Mehdi Bajestani Explained

Mehdi Bajestani
Native Name:	مهدی بجستانی
Native Name Lang:	Fa
Birth Date:	12 January 1975
Birth Place:	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. Web site: 2005-07-16 . يك فيلم كوتاه ايراني در آمريكا به نمايش درمي‌آيد . 2022-11-25 . ایسنا . fa.
2. Web site: Davis . Clayton . 2022-09-07 . How 'Close,' 'Holy Spider' and 'Sr.' Highlight the Need for More International and Documentaries in Best Picture . 2022-11-25 . Variety . en-US.
3. Web site: بیوگرافی بازیگران فیلم عنکبوت مقدس [داستان و عوامل] ]. 2022-11-25 . نم نمک . fa-IR.
4. Web site: بایگانی‌های مهدی بجستانی . 2022-11-25 . بانی فیلم . fa-IR.
5. Web site: مهدی بجستانی - بیوگرافی مهدی بجستانی مشخصات . 2022-11-25 . moshakhasat.ir.
6. Web site: مهدی بجستانی - بازیگر و بازیگردان: فیلم ها و آثار منظوم . 2022-11-25 . Manzoom . fa-ir.
7. Web site: تازه . حرف . 2018-10-09 . مهدی بجستانی بیوگرافی و عکس های مهدی بجستانی و همسرش . 2022-11-25 . مجله اینترنتی حرف تازه . fa.

External links

• • Biography from Naqshineh Theatre