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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 26, 1947
Died
November 11, 2025
Place of Birth
Isfahan, Iran
Also Known As
- Homayon Ershadi
- همایون ارشادی
Homayoun Ershadi
1.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
Sky Blue
2024
4.0
Nilgoon
2024
0.0
Schemer
2023
0.0
Resembling Madness
2023
0.0
Fragrant
2023
0.0
The Sixth Day
2022
0.0
Laleh
as Mr. Shahin
2022
5.0
The Town
2022
0.0
Mahan
2022
0.0
Revision Sentence
2021
7.0
A Bumpy Story
as Dad / Judge
2021
0.0
No Choice
as head of the hospital
2020
5.0
Blue Like the Sky
as Narrator
2019
0.0
Cypress Under Water
2018
0.0
Hattrick
2018
4.6
Waiting for Kiarostami
as Koroush Sinaki
2017
0.0
Mohey
2017
5.0
Lina
as Father
2017
0.0
Italy Italy
as Himself
2017
3.5
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Dead End of Trust
as Sarhang Amiri
2017
0.0
Calm Breaths
2017
0.0
The Last Inhabitant
2016
6.0
Ali and Nino
as Safar Khan Shirvanshir
2016
6.6
The Little Black Fish
2015
9.0
Utopia
as Najib
2015
4.8
Inadvertent
2014
2.0
A Most Wanted Man
as Abdullah
2014
6.5
Apparition
2014
2.0
A 5 Star
as Mirakabadi
2014
5.5
The Sinners
as Hajir Khatam
2013
6.0
Good to Be Back
as Merati
2013
2.0
Zero Dark Thirty
as Hassan Ghul
2012
7.0
A Simple Love Story
as Shater Aman
2012
4.5
Facing Mirrors
as Mr. Tolooyi
2012
6.1
The Queen
2012
0.0
Cheque
as Daryoosh
2012
4.0
Orange Suit
2012
6.1
Principles
2011
2.0
The Turned World
as Bahrami
2011
5.0
Beloved Sky
2011
2.5
Life with Closed Eyes
2010
7.5
Aal
2010
0.0
Agora
as Aspasius
2009
7.0
Shirin
2009
6.1
The Kite Runner
as Baba
2007
7.3
From Afar
as Doctor
2006
0.0
Havana File
2006
2.0
The Wet Dream
2006
8.0
Portrait of a Lady Far Away
2005
6.0
Somewhere Else
2003
0.0
The Fifth Reaction
2003
5.5
Disturbant
2002
1.0
Kiarostami in Close up
as as Self
2000
0.0
The Pear Tree
as Mahmoud
1998
6.7
Taste of Cherry
as Mr. Badii
1997
7.7
Kakadu
1995
0.0
Shamsolemareh
N/A
0.0