Homayoun Ershadi
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.
Acted in
Sky Blue
2024
Nilgoon
2024
Schemer
2023
Fragrant
2023
The Sixth Day
2022
Laleh
2022
as Mr. Shahin
The Town
2022
Mahan
2022
Revision Sentence
2021
No Choice
2020
as head of the hospital
Blue Like the Sky
2019
as Narrator
Cypress Under Water
2018
Hattrick
2018
Waiting for Kiarostami
2017
as Koroush Sinaki
Mohey
2017
Lina
2017
as Father
Italy Italy
2017
as Himself
Dead End of Trust
2017
as Sarhang Amiri
Calm Breaths
2017
The Last Inhabitant
2016
Ali and Nino
2016
as Safar Khan
The Little Black Fish
2015
Utopia
2015
as Najib
Inadvertent
2014
A Most Wanted Man
2014
as Abdullah
Apparition
2014
A 5 Star
2014
as Mirakabadi
The Sinners
2013
as Hajir Khatam
Good to Be Back
2013
as Merati
A Simple Love Story
2012
as Shater Aman
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
as Hassan Ghul
Facing Mirrors
2012
as Mr. Tolooyi
The Queen
2012
Cheque
2012
as Daryoosh
Orange Suit
2012
Principles
2011
The Turned World
2011
as Bahrami
Aseman-e Mahboob
2011
Aal
2010
Life with Closed Eyes
2010
Agora
2009
as Aspasius
Shirin
2008
The Kite Runner
2007
as Baba
From Afar
2006
as Doctor
Havana File
2006
The Wet Dream
2006
Portrait of a Lady Far Away
2005
Somewhere Else
2003
The Fifth Reaction
2003
Disturbant
2002
Kiarostami in Close up
2000
as as Self
The Pear Tree
1998
as Mahmoud
Taste of Cherry
1997
as Mr. Badii
Kakadu
1995
