---
name: "Bijan Daneshmand"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bijan-daneshmand"
fi1m_id: "bijan-daneshmand"
imdb_id: "nm1729506"
tmdb_id: 122295
wikidata_id: "Q4907157"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 August 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-27T08:18:57.341618+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bijan Daneshmand

## Identity

Bijan Daneshmand

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bijan-daneshmand
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bijan-daneshmand
- **IMDb ID:** nm1729506
- **TMDB ID:** 122295
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4907157
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijan_Daneshmand, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4907157, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1729506/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122295

Actor. Born 16 August 1958 in Teheran, Iran.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 August 1958, Teheran, Iran
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 1, Horror 1, Thriller 1, War 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $131m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijan_Daneshmand, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4907157, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1729506/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122295

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Under the Shadow*](https://film.one/film/under-the-shadow.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bijan Daneshmand is an Iranian-born British actor and artist based in London. Born on 16 August 1958 in Tehran, he moved to England at the age of ten. He graduated from King's College London, trained in acting at the London Centre for Theatre Studies and the Philippe Gaulier School in Paris, and holds an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts.

Daneshmand is known for roles including the High Priest in *House of the Dragon* (2022), Kamal Nasser in *Munich* (2005), Kouyami in *The Night Manager* (2016), Rasoul Shahin in *The Diplomat* (2023), and the Director in *Under the Shadow* (2016). He produced and starred in *20 Fingers* (2004), which won the Best Digital Film award at the Venice International Film Festival. His other credits include *Green Zone* (2010), *Page Eight* (2011), *Brassic* (2019), *Suspicion* (2022) and *Spooks* (2002). In 2026 he appeared in the stage adaptation of *Under the Shadow* at the Almeida Theatre, reprising and expanding his film role.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Diplomat* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Rasoul Shahin — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *Under the Shadow* (2016), Fi1m 80, as Director — [page](https://film.one/film/under-the-shadow.md)
- *Munich* (2005), Fi1m 80, as Kamal Nasser — [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *100 Nights of Hero* (2025), as Jerome's Father
- *The Persian Version* (2023), as Ali Reza
- *The Diplomat* (2023), series, as Rasoul Shahin — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, as High Priest
- *Suspicion* (2022), series, as Masoud Ghorbani
- *Pari* (2020), as Ahmadi
- *Infidel* (2019), as Dr. Hossein Tehrani
- *Brassic* (2019), series, as Mr Calvo
- *Under the Shadow* (2016), as Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/under-the-shadow.md)
- *The Night Manager* (2016), series, as Kouyami — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-manager.md)
- *Follow the Money* (2016), series, as Abbas
- *From Tehran to London* (2013), as Ashkan
- *Page Eight* (2011), as Cambridge Don
- *Two & Two* (2011), as Teacher
- *Green Zone* (2010), as Zubaidi's Aide
- *Women Without Men* (2009), as Abbas
- *Inseparable* (2007), as Doctor
- *Munich* (2005), as Kamal Nasser — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)
- *20 Fingers* (2004), as The Husband · Producer
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Bashir Shalhoob — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *USA v Raj*, as Charles Guirguis

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