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