Homayoun Ershadi
Homayoun Ershadi (sometimes spelled Homayon Ershadi), was 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.
58 acting credits
Acting · 58
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
Agora
2009
The Kite Runner
2007
Taste of Cherry
1997
A Most Wanted Man
2014
Ali and Nino
2016
Shirin
2009
Schemer
2023
A 5 Star
2014
Shamsolemareh
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Orange Suit
2012
The Pear Tree
1998
Fragrant
2023
Apparition
2014
Beloved Sky
2011
Somewhere Else
2003
Cypress Under Water
2018
Kiarostami in Close up
2000
A Bumpy Story
2021
Calm Breaths
2017
Italy Italy
2017
Good to Be Back
2013
Dead End of Trust
2017
Inadvertent
2014
Kakadu
1995
The Fifth Reaction
2003
Laleh
2022
Facing Mirrors
2012
The Last Inhabitant
2016
The Town
2022
Utopia
2015
The Sixth Day
2022
From Afar
2006
Portrait of a Lady Far Away
2005
Mohey
2017
Hattrick
2018
The Queen
2012
Principles
2011
Aal
2010
A Simple Love Story
2012
Havana File
2006
Sky Blue
2024
Nilgoon
2024
The Sinners
2013
No Choice
2020
The Turned World
2011
Goodbyeless
2012
Resembling Madness
2023
Life with Closed Eyes
2010
The Little Black Fish
2015
Blue Like the Sky
2019
The Wet Dream
2006
Cheque
2012
Waiting for Kiarostami
2017
Mahan
2022
Disturbant
2002
Revision Sentence
2021
Lina
2017