Reza Naji ( رضا ناجی ) was born in Tabriz in northwestern Iran. As a child, he dreamed of becoming an actor and took part in different Street Plays in pursuit of this dream. He, however, chose to work as a mechanic as an adult and worked in this field for a few years before joining the Air Force. From there he became involved in professional acting, playing the lead role in a play directed by Javad Derakhshan. With the support of the Air Force, the play took part in the Workers Festival held in Isfahan and Naji was able to show off his acting skills winning seven Awards at the festival. It was director Majidi's Children of Heaven which brought Naji nationwide fame and following this success, he appeared in several movies including The Birth of a Butterfly, Baran and Weeping Willow. In 2007, he stared in another one of Majidi's films Song of Sparrows and delivered an astonishing and outstanding performance which brought him worldwide fame and won him several nominations and awards.
Since finding fame, Naji has continued his film career in works like Ziba and I and A line of Truth. Naji has also experienced work for the small screen with the TV series Wave and Rock and Wake Up Order.
Nominations and Awards Best Actor nomination, 1st Iran Cinema Celebration, Children of Heaven Best Actor in Supporting Role nomination, the 19th Fajr International Festival, Baran Juries Special Honor, the 22nd Fajr International Film Festival, Him The Silver Bear for Best Actor, the 58th Berlin Film Festival, Song of Sparrows Reza Naji has been a Actor in some TV Shows:
Occasion
...is about that The story of Occasion, which takes place in the 70s, is the story of Rahim, who plans to go to Canada to continue his studies, but he finds out that he is banned from leaving and this is the fault of uncle Mohsen, so he must find a solution... In this film Reza Naji collaborates with Masoud Atyabi, Abbas Rastegarpour, Aria Aziminejad, Naiemeh Nezam Doost, Afshin Alizadeh, Iman Safa, Hadi Kazemi, Gholamreza Nikkhah, Samaneh Pakdel, Saeed Honarmand, Siamak Ahmadi, Sam Nouri, Hamzeh Salehi
The Sorcerer is about that Ghodrat and Jahangir Famous forgers who are wanted by the police intend to flee the country in disguise, but in the middle of the road, they encounter adventures that. In this film Reza Naji collaborates with Ahmad Mehranfar, Javad Razavian, Nader Soleymani, Faghiheh Soltani, Nasim Adabi, Masoud Atyabi, Reza Tavakoli, Mohsen Darsanj, Babak Kaydan, Marjan Golzar, Afshin Alizadeh, Shahin Taslimi, Iraj Mohammadi, Mohammad Fili, Shahrzad Kamal Zadeh, Farhad Azizifar, Javad Pouladi, Giti Ghassemi, Erfan Ebrahimi, Matin Sotudeh, Sahra Asadollahi, Morteza Aslanzadeh, Ahmad Irandoost, Hamzeh Salehi, Mohammadreza Oghdaei, Maryam Momen, Mahsa Atyabi
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