Reza Naji

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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Known For

Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
Texas 2
Texas 2
The Willow Tree
The Willow Tree
Baran
Baran
The Song of Sparrows
The Song of Sparrows
Autumn
Autumn
Apache
Apache
Winners
Winners
Sperm Whale
Sperm Whale
Projectionist
Projectionist

Filmography

2025 Red Shades
as
2024 Occasion
as Haj Ghorban
2024 Projectionist
as jalil's father
2023 Winners
as Naser Khan
2023 Crab
as
2022 The Sorcerer
as
2022 Apache
as
2019 Newcastle
as
2019 We Are All Together
as
2019 Texas 2
as Yavar
2018 The Redtails
as
2018 Sly
as
2017 Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection
as
2016 Bench Cinema
as Prison Guard
2015 Sperm Whale
as Panah
2014 Shiva
as
2014 Angels Come Together
as
2013 Ziba and I
as
2010 Maman, Behrouz Hits Me!
as
2010 Autumn
as Yusuf (as Reza Naji)