Acting
Homayoun Ershadi
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.
Filmography
Mahoor
Film · 2025
Sky Blue
Film · 2024
Nilgoon
Film · 2024
Fragrant
Film · 2023
Resembling Madness
Film · 2023
Schemer
Series · 2023
Mahan
Film · 2022
The Town
Film · 2022
Laleh
Film · 2022
The Sixth Day
Film · 2022
Revision Sentence
Film · 2021
A Bumpy Story
Film · 2021
No Choice
Film · 2020
Blue Like the Sky
Film · 2019
Cypress Under Water
Film · 2018
Hattrick
Film · 2018
Lina
Film · 2017
Dead End of Trust
Film · 2017
Mohey
Film · 2017
Italy Italy
Film · 2017
Calm Breaths
Film · 2017
Waiting for Kiarostami
Film · 2017
Ali and Nino
Film · 2016
The Last Inhabitant
Film · 2016
Utopia
Film · 2015
The Little Black Fish
Film · 2015
A Most Wanted Man
Film · 2014
Inadvertent
Film · 2014
A 5 Star
Film · 2014
Apparition
Film · 2014
The Sinners
Film · 2013
Good to Be Back
Film · 2013
Orange Suit
Film · 2012
A Simple Love Story
Film · 2012
Facing Mirrors
Film · 2012
The Queen
Film · 2012
Zero Dark Thirty
Film · 2012
Cheque
Film · 2012
Bi Khodahafezi
Film · 2012
Principles
Film · 2011
The Turned World
Film · 2011
Beloved Sky
Film · 2011
Ta Soraya
Series · 2011
Aal
Film · 2010
Life with Closed Eyes
Film · 2010
Agora
Film · 2009
Shirin
Film · 2009
The Kite Runner
Film · 2007
The Wet Dream
Film · 2006
Havana File
Film · 2006
From Afar
Film · 2006
Portrait of a Lady Far Away
Film · 2005
Somewhere Else
Film · 2003
The Fifth Reaction
Film · 2003
Disturbant
Film · 2002
Kiarostami in Close up
Film · 2000
The Pear Tree
Film · 1998
Taste of Cherry
Film · 1997
Kakadu
Film · 1995
The Sea and the Flying Fish
Film
Shamsolemareh
Series