Mehdi Bajestani

Mehdi Bajestani (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.

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

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.