Ezzatolah Entezami

Ezzatolah Entezami (also spelt Ezatollah Entezami, PerB| عزت‌الله انتظامی , born 1924 in Tehran, Iran) is an award-winning Iranian actor.

Career

Graduated from Theatre and Cinema School in Hanover, Germany in 1958, Entezami had started his career on stage in 1941. He has been acting in movies since 1969. His performance in Darius Mehrjui’s admired classic film, "The Cow(Gaav)", received the Golden Hugo in Chicago International Film Festival in 1971.

He is known as the most prominent actor in Iranian cinema with his peculiar acting in leading roles. He has worked with most of the prominent Iranian film directors, including Darius Mehrjui (8 films), Ali Hatami (4 films), Nasser Taqvaee, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Behrouz Afkhami and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. He has been awarded the Crystal Simorgh for the Best Actor two times from the International Fajr Film Festival, for "Grand Cinema" and "The Day of Angel".

His work and accomplishments were recognized in October 2006 in Iran cultural center in Paris. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2006/10/061002_oh_g_entezami.shtml|title=fa icon بزرگداشت عزت الله انتظامی در پاریس|accessdate=2007-04-28] .

Selected filmography

* "The Cow", 1969
* "Mr. Simpleton", 1970
* "The Postman", 1972
* "Bita", 1972
* "Sadegh the Kurdish", 1972
* "Sattar Khan"
* "Love’s Tumult", 1973
* "Kingdom of Heaven"
* "Sleeping Lion", 1976
* "The Cycle"
* "The Dust Dwellers"
* "Hezar Dastan", TV series, 1978-1987
* "Condemned", 1978
* "The School We Went To", 1980
* "Hadji Washington", 1982
* "The Spider’s House"
* "Kamalolmolk", 1983
* "The Suitcase", 1985 (released in 1988)
* "The Tenants", 1986
* "Stony Lion", 1986
* "Shirak"
* "Djafar Khan Returns from Europe", 1987
* "In the Wind’s Eye"
* "Grand Cinema"
* "The Ship Angelica", 1988
* "Hamoun", 1989
* "The Shadow of Imagination", 1990
* "Banu",1991 (released in 1998)
* "The Quiet Home"
* "Once upon a Time Cinema", 1991
* "The Toy", 1992 (released in 1994)
* "The Battle of Oil Tankers"
* "Day of the Angel" (also-sc.), 1993
* "The Blue-Veiled"
* "The Fateful Day", 1994
* "Typhoon"
* "Takhti, the World Champion" (the first version, unfinished) 1996
* "Wind and Anemone"
* "The Punishment Committee", 1998
* "The Mix" (guest star)
* "The Dark Room"
* "Twilight", 2001
* "The House Built on Water", 2001
* "A Place to Live", 2003
* "Order", 2004
* "Stars", 2005
* "Colors of Memory", 2007

Personal life

His son, Majid Entezami is a film score composer.

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