Ezzatolah Entezami
Ezzatollah Entezami, or Ezzatolah Entezami was an Iranian actor.
Career
Ezzatolah Entezami started his career on stage in 1941 and graduated from theatre and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in 1958. He has been acting in movies since 1969. His debut performance was in Darius Mehrjui’s film, The Cow. 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.
Entezami was known as one of the most prominent actors in Iranian cinema and has been labeled as the greatest actor in the history of the cinema of Iran. He worked with most of the prominent Iranian film directors, including Darius Mehrjui, Ali Hatami, Nasser Taqvaee, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Behrouz Afkhami and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. He was 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.
Entezami, Ali Nasirian, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Mashayekhi and Davoud Rashidi are known as "the five most important actors in the history of Iranian cinema" because of their influence.
Personal life
His son, Majid Entezami is an Iranian film score composer.
Filmography
Vareite bahari The Cow - Masht HassanMr. Naive - Mohammadipoor / Fathollah KhanThe Postman - NiyatollahBita - Bita's fatherSattar Khan - Heydar Khan Amoo-UghliSadegh the Kurdish - Sergeant Vali KhanLove’s Tumult - KamalKingdom of Heaven Sleeping Lion The Cycle The Dust Dwellers - Dr. SameriIn Grouhe Mahkoomin - Hossein GeneralCondemned The School We Went To Hadji Washington Hajji Washington - Hajji Hossein-Gholi NooriThe Spider’s House Kamalolmolk - Nasereddin ShahThe Suitcase Jafar Khan Is Back from the West Stony Lion In the Wind’s Eye The Tenants - AbbasShirak - Haj KhalooHezar Dastan - HezardastanThe Ship Angelica Grand Cinema - AghaievEye of the Hurricane - Amir HoushangHamoun - DabiriThe Shadow of Imagination Saye khial Banu The Quiet Home Once Upon a Time, Cinema - Nassereddin Shah / Mozzaffaeddin Shah / Mash HasanBaanoo - Ghorban SalarThe Toy - Ghadir zafarluThe Battle of Oil Tankers Day of the Angel - Amir JalaleddinRooz-e fereshte - NiyyatollahJang-e naftkesh-ha The Blue Veiled The Fateful Day - Rasul RahmaniTyphoon The Punishment Committee - Khan-e MozaffarWind and Anemone Takhti, the World Champion - Takhti's fatherTehran Rozegar-e No - Khan-e MozaffarThe Mix - The Dark RoomTwilight - Detective AlaviA House Built on Water - Dr. Sepidbakht's fatherDivanei az ghafas parid - MostofiJayi baraye zendegi - Eydi MohammadA Place to Live Gav khuni Order Stars The Command - Reza Ma'roofiSetareh Mishavad - Rafi GolkarColors of Memory - GhanatiShab - Dr. ParvizAtash-e sabz - JudgeZadboom - Colonel AmiriForty Years Old - JudgeThe Maritime Silk Road, slave merchant Gohar Kheirandish A Filmography, as himself