Reza Naji

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 Alis father director Majid Majidi was seeking an actor with an Azeri accent and Naji was carefully selected from a group of 2500 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia