Mohammad Reza Golzar

Iranian actor

Mohammad Reza Golzar

محمدرضا گلزار

Golzar in July 2017

Born|  (1977-03-21) 21 March 1977 (age 47)

Tehran, Iran

Education| Islamic Azad University
Occupation(s)| Actor, singer

Mohammad Reza Golzar (Persian: محمدرضا گلزار, born March 21, 1977) is an Iranian actor.[1]

## Early life

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Mohammad Reza Golzar was born on 21 March 1977 in Tehran in a family of Iranian Azerbaijanis origin.[2] His close friend Aria Sajadi helped him with his acting skills.[2]

## Career

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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.[3]

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 work while shooting Democracy in Bright Daylight in 2009, a relatively high fee for the country.[4]

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 Arian Sajjadi.

## Filmography

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* 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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1. ^ "Iran threatens tax crackdown on 'overpaid' actors". The Daily Telegraph. London. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2010. "Mohammad Reza Golzar, one of Iran's most revered stars, received the sum for playing an angel in the film Democracy in Bright Daylight."
2. ^ a b "5- گلزار: من با افتخار ترک هستم". asriran+video. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
3. ^ "Concert Rezzar Band led by Hamed Baradaran".
4. ^ Tait, Robert (8 November 2009). "Iran names and shames well-paid actors". The Guardian. London.

## External links

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* Mohammad Reza Golzar on Instagram
* Mohammad Reza Golzar on Spotify

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*[lit.]: literal translation