Homayoun Ershadi
Date of birth: 1947-03-26
Place of birth: Isfahan, Iran
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Homayon Ershadi, همایون ارشادی
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.
Movie Credits
The Wet Dream
2006-02-04
16 year-old Arash is reaching puberty. After years of living with his mother, he leaves her to live
Somewhere Else
2003-10-22
Five characters are stuck on an island, from where they hope to escape to "somewhere else", the utop
Taste of Cherry
1997-09-28
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him af
Kiarostami in Close up
2000-01-01
A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and other f
Blue Like the Sky
2019-01-01
A documentary about the history of Esteghlal F.C. From Docharkheh savaran to Taj, to Esteghlal.
Revision Sentence
2021-12-09
Mahan
2022-02-01
Mahan finds out that he has cancer
The Town
2022-02-02
The story of a young man who is interested in acting, who is accepted in the audition of a big movie
Laleh
2022-03-18
Laleh is a true story of a young woman in post-revolution Iran, struggling against all odds to break
Lina
2017-11-07
Maryam finds out that her parents are not her biological parents.
The Sixth Day
2022-06-22
A prisoner named Ahmed, who has only five days to find the answer to a few riddles in order to survi
Dead End of Trust
2017-02-07
It's a simple story of fondness. "Dead End of Trust" tells the story of a love - from inside - a lov
The Kite Runner
2007-12-14
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old frie
A Most Wanted Man
2014-07-25
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert gover
The Pear Tree
1998-10-18
A man contemplates life and compares it to a pear tree in his yard which stops producing fruit.
Agora
2009-05-17
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relation
The Sinners
2013-10-02
Two homicide detectives investigates the murder of a woman ...
Utopia
2015-07-15
Three interwoven stories of loneliness and isolation that centre around Janan, a woman from Afghanis
Ali and Nino
2016-01-27
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan.
The Fifth Reaction
2003-01-01
Fereshteh loses her home and her two sons after her husband's accidental death when Hadj Safdar, her
Orange Suit
2012-02-03
The story of a professional photographer Hamed Aban and the radical change in his life. The teacher
Fragrant
2023-02-03
Ali has a great talent for perfumery and will soon become a father. Along the way, he faces new chal
The Little Black Fish
2015-10-27
A Simple Love Story
2012-12-19
Gandom and Ali, who have been in love since childhood, have to overcome many obstacles to be togethe
Inadvertent
2014-10-22
Sometimes you try to control your surrounding events, but sometimes inadvertent occasions will chang
Mohey
2017-12-02
Mohey is separated from her twin sister and abused after she is plucked from an orphanage as a girl.
Principles
2011-10-11
Sarah is an architect who tries to figure out the best way to treat her boss.
Facing Mirrors
2012-10-24
Rana has chosen a path in order to support her family, while Adineh (Eddie) has fled his home and ci
Italy Italy
2017-10-04
Barfa and Nader meet each other and get marry but little by little their life begin to reach it's cr
The Queen
2012-06-11
During the war between Iran and Iraq, a scout (Milad Keymaram), in the Abadan Oil Refinery, tries to
The Last Inhabitant
2016-07-12
In an Armenian village, evicted as a result of the Armenian-Azeri conflict, Abgar stays behind all a
The Turned World
2011-06-30
The joint struggle of the Azerbaijani and Iranian police against the forces organizing international
Disturbant
2002-02-20
An unknown woman disturbs the marriage of a cinema superstar.
Cypress Under Water
2018-11-21
The secret of the worldview of dignity is revealed? This mystery of sleep will spit Marsh, Mahro, Go
Hattrick
2018-04-20
Four friends run over something after a party in this psychological thriller set in Iran of the empt
Aal
2010-01-01
Young engineer Sina, accompanied by his pregnant wife Fariba, is sent on a business mission to Yerev
Portrait of a Lady Far Away
2005-07-03
An old engineer who has separated from his wife and son and is living alone receive a phone call fro
A 5 Star
2014-05-07
A story about a poor girl working in a 5 star hotel in tehran and the workers of the hotel when somt
Calm Breaths
2017-01-01
Mahia and Reza are a young couple shortly planning to marry. Reza is an architectural engineer and M
Beloved Sky
2011-01-04
A young doctor whose name Shayan is got cancer. He decides to commit suicide but in the last moments
Life with Closed Eyes
2010-01-01
Zero Dark Thirty
2012-12-19
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the Septembe
Cheque
2012-05-09
Despite their different characters and beliefs, four persons are obliged to spend two nights and one
Kakadu
1995-04-01
An alien is sent from Kakadu planet to earth for one week. He befriends a little girl Golnar and thi
Havana File
2006-04-01
A scientist has to face many hurdles to be able to continue his work.
Good to Be Back
2013-05-29
Dentist Farzad has returned to Iran after many years abroad to escape his anxieties and daily stress
Waiting for Kiarostami
2017-12-04
Inspired by real events, Waiting for Kiarostami focuses on the life of Dorsa, a medical student at N
From Afar
2006-10-10
"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, B
No Choice
2020-11-03
A young homeless girl supports herself as a surrogate mother for money. A human rights attorney tri
Apparition
2014-06-22
A drunken, boorish general tyrannises his wife and his maid. When the wife discovers that her husban
Sky Blue
2024-11-01
Synopsis: It is about the life of a young boy and girl who face various family and social issues...
Nilgoon
2024-05-08
This movie is a romantic story about the life of a young boy and girl who face various family and so
Resembling Madness
2023-08-14
Shirin
2009-04-18
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectator