Occupation Actor Graduation date 1958 Role Actor | Name Ezzatolah Entezami Years active 1949–2007 Children Madjid Entezami | |
Born June 21, 1924 (age 99) ( 1924-06-21 ) Tehran, Iran Spouse Mina Entezami (m. 1946–2010) Grandchildren Sorush Entezami, Golnush Entezami Movies and TV shows The Cow, Hezar Dastan, Hamoun, Mr Naive, The Blue‑Veiled Similar People Ali Nassirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Madjid Entezami, Mohammad‑Ali Keshavarz, Dariush Mehrjui | ||
EZZATOLAH ENTEZAMI TRIBUTE
Ezzatolah Entezami (Persian: عزتالله انتظامی, born June 21, 1924) is an Iranian actor.
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عکسها و فیلمهای عزت الله انتظامی آقای بازیگر / Ezzatolah Entezami photos & movies
Career
Graduated from theatre 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 film, The Cow, received the Silver 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 labelled 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.
Personal life
His son, Majid Entezami is an Iranian film score composer.