Английская Википедия:Bijan Daneshmand

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Bijan Daneshmand (Шаблон:Lang-fa, born 16 August 1958) is an Iranian born-English actor and artist based in London, England.

Early life and education

Bijan Daneshmand was born in Tehran, Iran. At the age of 10, he moved to England to receive his early education. After graduating from King's College London, he attended the London Centre for Theatre Studies and the Philippe Gaulier School in Paris to develop his acting skills. Later, he obtained an MA from Chelsea College of Arts.

Career

In 2004, Daneshmand produced and acted in 20 Fingers, a feature film, directed and acted by Mania Akbari. In seven scenes shot by Touraj Aslani with a DV camera in a variety of long takes, the director and producer play a couple or potentially several couples who debate and argue about their relationship. The film tackles taboo subjects, including homosexuality and divorce. It premiered at the 61st Venice International Film Festival in 2004, where it won the Best Digital Film, Venezia Digitale.

In 2006, Daneshmand wrote and directed the avant-garde film, A Snake's Tail. The Bare Bones International Film Festival in Oklahoma, United States, named this film the Best International Feature, and it was also included at the Festival Do Rio and the Frankfurt International Film Festival.

In 2009, Daneshmand starred in a film, Women Without Men, directed by Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari, and is based on the 1990 novel by Shahrnush Parsipur. Gender-related issues in Islam and the Muslim world are discussed in the film. It received the 2009 Venice Film Festival's Silver Lion for best director.

In 2011, Daneshmand acted in a short film Two & Two as a male teacher, which was directed by Babak Anvari, co-produced by Kit Fraser, and written by Babak Anvari and Gavin Cullen. The 8-minute film follows Daneshmand's character, a male teacher, as he introduces the statement 2 + 2 = 5 to his young pupils. In 2011, at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA, it was nominated for Best Short Film.

In 2016, Daneshmand plays the role of university director in Under the Shadow, a 2016 Persian-language psychological horror film directed by Babak Anvari. A mother and daughter had terrifying supernatural encounters in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s. The film's world debut took place at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016. In 2017, it was awarded with the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut.

In 2021, Daneshmand wrote and directed a Persian-language web series, The Bahramis.

In 2022, Daneshmand was cast as a AliReza Jamshidpour, one of the leading characters in Maryam Keshavarz's film The Persian Version. The film was premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in January 2023 as part of the U.S. Dramatic competition. It took home the Waldo for Best Screenplay as well as the Audience Award.

Daneshmand, parallel with his acting, is engaged with his fine art practice. His artwork has been exhibited and reviewed internationally at art galleries, exhibitions, and publications.

In 1996, Daneshmand founded and launched The Leonard, an award winning boutique hotel in central London. The hotel was popular with musicians and film people. William Orbit made various recordings there including works involving U2, Madonna, Pink. In 2003, Daneshmand sold his family interest in the business, to focus entirely on his art and acting.

In 2020, continuing with his fine art practice and interest in the concept of repetition, he commenced his Damavand series; a collection of over 150 works, an exploration on the theme of repetition and difference.

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Reference(s)
2004	20 Fingers	The Husband, The Man
2005	Munich	Kamal Nasser
2006	A Snake's Tail	Bijan, Kami, and Agha
2008	Body of Lies	Amman Clinic Doctor
2009	Women Without Men	Abbas
2010	Green Zone	Zubaidi's Aide
2012	From Tehran to London	Ashkan
2016	Under the Shadow	Director
2020	Pari	Director- Ahmadi
2020	Infidel	Dr. Hossein Tehrani
2021	Mister Mayfair	Ali
2023	The Persian Version	Ali Reza

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Reference(s)
2005	Casualty	Dr. Hamid Guyrat
2005	Spooks (US title: MI5)	Bashir Shalhoob
2007	Saddam's Tribe	Journalist
2008	Special Forces Heroes	Salim
2009	The Omid Djalili Show	Appearance
2011	Page Eight	Cambridge Don
2015	Suspects	Jamal Khan
2016	The Night Manager	Kouyami
2017	Modus	Mahmoud Muntasir
2018	The Looming Tower	Farouq Osman
2018	Deep State	Ali Ardavan
2019	Follow the Money	Abbas
2019	Traitors	Abu Selim
2020	EastEnders	Dr Jamil
2022	Suspicion	Masoud Ghorbani
2022	Tehran	Dr. Kourosh Zamestani
2022	House of the Dragon	The Priest
2023	The Diplomat	Rasoul Shahin

Radio

List of radio appearances, with year and radio station shown

Title	Year	Radio station
Westway	2004-6	BBC World Service
April's Fool	2009	BBC World Service
The Fence	2009	BBC World Service
Spit	2009	BBC World Service
The Interview	2009	BBC Radio 4
Baghdad Burning	2009	BBC Radio 4
Amazing Grace	2010	BBC Radio 4
The Boy from Aleppo that Painted the War	2015	BBC Radio 4
The Weapon	2015	BBC Radio 4
Dan Dare	2017	B7 Media
Fall of the Shah	2019	BBC World Service drama

Awards and recognition

• 2004: Venice Film Festival, 20 Fingers, received Best Film Venezia Cinema Digitale, Bijan Daneshmand was the producer.
• 2006: Bare Bones International Film Festival, A Snake's Tail, Winner Best International Feature, Bijan Daneshmand was the writer and director.
• 2021: IndieFEST Film Awards, The Bahramis, received Award of Merit Best Web Series and Award of Excellence Lead Actor, Bijan Daneshmand was the director.
• 2021: BUEIFF Web Series Film Festival, The Bahramis, received Best Actor, Bijan Daneshmand.

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb name
• Bijan Daneshmand's interview with Lisa Pollman
• Bijan Daneshmand on iranian.com