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.
59 movies · 1 shows
Oboist
2017·0.0
The Teacher without Master
2016·0.0
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
2016·0.0
Shabi Ba Setareha
2013·0.0
The Maritime Silk Road
2011·4.6
And the blue sky
2010·0.0
Forties
2010·4.5
Motherland
2009·1.0
The Green Fire
2008·3.0
Colors of Memory
2008·0.0
The Night
2007·2.0
Jamshid Mashayekhi
2007·0.0
Verdict
2005·4.3
To be a Star
2005·0.0
A Place to Live
2004·1.0
The River's End
2004·6.5
The Insane Flew Away
2003·0.0
Summit of the Wave
2003·0.0
A House Built on Water
2002·7.5
Twilight
2001·10.0
The Mix
2000·6.0
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
1999·0.0
Takhti
1997·4.3
Punishment Committe
1997·6.5
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
1996·9.0
The Blue-Veiled
1995·5.3
The Fateful Day
1995·7.4
Battle of Oil Tankers
1994·5.5
Baziche
1993·0.0
Day of the Angel
1993·6.0
The Quiet Home
1992·0.0
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992·6.4
The Lady
1992·7.0
The Shadow of Imagination
1991·0.0
Hamoon
1990·7.1
Eye of the Hurricane
1989·7.0
The Ship Angelica
1989·5.3
Grand Cinema
1989·6.0
Shirak
1988·6.5
The Suitcase
1988·9.0
The Stone Lion
1987·8.5
The Tenants
1987·6.1
Jafar Khan is back from the West
1985·5.5
Kamalolmolk
1984·7.2
The House of Spider
1983·0.0
Hajji Washington
1983·5.6
The School We Went To
1980·5.0
First Case, Second Case
1979·7.0
The Cycle
1978·6.9
The Condemned
1977·0.0
The Sleeping Lion
1977·8.0
The Divine One
1976·5.0
Resurrection of Love
1973·7.0
Sattar Khan
1972·7.5
Sadegh the Kurd
1972·6.5
Bita
1972·6.0
The Postman
1972·6.6
Mr. Gullible
1970·5.4
The Cow
1969·7.7