progress_activityLoading...
Acting
Ezzatollah Entezami
Also known as: عزت اله انتظامی, آقای بازیگر, عزت الله انتظامی, Ezatolah 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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1924
Day of Death
August 17, 2018
Age at Death
94 years old
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Popularity Score
0.4
Filmography
Oboist
as Himself
2017Movie
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Self
2016Movie
The Teacher without Master
2016Movie
Shabi Ba Setareha
2013Movie
The Maritime Silk Road
Slave Merchant
2011Movie
And the blue sky
Himself
2010Movie
Forties
Judge
2010Movie
Motherland
Colonel Amiri
2009Movie
The Green Fire
Judge
2008Movie
Colors of Memory
Ghanati
2008Movie
The Night
Dr Parviz
2007Movie
Jamshid Mashayekhi
2007Movie
Verdict
Reza Ma'roofi
2005Movie
To be a Star
Rafi Golkar
2005Movie
The River's End
2004Movie
A Place to Live
Eydi Mohammad
2004Movie
The Insane Flew Away
Mostofi
2003Movie
Summit of the Wave
2003Movie
A House Built on Water
Dr. Sepidbakht's father
2002Movie
Twilight
Detective Alavi
2001Movie
The Mix
2000Movie
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Khan-e Mozaffar
1999Movie
Punishment Committe
Khan-e Mozaffar
1997Movie
Takhti
Takhti's father
1997Movie
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Self
1996Movie
The Blue-Veiled
Rasul Rahmani
1995Movie
The Fateful Day
1995Movie
Battle of Oil Tankers
1994Movie
Day of the Angel
Niyyatollah
1993Movie
Baziche
Ghadir zafarlu
1993Movie
Day of the Angel
Writer
1993Movie
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Nassereddin Shah
1992Movie
The Quiet Home
Ghadir zafarlu
1992Movie
The Lady
Ghorban Salar
1992Movie
The Shadow of Imagination
1991Movie
Hamoon
Dabiri
1990Movie
Eye of the Hurricane
Amir Houshang
1989Movie
The Ship Angelica
1989Movie
Grand Cinema
Aghaiev
1989Movie
The Suitcase
Mr. Sajjadi
1988Movie
Shirak
Haj Khaloo
1988Movie
Hezar Dastan
Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)
1988TV
The Tenants
Abbas
1987Movie
The Stone Lion
Namdar khan
1987Movie
Jafar Khan is back from the West
1985Movie
Kamalolmolk
Nasereddin Shah
1984Movie
Hajji Washington
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
1983Movie
The House of Spider
1983Movie
The School We Went To
The librarian
1980Movie
First Case, Second Case
Self
1979Movie
The Cycle
Dr. Sameri
1978Movie
The Sleeping Lion
Mahmoud Khan
1977Movie
The Condemned
1977Movie
The Divine One
M.L.
1976Movie
Resurrection of Love
Mr. Kamal
1973Movie
Bita
Bita's Father
1972Movie
The Postman
Niyatollah
1972Movie
Sattar Khan
Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
1972Movie
Sadegh the Kurd
Sergeant Vali Khan
1972Movie
Mr. Gullible
Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
1970Movie
The Cow
Masht Hassan
1969Movie
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
—Movie