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Ezzatollah Entezami

Ezzatollah Entezami

Acting·1924–2018·58 films

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 promine

As Actor

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

As Writer