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
Zero Dark Thirty
as Hassan Ghul
Agora
as Aspasius
Taste of Cherry
as Mr. Badii
Utopia
as Najib
The Kite Runner
as Baba
A Most Wanted Man
as Abdullah
A 5 Star
as Mirakabadi
Ali and Nino
as Safar Khan Shirvanshir
From Afar
as Doctor
Shirin
Unknown Role
Sky Blue
Unknown Role
Kiarostami in Close up
as as Self
The Fifth Reaction
Unknown Role
The Pear Tree
as Mahmoud
Portrait of a Lady Far Away
Unknown Role
Facing Mirrors
as Mr. Tolooyi
Nilgoon
Unknown Role
Somewhere Else
Unknown Role
Beloved Sky
Unknown Role
Orange Suit
Unknown Role