Reza Naji | |
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رضا ناجی | |
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Reza Naji is an Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema.
Naji started his career in theater as a teenager. While serving in the Iranian army, he continued to perform. His first film role was Children of Heaven (1997), which proved to be a breakthrough. For the role of Ali's father, director Majid Majidi sought an actor with an Azeri accent, and Naji was carefully selected from a group of 2,500 actors tested for the role.
Since, he has played various roles in Iranian cinema. Among his most notable performances is Majidi's The Song of Sparrows , for which Naji won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Best Performance by an Actor at the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. [1]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Children of Heaven | Ali's Father | |
1998 | Birth of a Butterfly | ||
2001 | Baran | Memar | |
2002 | Parandeh baz-e kouchak | ||
2005 | The Willow Tree | Morteza | |
2007 | Sargije | ||
2008 | The Song of Sparrows | Karim | Silver Bear, Berlin Film Festival[ citation needed ] |
2014 | Harud | Yusuf | Indian film |
2014 | Toward Freedom | ||
2014 | Teacher | ||
2014 | Love is not Closed | ||
2018 | We Are All Together | ||
2020 | After the Incident |
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