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Ezzatollah Entezami

1924-01-01

The 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.

Ezzatollah Entezami in

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The Cow

7.7 average rating
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Hamoon

7.1 average rating
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Hajji Washington

5.4 average rating
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Once Upon a Time, Cinema

6.3 average rating
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The Cycle

6.8 average rating
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Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow

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The Blue-Veiled

4.9 average rating
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Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

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The Maritime Silk Road

4.6 average rating
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A House Built on Water

7.5 average rating
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Verdict

3.5 average rating
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Kamalolmolk

6.8 average rating
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Once Upon a Time in Tehran

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Punishment Committe

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First Case, Second Case

6.5 average rating
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Bita

5 average rating
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The Tenants

5.7 average rating
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The Night

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The Postman

6.5 average rating
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Eye of the Hurricane

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