

2008

0.0

Movie
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow

Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow

0.0

Movie
Day of the Angel

Day of the Angel

1993

6.0

Movie
Eye of the Hurricane

Eye of the Hurricane

1989

6.0

Movie
First Case, Second Case

First Case, Second Case

1979

6.5

Movie
Forties

Forties

2010

4.5

Movie
Ghiamat-e eshgh

Ghiamat-e eshgh

1973

0.0

Movie
Grand Cinema

Grand Cinema

1989

4.0

Movie
Hajji Washington

Hajji Washington

1983

5.4

Movie
Hamoon

Hamoon

1990

7.1

Movie
poster

Hezar Dastan

1988

6.8

TV
Jafar Khan az farang bargashte

Jafar Khan az farang bargashte

1985

4.3

Movie
Jamshid Mashayekhi

Jamshid Mashayekhi

2007

0.0

Movie
Kamalolmolk

Kamalolmolk

1984

6.8

Movie
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

2016

0.0

Movie
Motherland

Motherland

2009

1.0

Movie
Mr. Gullible

Mr. Gullible

1970

5.4

Movie
Oboist

Oboist

2017

0.0

Movie
Once Upon a Time in Tehran

Once Upon a Time in Tehran

1999

0.0

Movie
Once Upon a Time, Cinema

Once Upon a Time, Cinema

1992

6.3

Movie
Punishment Committe

Punishment Committe

1997

6.0

Movie
Sadegh the Kurd

Sadegh the Kurd

1972

6.0

Movie
Sattar Khan

Sattar Khan

1972

6.0

Movie
Shirak

Shirak

1988

3.0

Movie
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

1996

0.0

Movie
Summit of the Wave

Summit of the Wave

2003

0.0

Movie
Takhti

Takhti

1997

4.3

Movie
The Blue-Veiled

The Blue-Veiled

1995

4.9

Movie
The Cow

The Cow

1969

7.7

Movie
The Cycle

The Cycle

1978

6.8

Movie
The Divine One

The Divine One

1976

2.0

Movie
The Fateful Day

The Fateful Day

1995

7.8

Movie
The Green Fire

The Green Fire

2008

3.0

Movie
The House of Spider

The House of Spider

1983

0.0

Movie
The Insane Flew Away

The Insane Flew Away

2003

0.0

Movie
The Lady

The Lady

1992

6.5

Movie
The Maritime Silk Road

The Maritime Silk Road

2011

4.6

Movie
The Mix

The Mix

2000

5.0

Movie
The Night

The Night

2007

2.0

Movie
The Postman

The Postman

1972

6.5

Movie
The Quiet Home

The Quiet Home

1992

0.0

Movie
The River's End

The River's End

2004

3.0

Movie
The School We Went To

The School We Went To

1980

2.0

Movie
The Shadow of Imagination

The Shadow of Imagination

1991

0.0

Movie
The Ship Angelica

The Ship Angelica

1989

4.0

Movie
The Sleeping Lion

The Sleeping Lion

1977

0.0

Movie
The Stone Lion

The Stone Lion

1987

7.0

Movie
The Suitcase

The Suitcase

1988

0.0

Movie
The Teacher without Master

The Teacher without Master

2016

0.0

Movie
The Tenants

The Tenants

1987

5.7

Movie
To be a Star

To be a Star

2005

0.0

Movie
Twilight

Twilight

2001

10.0

Movie
Verdict

Verdict

2005

3.5

Movie