Reza Naji

Acting Dec 26, 1942 (84 years old) 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.

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33 Acting Credits

Reza Naji

Acting

Children of Heaven

Baran

The Song of Sparrows

Sperm Whale

The Willow Tree

Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection

Autumn

Sly

We Are All Together

Texas 2

Winners

Wind Blows in the Meadow

The Redtails

The Little Bird Boy

Ziba and I

Projectionist

Bench Cinema

Birth of a Butterfly

Shiva

Tunnel 18

Red Shades

The Sorcerer

Apache

Kandaloos Gardens