Mehdi Bajestani

Mehdi Bajestani (; born January 12, 1975) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his performance as Saeed Azimi 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
• 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
• Tatami (2023), directed by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi
• A Good Day Will Come (2024), short film directed by Amir Zargara

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.
• Julius Caesar, Told by a Nightmare, (2045), by Naghmeh Samini, directed by, Kioomars Moradi, Tehran.
• The Invisible Cities (2005), by Akbar Alizad, directed by Hassan Majoni, Tehran.
• Eleutheria (2005), by Samuel Beckett, directed by Vahid Rahbani, and Mohammad Reza Jozi Tehran.
• Don Camillo (2006), written and directed by Kourosh Narimani, Tehran.

References

External links

• Biography from Naqshineh Theatre