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    Reza Naji

    1942-12-26 (81 years old) in 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.​

    Movies

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    Projectionist
    50 %|Mar 12, 2024
    Drama, Family, Comedy, History
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    Winners
    0 %|Mar 17, 2023
    Drama, Comedy, Family
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    Apache
    0 %|Mar 15, 2022
    Comedy, Family
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    Newcastle
    0 %|Jul 17, 2019
    Comedy, Family
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    We Are All Together
    42 %|Jun 5, 2019
    Comedy
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    Texas 2
    40 %|Apr 10, 2019
    Comedy
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    The Redtails
    20 %|Aug 1, 2018
    Adventure, Comedy
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    Sly
    40 %|Apr 20, 2018
    Comedy, Drama
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    Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection
    44 %|Oct 6, 2017
    Comedy
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    Bench Cinema
    80 %|Oct 22, 2016
    Comedy, Drama
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    Sperm Whale
    51 %|May 20, 2015
    Comedy
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    Shiva
    0 %|Nov 13, 2014
    Drama
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    Angels Come Together
    0 %|Feb 1, 2014
    Drama
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    Ziba and I
    55 %|Jan 1, 2013
    Drama
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    Autumn
    59 %|Nov 1, 2010
    Drama
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    Wind Blows in the Meadow
    30 %|Jun 7, 2009
    Drama
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    The Song of Sparrows
    74.53 %|Oct 1, 2008
    Drama
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    The Willow Tree
    67.11 %|Aug 11, 2005
    Drama
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    Kandaloos Gardens
    0 %|Apr 1, 2004
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    The Little Bird Boy
    45 %|Aug 23, 2002
    Drama
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    Baran
    74.24000000000001 %|Jan 31, 2001
    Drama, Romance
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    Birth of a Butterfly
    0 %|Jan 1, 2000
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    Children of Heaven
    79.25 %|Aug 1, 1997
    Drama, Family
    actor
    Tunnel 18
    100 %|Feb 13, 1997
    Drama
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    Circle of Death
    0 %|Dec 31, 1993

    Series

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    The Sorcerer
    0 %|May 16, 2022
    Comedy, Family