Person Details

Birthday: 1924-01-01 08:21:42

Death: 2018-08-17 08:21:42

Aliases: عزت اله انتظامی , آقای بازیگر , عزت الله انتظامی

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tehran - Iran

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Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

The Cow
Average
8

The Cow

(1969) Masht Hassan
Hezar Dastan
Average
10

Hezar Dastan

(1988) Hezardastan
Bita
Average
5

Bita

(1972) Bita's Father
A House Built on Water
Average
7

A House Built on Water

(2002) Dr. Sepidbakht's father
Hamoon
Average
7

Hamoon

(1990) Dabiri
The Insane Flew Away
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0

The Insane Flew Away

(2003) Mostofi
The Postman
Average
7

The Postman

(1972) Niyatollah
Oboist
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0

Oboist

(2017) as Himself

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2017 as Himself
2016 N/A
Self
2011 Slave Merchant
2010 Judge
2009 Colonel Amiri
2008 Judge
Ghanati
2007 Dr Parviz
N/A
2005 Reza Ma'roofi
Rafi Golkar
2004 Eydi Mohammad
N/A
2003 Mostofi
N/A
2002 Dr. Sepidbakht's father
2001 Detective Alavi
2000 N/A
1999 Khan-e Mozaffar
1997 Takhti's father
Khan-e Mozaffar
1996 Self
1995 N/A
Rasul Rahmani
1994 N/A
1993 Ghadir zafarlu
Niyyatollah
1992 Ghadir zafarlu
Nassereddin Shah
Ghorban Salar
1991 N/A
1990 Dabiri
1989 Amir Houshang
N/A
Aghaiev
1988 Haj Khaloo
Mr. Sajjadi
Khan -e- Mozaffar (Hezardastan)
1987 Namdar khan
Abbas
1985 N/A
1984 Nasereddin Shah
1983 N/A
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
1980 N/A
1979 Self
1978 Dr. Sameri
1977 Mahmoud Khan
1976 N/A
1973 N/A
1972 Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
Sergeant Vali Khan
Bita's Father
Niyatollah
1970 Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
1969 Masht Hassan
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1993 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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