Homayoun Ershadi
Acting • Born 1947-03-26 – Died 2025-11-11
Biography
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.
Filmography
58 credits
The Wet Dream
Movie • 2006
Somewhere Else
Movie • 2003
Taste of Cherry
Movie • 1997
Mr. Badii
Kiarostami in Close up
Movie • 2000
as Self
Blue Like the Sky
Movie • 2019
Narrator
Revision Sentence
Movie • 2021
Mahan
Movie • 2022
The Town
Movie • 2022
Laleh
Movie • 2022
Mr. Shahin
Lina
Movie • 2017
Father
The Sixth Day
Movie • 2022
Dead End of Trust
Movie • 2017
Sarhang Amiri
The Kite Runner
Movie • 2007
Baba
A Most Wanted Man
Movie • 2014
Abdullah
The Sinners
Movie • 2013
Hajir Khatam
Agora
Movie • 2009
Aspasius
The Pear Tree
Movie • 1998
Mahmoud
Utopia
Movie • 2015
Najib
Ali and Nino
Movie • 2016
Safar Khan Shirvanshir
The Fifth Reaction
Movie • 2003
Orange Suit
Movie • 2012
Fragrant
Movie • 2023
The Little Black Fish
Movie • 2015
A Simple Love Story
Movie • 2012
Shater Aman
Inadvertent
Movie • 2014
Mohey
Movie • 2017
Principles
Movie • 2011
Facing Mirrors
Movie • 2012
Mr. Tolooyi
Italy Italy
Movie • 2017
Himself
The Queen
Movie • 2012
The Last Inhabitant
Movie • 2016
The Turned World
Movie • 2011
Bahrami
Disturbant
Movie • 2002
Cypress Under Water
Movie • 2018
Hattrick
Movie • 2018
Aal
Movie • 2010
Portrait of a Lady Far Away
Movie • 2005
A 5 Star
Movie • 2014
Mirakabadi
Calm Breaths
Movie • 2017
Life with Closed Eyes
Movie • 2010
Beloved Sky
Movie • 2011
Zero Dark Thirty
Movie • 2012
Hassan Ghul
Cheque
Movie • 2012
Daryoosh
Kakadu
Movie • 1995
Havana File
Movie • 2006
Good to Be Back
Movie • 2013
Merati
Waiting for Kiarostami
Movie • 2017
Koroush Sinaki
From Afar
Movie • 2006
Doctor
No Choice
Movie • 2020
head of the hospital
Apparition
Movie • 2014
Sky Blue
Movie • 2024
Nilgoon
Movie • 2024
Resembling Madness
Movie • 2023
Shirin
Movie • 2009
A Bumpy Story
Movie • 2021
Dad / Judge
Goodbyeless
Movie • 2012
Schemer
TV • 2023
Shamsolemareh
TV