Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/26/1947
Place of Birth
Isfahan, Iran
Also Known As
Homayon Ershadiهمایون ارشادی
Homayoun Ershadi
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 rol...
Known For
Agora
as Aspasius
Ali and Nino
as Safar Khan Shirvanshir
The Kite Runner
as Baba
Zero Dark Thirty
as Hassan Ghul
A 5 Star
as Mirakabadi
A Most Wanted Man
as Abdullah
Utopia
as Najib
Taste of Cherry
as Mr. Badii
From Afar
as Doctor
Laleh
as Mr. Shahin
Sky Blue
Unknown Role
Shirin
Unknown Role
Kiarostami in Close up
as as Self
No Choice
as head of the hospital
Havana File
Unknown Role
Mohey
Unknown Role
The Fifth Reaction
Unknown Role
Facing Mirrors
as Mr. Tolooyi
Blue Like the Sky
as Narrator
The Pear Tree
as Mahmoud