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Homayoun Ershadi
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Homayoun Ershadi, sometimes spelled Homayon Ershadi (May 26th, 1947 - November 11th, 2025), 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 the few Iran-based Iranian actors wh…
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Homayoun Ershadi, sometimes spelled Homayon Ershadi (May 26th, 1947 - November 11th, 2025), 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 the few Iran-based Iranian actors who are permitted to act in Western movies. He currently resides in Karaj, Iran.
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Homayoun Ershadi's Filmography
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Mahoor
No Poster
Sky Blue
Nilgoon
Resembling Madness
Fragrant
The Sixth Day
Laleh
as Mr. Shahin
The Town
Mahan
Revision Sentence
A Bumpy Story
as Dad / Judge
No Choice
as head of the hospital
Blue Like the Sky
as Narrator
Cypress Under Water
Hattrick
Waiting for Kiarostami
as Koroush Sinaki
Mohey
Lina
as Father
Italy Italy
as Himself
Dead End of Trust
as Sarhang Amiri
Calm Breaths
The Last Inhabitant
as Ibrahim
Ali and Nino
as Safar Khan Shirvanshir
No Poster
The Little Black Fish
Utopia
as Najib
Inadvertent
A Most Wanted Man
as Abdullah
Apparition
A 5 Star
as Mirakabadi
The Sinners
as Hajir Khatam
Good to Be Back
as Merati
Zero Dark Thirty
as Hassan Ghul
A Simple Love Story
as Shater Aman
Facing Mirrors
as Mr. Tolooyi
Bi Khodahafezi
The Queen
Cheque
as Daryoosh
Orange Suit
Principles
The Turned World
as Bahrami
Beloved Sky
Life with Closed Eyes
Aal
Agora
as Aspasius
Shirin
The Kite Runner
as Baba
From Afar
as Doctor
Havana File
The Wet Dream
Portrait of a Lady Far Away
Somewhere Else
The Fifth Reaction
Disturbant
Kiarostami in Close up
as as Self
The Pear Tree
as Mahmoud
Taste of Cherry
as Mr. Badii
Kakadu
