
Homayoun Ershadi
Biography
Homayoun Ershadi (sometimes spelled Homayon Ershadi), is an Iranian actor. Ershadi was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1947. He studied architecture in Italy and worked in that field. Acclaimed Iranian New Wave director Abbas Kiarostami chose him to play the leading role in Taste of Cherry. A non-professional actor, who started acting in his middle age, he has had immediate success in both cinema and television, with his expressionless, relaxed face and monotonous voice often giving his characters an intellectual personality. Most recently he can be seen in the movie The Kite Runner, playing the role of Baba. He is one of few Iran-based Iranian actors that are permitted to act in Western movies. He currently resides in Karaj, Iran.
Acting (53 movies)

The Wet Dream
2006

Somewhere Else
2003

Taste of Cherry
1997

Kiarostami in Close up
2000

Blue Like the Sky
2019

Revision Sentence
2021

Mahan
2022

The Town
2022

Laleh
2022

Lina
2017

The Sixth Day
2022

The Kite Runner
2007

A Most Wanted Man
2014

The Pear Tree
1998

The Sinners
2013

Agora
2009

Utopia
2015

Ali and Nino
2016

The Fifth Reaction
2003

Orange Suit
2012

Fragrant
2023

The Little Black Fish
2015

A Simple Love Story
2012

Inadvertent
2014

Mohey
2017

Principles
2011

Facing Mirrors
2012

Italy Italy
2017

The Queen
2012

The Last Inhabitant
2016

The Turned World
2011

Disturbant
2002

Cypress Under Water
2018

Hattrick
2018

Aal
2010

Portrait of a Lady Far Away
2005

A 5 Star
2014

Calm Breaths
2017

Beloved Sky
2011

Life with Closed Eyes
2010

Zero Dark Thirty
2012

Cheque
2012

Kakadu
1995

Havana File
2006

Good to Be Back
2013

Waiting for Kiarostami
2017

From Afar
2006

No Choice
2020

Apparition
2014

Sky Blue
2024

Nilgoon
2024

Resembling Madness
2023

Shirin
2009
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