Reza Naji
Acting
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.
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Movies (31)
Red Shades2025
Projectionist2024jalil's father
Winners2023Naser Khan
Crab2023- Apache2022
Newcastle2019
We Are All Together2019
Texas 22019Yavar
The Maiden Tower2019
The Redtails2018
Sly2018
Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection2017
Bench Cinema2016Prison Guard
Sperm Whale2015Panah- Shiva2014
- Angels Descend Together2014Mohammad Amir Naji
Angels Come Together2014
Ziba and I2013
Maman, Behrouz Hits Me!2010
Autumn2010Yusuf (as Reza Naji)
Mom! Behrouz Hit Me2010
Wind Blows in the Meadow2009- Parvaze Morghabiha2009
The Song of Sparrows2008Karim
The Willow Tree2005Morteza
Kandaloos Gardens2004
The Little Bird Boy2002
Baran2001Memar
Birth of a Butterfly2000
Children of Heaven1997Ali's Father
Shows (3)
Occasion2024Haj Ghorban
The Sorcerer2022
Divar Be Divar2017