Homayoun Ershadi
Biography
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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Full filmography
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012) as Hassan Ghul
- Agora (2009) as Aspasius
- The Kite Runner (2007) as Baba
- A Most Wanted Man (2014) as Abdullah
- Taste of Cherry (1997) as Mr. Badii
- Ali and Nino (2016) as Safar Khan Shirvanshir
- Shirin (2009)
- Shamsolemareh
- Schemer (2023)
- Portrait of a Lady Far Away (2005)
- Cypress Under Water (2018)
- A 5 Star (2014) as Mirakabadi
- Laleh (2022) as Mr. Shahin
- The Sixth Day (2022)
- Hattrick (2018)
- Sky Blue (2024)
- The Queen (2012)
- Kiarostami in Close up (2000) as as Self
- Utopia (2015) as Najib
- The Last Inhabitant (2016)
- From Afar (2006) as Doctor
- The Wet Dream (2006)
- The Town (2022)
- Dead End of Trust (2017) as Sarhang Amiri