Mohammad Reza Golzar
{{Short description|Iranian actor}}
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| native_name محمدرضا گلزار
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|03|31}}
| occupation = Actor, singer
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| education = Islamic Azad University
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Mohammad Reza Golzar ({{langx|fa|محمدرضا گلزار}}, born March 31, 1977) is an Iranian actor.{{cite news|title=Iran threatens tax crackdown on 'overpaid' actors|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 November 2009|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6529210/Iran-threatens-tax-crackdown-on-overpaid-actors.html|access-date=18 August 2010|quote=Mohammad Reza Golzar, one of Iran's most revered stars, received the sum for playing an angel in the film Democracy in Bright Daylight.|location=London}}
Early life
Mohammad Reza Golzar was born on 31 March 1977 in Tehran in a family of Iranian Azerbaijanis origin. His close friend Aria Sajadi helped him with his acting skills.{{cite web|url=http://www.asriran.com/fa/news/451550/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%8F%D8%B1%DA%A9-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%85%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA|title=5- گلزار: من با افتخار ترک هستم|publisher=asriran+video|access-date=22 May 2016}}
Career
Before starting his acting career with Sam and Narges, he gained fame as the guitarist of the Iranian music band, Arian Band. He is now a singer of the Rezzar Band led by Hamed Baradaran.{{cite web|url=http://plus.ir/cinema/15431 |title=Concert Rezzar Band led by Hamed Baradaran}}
In 2000, he was invited to act in Sam and Narges by Iranian director, Iraj Ghaderi. He started to gain popularity after acting in more films such as Shaam-e Akhar, Zahr-e Asal, and Boutique.
Golzar gained media attention when it was revealed that he was paid £55,000 for 3 days of work while shooting Democracy in Bright Daylight in 2009, a relatively high fee for the country.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/08/iran-actors-well-paid-tax-threat | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Robert | last=Tait | title=Iran names and shames well-paid actors | date=8 November 2009}}
He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Islamic Azad University. Golzar started his music career in 1998 as a guitarist with one of his close friends Arian Sajadi. He has played guitar, organ and percussion with Arash Rahimi.
Filmography
- Sam o Nargess (2000 – Iraj Ghaderi)
- Zamaneh (2001 – Hamidreza Salahmand)
- Bala-ye Shaher, Payeen-e Shahr (2002 – Akbar Khamin)
- Shaam-e Akhar (The Last Supper) (2002 – Fereydoun Jeyrani)
- Zahr-e Asal (2003 – Ebrahim Sheibani)
- Boutique (2003 – Hamid Nematollah)
- Cheshmane Siah (2003 – Iraj Ghaderi)
- Taleh (2006 – Siroos Alvand)
- Coma (2004 – Arash Moayerian)
- Gol-e Yakh (2005 – Kiomars Pourahmad)
- Sham-e Aroosi (2006 – Ebrahim Vahidzadeh)
- Atash Bas (Cease Fire) (2006 – Tahmineh Milani)
- Kalagh Par (2007 – Shahram Shah-Hosseini)
- Tofighe Ejbari (2008 – Mohammad Hossein Latifi)
- Majnoone leyli (2008 – Ghasem Jafari)
- Democracy Tou Rouze Roshan (2009 – Ali Atshani)
- Two Sisters (2010 – Mohammad Banki)
- To va Man (2011 – Mohammad Banki)
- Shish - o - Besh ({{lit.|Six and Five}}) (2011)
- Made in Iran 1 (2011 – Mohammad Hossein Latifi)
- Atom Heart Mother (2013 – Ali Ahmadzadeh)
- I want to dance (2014 – Bahman Farmanara)
- Love is not Closed (2014 – Bijan Birang)
- Salaam Mumbai (2016 – Ghorban Mohammadpour)
- Ayeneh Baghal (2017 – Manouchehr Hadi)
- Rahman 1400 (2017 – Manouchehr Hadi)
- We Are All Together (2018 – Kamal Tabrizi)
- Gisoo (Asheghane 2) (2020 – Manouchehr Hadi)
References
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External links
{{commons category|Mohammad Reza Golzar}}
- {{IMDb name|1441481|Mohammad Reza Golzar}}
- {{Facebook|rezagolzar}}
- {{Instagram|rezagolzar}}
- [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6V4bRd5kTIu0gJtQyYmNpv Mohammad Reza Golzar] on Spotify
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Category:Male actors from Tehran
Category:Iranian pop musicians
Category:21st-century Iranian guitarists
Category:Iranian male film actors