Ezzatollah Entezami or Ezzatolah Entezami (Persian: عزتالله انتظامی, 21 June – 17 August ) was an Iranian actor. Entezami, Ali Nasirian, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Mashayekhi and Davoud Rashidi are known as "the five most important actors in the history of Iranian cinema" because of their influence.
Career
Ezzatolah Entezami started his career on stage in and graduated from theatre and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in He has been acting in movies since His debut performance was in Darius Mehrjui’s film, The Cow. 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.
Entezami was known as one of the most prominent actors in Iranian cinema and has been labeled as the greatest actor in the history of the cinema of Iran. He 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 was 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 at the Iran cultural center in Paris.[2]
Personal life
His son, Majid Entezami is an Iranian film score composer.
Selected filmography
Vareite bahari ()
The Cow () - Masht Hassan
Mr. Naive () - Mohammadipoor / Fathollah Khan
The Postman () - Niyatollah
Bita () - Bita's father
Sattar Khan () - Heydar Khan Amoo-Ughli
Sadegh the Kurdish () - Sergeant Vali Khan
Love’s Tumult () - Kamal
Kingdom of Heaven ()
Sleeping Lion ()
The Cycle ()
The Dust Dwellers () - Dr. Sameri
In Grouhe Mahkoomin () - Hossein General
Condemned ()
The School We Went To ()
Hadji Washington ()
Hajji Washington () - Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori
The Spider’s House ()
Kamalolmolk () - Nasereddin Shah
The Suitcase (, released in )
Jafar Khan Returns from Europe ()
Stony Lion ()
In the Wind’s Eye ()
The Tenants () - Abbas
Shirak () - Haj Khaloo
Hezar Dastan (, TV Mini-Series) - Hezardastan
The Ship Angelica ()
Grand Cinema () - Aghaiev
Eye of the Hurricane () - Amir Houshang
Hamoun () - Dabiri
The Shadow of Imagination ()
Saye khial ()
Banu (, released in )
The Quiet Home ()
Once Upon a Time, Cinema () - Nassereddin Shah / Mozzaffaeddin Shah / Mash Hasan
Baanoo () - Ghorban Salar
The Toy (, released in ) - Ghadir zafarlu
The Battle of Oil Tankers ()
Day of the Angel (, also-sc.) - Amir Jalaleddin
Rooz-e fereshte () - Niyyatollah
Jang-e naftkesh-ha ()
The Blue Veiled ()
The Fateful Day () - Rasul Rahmani
Typhoon ()
The Punishment Committee () - Khan-e Mozaffar
Wind and Anemone ()
Takhti, the World Champion (, the first version, unfinished) - Takhti's father
Tehran Rozegar-e No () - Khan-e Mozaffar
The Mix () - (guest star)
The Dark Room
Twilight () - Detective Alavi
A House Built on Water () - Dr. Sepidbakht's father
Divanei az ghafas parid () - Mostofi
Jayi baraye zendegi () - Eydi Mohammad
A Place to Live ()
Gav khuni ()
Order ()
Stars ()
The Command () - Reza Ma'roofi
Setareh Mishavad () - Rafi Golkar
Colors of Memory () - Ghanati
Shab () - Dr. Parviz
Atash-e sabz () - Judge
Zadboom () - Colonel Amiri
Forty Years Old () - Judge
The Maritime Silk Road () - Slave Merchant (final film role)