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