Nozar Azadi ( fa, نوذر آزادی; 1938 – 27 February 2021) was an Iranian comedian and actor who was famous in Iran in the 1970s, mostly because of his role in TV series such as ''Italia, Italia'', ''Kaf show'', and ''Okhtapus''.

Career

He was born in

Kermanshah Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...

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, in 1938. Azadi appeared in many shows,

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and films in the Iranian era prior to the

1979 Islamic Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

. Azadi starred in many films of Samad and Leila, the Kaf Show directed by Parviz Sayad, and his own

''Italia Italia'', playing the character Ghatebeh. Ghatebeh played in many shows where he impersonated a

i man who was a

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by nature, very slick and a great communicator/womanizer. Ghatebeh had a distinguished Kermanshahi accent that to this day, 40 years later, people of Iran still remember with amusement. In 1971, Azadi performed in

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's production of

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, which was part of the

2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire The Celebration of the 2,500th Anniversary of the Founding of the Persian Empire (Persian: جشن‌های دو هزار و پانصد ساله شاهنشاهی ایران) was a national event in Iran that consisted of an elaborate set of gran ...

. Azadi fled from Iran to

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, where he lived in

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

for 20 years, and then moved to the United States. He made no more films, but took up painting. In 2010, Azadi exhibited his paintings at the Seyhoun Gallery in

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Filmography

* ''Jew's Harp'', 1975 * ''Mozaffar'', 1974 * ''Samad goes to School'', 1973 (as Director) * ''Suitor'', 1972 * ''Samad and Solomon'', 1971

References

External links

Azadi's Official Website
* 1938 births 2021 deaths Iranian male film actors Iranian male television actors Iranian expatriates in Germany Iranian expatriates in the United States {{Iran-actor-stub