Reza Naji
Born: 1942-12-26 in Tabriz, Iran
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
2024
- Occasion as Haj Ghorban
- Projectionist as jalil's father
2022
2019
2018
2016
- Bench Cinema as Prison Guard
2015
- Sperm Whale as Panah
2014
- Shiva
- Angels Come Together
- Angels Descend Together as Mohammad Amir Naji
2013
2010
- Maman, Behrouz Hits Me!
- Autumn as Yusuf (as Reza Naji)
- Mom! Behrouz Hit Me
2008
- The Song of Sparrows as Karim
2005
- The Willow Tree as Morteza
2004
2002
2001
- Baran as Memar
2000
1997
- Children of Heaven as Ali's Father
- Tunnel 18 as Khan