Origins & Early Life

Ezzatollah Entezami, or Ezzatolah Entezami (Persian: عزت‌الله انتظامی; 21 June 1924 – 17 August 2018) was an Iranian actor. Ezzatolah Entezami started his career on stage in 1941 and graduated from theatre and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in 1958. He has been acting in movies since 1969. His debut performance was in Darius Mehrjui’s film, The Cow.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

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 2006 at the Iran cultural center in Paris.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

Entezami, Ali Nasirian, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Mashayekhi and Davoud Rashidi are known...

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