Javad Ezzati (born 10 January 1982) is an Iranian actor.

He has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres. As of 2019, Ezzati's starring films have grossed 150 billion toman and accumulated more than 18 million tickets, making him the highest-grossing actor in Iran.

Ezzati began his acting career at age 15 with working in theatre. He made his Television debut in Night Tales , Mozaffar's Garden , Man of Many Faces , 3 Dong, 3 Dong and gained recognition for his role as Latif in Big Troubles (2014–2015) for which he received his first Hafez Awards nomination.

He also made his film debut with a small role in Homayoon Asadian's Gold and Copper.

he received his second Hafez Awards nomination for playing a young man who has written a book about young peoples sexual needs which no one accepts to publish, in In Due Course.

After playing many comedic roles, he played his first dramatic role in the 2017 two-part film series Midday Adventures, he received critical acclaim and two Fajr Film Festival nominations and won a Hafez Awards for playing a member from Iranian Revolutionary Intelligence Service who are trying to arrest militant members and commanders of a terrorist group in the two-part drama thriller and political Midday Adventures (2017) / Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood (2019).

He gained attention and received a Hafez Awards nomination for playing in the romantic drama Lottery (2018) with less than 15-ish minutes of screen time.

In 2019, he starred in the comedy box office hit Centipede. the film broke several box office records and In the fifth week of its theatrical run, became the highest-grossing film in Iran at that time. (now It's the second highest-grossing film in Iran)

The film has become a major box office success in Iran, grossing 30 billion toman in less than 2 months and surpassing 4 million ticket sales in its first 45 days.

In 2020, he played five different dramatic roles including playing in Sun Children that was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, making the shortlist of fifteen films.

In Atabai (2020) he played Yahya, a man who speak Turkish, It earned Ezzati his third Fajr Film Festival nomination and his acting was praised by the critics.

on April 13, 2021 it was announced that Javad Ezzati will star in the neo-noir mystery drama series Mortal Wound. The series is based on The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

The first episode was released on June 4, 2021. the series recorded the highest average rating of 99% for a drama on Filimo with its first three episodes, it received mostly positive reviews, with overall praise for Ezzati's performance. The series became the most-watched home video series in Iran.

Him and Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian the director of the series, are frequent collaborators in Iran cinema.[21] they have collaborated four times in Midday Adventures (2017), Lottery (2018), Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood (2019) and Mortal Wound (2021).

Filmography

Film


2010    Gold and Copper
2011    Africa
2011    The Playfellow
2012    Everything Is Calm
2012    Displace
2014    Everything for Sale
2014    Track 143
2014    Kalashnikov
2014    Angels Descend Together
2014    That Sad Song
2015    Hail and Sun
2015    Paradise
2015    In Due Course
2015    Reversed Seven
2016    Spare
2017    Midday Adventures
2017    Oxidan
2017    Wing Mirror
2018    The Rabbit
2018    Hezarpa | Centipede
2018    Lottery
2018    The Lost Strait
2019    Alive
2019    Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood
2019    Four Fingers
2019    We Are All Together
2019    Zero Floor
2019    Dance with Me
2020    Bone Marrow
2020    Amphibious
2020    Drown
2020    Atabai
2020    Sun Children
2020    After the Incident
2022    The Loser Man
2022    TBA