Ezzatollah Entezami
Born
January 1, 1924
Died
August 17, 2018 (94 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
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.

Oboist
as Himself
2017

The Teacher without Master
2016

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Self
2016

The Maritime Silk Road
Slave Merchant
2011

And the blue sky
Himself
2010

Forties
Judge
2010

Motherland
Colonel Amiri
2009

The Green Fire
Judge
2008

Colors of Memory
Ghanati
2008

The Night
Dr Parviz
2007

Jamshid Mashayekhi
2007

Verdict
Reza Ma'roofi
2005

To be a Star
Rafi Golkar
2005

A Place to Live
Eydi Mohammad
2004

The River's End
2004

The Insane Flew Away
Mostofi
2003

Summit of the Wave
2003

A House Built on Water
Dr. Sepidbakht's father
2002

Twilight
Detective Alavi
2001

The Mix
2000

Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Khan-e Mozaffar
1999

Takhti
Takhti's father
1997

Punishment Committe
Khan-e Mozaffar
1997

Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Self
1996

The Blue-Veiled
Rasul Rahmani
1995

The Fateful Day
1995

Battle of Oil Tankers
1994

Baziche
Ghadir zafarlu
1993

Day of the Angel
Niyyatollah
1993

The Quiet Home
Ghadir zafarlu
1992

Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Nassereddin Shah
1992

The Lady
Ghorban Salar
1992

The Shadow of Imagination
1991

Hamoon
Dabiri
1990

Eye of the Hurricane
Amir Houshang
1989

The Ship Angelica
1989

Grand Cinema
Aghaiev
1989

Shirak
Haj Khaloo
1988

The Suitcase
Mr. Sajjadi
1988

Hezar Dastan
Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan) · (16 episodes)
1988

The Stone Lion
Namdar khan
1987

The Tenants
Abbas
1987

Jafar Khan az farang bargashte
1985

Kamalolmolk
Nasereddin Shah
1984

The House of Spider
1983

Hajji Washington
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
1983

The School We Went To
The librarian
1980

First Case, Second Case
Self
1979

The Cycle
Dr. Sameri
1978

The Sleeping Lion
Mahmoud Khan
1977

The Divine One
M.L.
1976

Resurrection of Love
Mr. Kamal
1973

Sattar Khan
Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
1972

Sadegh the Kurd
Sergeant Vali Khan
1972

Bita
Bita's Father
1972

The Postman
Niyatollah
1972

The Cow
Masht Hassan
1969
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow

Mr. Gullible
Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
1970