Reza Naji
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Baran
as Memar 2001
The Song of Sparrows
as Karim 2008
Sperm Whale
as Panah 2015
The Willow Tree
as Morteza 2005
Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection
2017
Autumn
as Yusuf (as Reza Naji) 2010
Sly
2018
We Are All Together
2019
Texas 2
as Yavar 2019
Winners
as Naser Khan 2023
Wind Blows in the Meadow
2009
The Redtails
2018
Ziba and I
2013
Projectionist
as jalil's father 2024
Bench Cinema
as Prison Guard 2016
The Little Bird Boy
2002