Acting
Mar 25, 1947
Isfahan, Iran
Homayoun Ershadi
Acting
Biography
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.
Feature Films (58)
16 year-old Arash is reaching puberty. After years of living with his mother, he leaves her to live with his father. Once there, he visits a girl who changes his life.
The Wet Dream
Five characters are stuck on an island, from where they hope to escape to "somewhere else", the utopia of their dreams. Dr. Tavussi (Ahmad Najafi) offers to help them illegally cross the ...
Somewhere Else
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.
Taste of Cherry
A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and other figures, and also seeks the opinion about his works both inside and outside his homeland.
Kiarostami in Close up
A documentary about the history of Esteghlal F.C. From Docharkheh savaran to Taj, to Esteghlal.
Blue Like the Sky
The story of a young man who is interested in acting, who is accepted in the audition of a big movie, and in order to join this project and achieve his dream of becoming an actor, he has to accept the special conditions and mental and psychological exercises of the acting group in an isolated town.
The Town
Laleh is a true story of a young woman in post-revolution Iran, struggling against all odds to break through in one of the most male dominated sports worldwide.
Laleh
A prisoner named Ahmed, who has only five days to find the answer to a few riddles in order to survive.
The Sixth Day
It's a simple story of fondness. "Dead End of Trust" tells the story of a love - from inside - a love made of same "blood" still some time remains which is worth more than what has lasted so far.
Dead End of Trust
Television & Series (3)
Barzo Shams, a successful businessman and tower builder, meets his old friend on the night of his only grandson's naming ceremony. Now this meeting has exposed Barzo's past life and will change his life.
