Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 26, 1942
Place of Birth
Tabriz, Iran
Credits
37 titles
Reza Naji
Biography
Reza Naji is an Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema. Naji started his career in theater when he was a teenager. While serving in the Iranian army, he continued to perform in different roles. His first role in a film goes back to 1997 in Children of Heaven, which proved to be a breakthrough. For playing the role of Ali's father, director Majid Majidi was seeking an actor with an Azeri accent, and Naji was carefully selected from a group of 2,500 actors tested for the role. Since then, he has played several roles in Iranian films. Among his most notable performances is his appearance in "The Song of Sparrows", directed by renowned film director Majid Majidi, for which Naji won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and Best Performance by an Actor at the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reza Naji, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Red Shades
Occasion
Haj Ghorban
Projectionist
jalil's father
Winners
Naser Khan
Crab
The Sorcerer
Apache
Newcastle
We Are All Together
Texas 2
Yavar
The Maiden Tower
The Redtails
Sly
Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection
Divar Be Divar
Bench Cinema
Prison Guard
Hamsar dot com
Sperm Whale
Panah
Shiva
Angels Descend Together
Mohammad Amir Naji
Angels Come Together
Ziba and I
Forgotten
Karam
Wave and Rock
Maman, Behrouz Hits Me!
Autumn
Yusuf (as Reza Naji)
Mom! Behrouz Hit Me
Wind Blows in the Meadow
Parvaze Morghabiha
The Song of Sparrows
Karim
The Willow Tree
Morteza
Kandaloos Gardens
The Little Bird Boy
Baran
Memar
Birth of a Butterfly
Children of Heaven
Ali's Father
Tunnel 18
Khan