Ezatolah Entezami
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Ezatolah Entezami (in Persian: عزتالله انتظامی), Actor, Born 1924, Tehran, Iran. Graduated from Theatre and Cinema School in Hanover, Germany (1958) and then from FFATU (1972). The father of film composer Majid Entezami, started his career on stage in 1941 and in movies since 1969 with Darius Mehrjui’s admired classic film, 'The Cow', which received the Golden Hugo in Chicago Film Festival (1971). He’s known as the most prominent actor in Iranian cinema with his peculiar acting in leading roles. His roles for famous directors such as Darius Mehrjui (8 films), Nasser Taqvaee (1 film), Ali Hatami (4 films), Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Behrouz Afkhami and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad has brought some important works for him and Iranian cinema. He’s been awarded Crystal Phoenix twice for Grand Cinema and The Day of Angel from Intl. Fajr Film Festival. His work and acomplishments were recently recognized in Iran cultural center in Paris (October 2006).
Some of his films:
- 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, 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 (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 & 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
