Reza Naji
Birthday
1942/12/26 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tabriz, Iran
Also know as
Mohammad Amir Naji, محمدرضا امیرناجی, Mohammad Reza Amir Naji, Mohammad Reza Naji, رضا ناجی, محمد امیر ناجی, محمد امیرناجی
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...Read more
Acting
(1997) Children of Heaven
as Ali's Father
(2019) Texas 2
as Yavar
(2005) The Willow Tree
as Morteza
(2001) Baran
as Memar
(2008) The Song of Sparrows
as Karim
(2010) Autumn
as Yusuf (as Reza Naji)
(2022) Apache
as ---
(2023) Winners
as Naser Khan
(2015) Sperm Whale
as Panah
(2024) Projectionist
as jalil's father
(2016) Bench Cinema
as Prison Guard
(2000) Birth of a Butterfly
as ---
(2018) Sly
as ---
(2009) Wind Blows in the Meadow
as ---
(2018) The Redtails
as ---
(2002) The Little Bird Boy
as ---
(1997) Tunnel 18
as Khan
(2004) Kandaloos Gardens
as ---
(2013) Ziba and I
as ---
(2014) Shiva
as ---
(2017) Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection
as ---
(2019) We Are All Together
as ---
(2019) Newcastle
as ---
(2014) Angels Come Together
as ---
(2010) Maman, Behrouz Hits Me!
as ---
(2023) Crab
as ---
(2025) Red Shades
as ---
(2010) Mom! Behrouz Hit Me
as ---
(2022) The Sorcerer
as ---
(2024) Occasion
as Haj Ghorban