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Ezzatollah Entezami

01 Jan, 1924 in 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.

Also Known As:

عزت اله انتظامیآقای بازیگرعزت الله انتظامیEzatolah EntezamiEzzatolah Entezamiعزت خان انتظامی

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The Cow
77% (1969)
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Oboist
0% (2017)
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The Cycle
68% (1978)
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Bita
50% (1972)
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Hamoon
71% (1990)
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Verdict
35% (2005)
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The Postman
65% (1972)
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Motherland
10% (2009)
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Forties
45% (2010)
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The Mix
50% (2000)
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The Night
20% (2007)
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Takhti
43% (1997)
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Shirak
30% (1988)
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The Suitcase
0% (1988)
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The Lady
65% (1992)
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Baziche
0% (1993)
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Twilight
100% (2001)
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A Place to Live
10% (2004)
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To be a Star
0% (2005)
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Hezar Dastan
68% (1988)