Mehdi Bajestani

Mehdi Bajestani
مهدی بجستانی
Bajestani (second from right) at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1975-01-12) January 12, 1975 (age 49) Bajestan, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Mehdi Bajestani (Persian: مهدی بجستانی; born January 12, 1975) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his performance as Saeed Hanaee in the crime thriller Holy Spider (2022), for which he earned a Robert Award nomination, a Bodil Award nomination and a German Film Award nomination.

Career

He is member of the Naqshineh Theatre group.

Filmography

Film

• Thirteen (2003) short film, directed by Vahid Rahbani[1]
• There Are Things You Don't Know (2010), directed by Fardin Saheb Zamani
• Resident of the Middle Floor (2014), directed by Shahab Hosseini
• Sweet Taste of Imagination (2015), directed by Kamal Tabrizi
• Mahrokh's House (2021), directed by Shahram Ebrahimi
• Holy Spider (2022), directed by Ali Abbasi[2]
• Tatami (2023), directed by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Television

• Whisper (2018) TV series, directed by Ebrahim Sheibani

Theatre

• The Caucasian Chalk Circle, 1997, by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Hamid Samandarian, Tehran.
• Waiting for Godot (1998), by Samuel Beckett, directed by Vahid Rahbani, Tehran and Paris.
• Rhinoceros (2001), by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Vahid Rahbani, Tehran.
• Poor Bitos (2002), by Jean Anouilh, directed by Hamid Mozaffari, Tehran.
• Like Blood for Steak (2004), by Mohammad Charmshir, directed by Hassan Majooni, Tehran.
• The Unexpected Man, 2005, by Yasmina Reza, directed by Vahid Rahbani, Tehran.[3]
• Julius Caesar, Told by a Nightmare, (2045), by Naghmeh Samini, directed by, Kioomars Moradi, Tehran.[4]
• The Invisible Cities (2005), by Akbar Alizad, directed by Hassan Majoni, Tehran.[5]
• Eleutheria (2005), by Samuel Beckett, directed by Vahid Rahbani, and Mohammad Reza Jozi Tehran.[6]
• Don Camillo (2006), written and directed by Kourosh Narimani, Tehran.[7]

References

1. "يك فيلم كوتاه ايراني در آمريكا به نمايش درمي‌آيد". ایسنا (in Persian). 2005-07-16. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
2. Davis, Clayton (2022-09-07). "How 'Close,' 'Holy Spider' and 'Sr.' Highlight the Need for More International and Documentaries in Best Picture". Variety. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
3. "بیوگرافی بازیگران فیلم عنکبوت مقدس [داستان و عوامل]". نم نمک (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
4. "بایگانی‌های مهدی بجستانی". بانی فیلم (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
5. "مهدی بجستانی - بیوگرافی مهدی بجستانی | مشخصات". moshakhasat.ir. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
6. "مهدی بجستانی - بازیگر و بازیگردان: فیلم ها و آثار | منظوم". Manzoom (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
7. تازه, حرف (2018-10-09). "مهدی بجستانی | بیوگرافی و عکس های مهدی بجستانی و همسرش". مجله اینترنتی حرف تازه (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-11-25.

External links

• Mehdi Bajestani at IMDb
• Biography from Naqshineh Theatre