Reza Naji

Known for ActingBorn 1942-12-26 (age 83)Tabriz, Iran

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tunnel 18

Birth of a Butterfly

Bench Cinema

Winners

Children of Heaven

The Song of Sparrows

Baran

The Willow Tree

The Little Bird Boy

The Sorcerer

Shiva

Autumn

Ziba and I

Projectionist

Sperm Whale

Texas 2

Sly

Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection

We Are All Together

The Redtails

Wind Blows in the Meadow

Red Shades

Occasion

Crab

Apache

Newcastle

The Maiden Tower

Angels Come Together

Angels Descend Together

Maman, Behrouz Hits Me!

Mom! Behrouz Hit Me

Parvaze Morghabiha

Kandaloos Gardens