Homayoun Ershadi

Actor

March 26, 1947 (78 years)

† November 11, 2025

Isfahan, Iran

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 monotonou…

Filmography

7.0

Zero Dark Thirty

Hassan Ghul

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

7.3

The Kite Runner

Baba

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

7.7

Taste of Cherry

Mr. Badii

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.

7.0

Agora

Aspasius

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.

6.5

A Most Wanted Man

Abdullah

A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential terrorists.

6.5

Ali and Nino

Safar Khan Shirvanshir

Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.

6.2

Shirin

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.

N/A

Schemer

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.

N/A

Shamsolemareh

A TV series directed by Saman Moghaddam.

2.0

Havana File

A scientist has to face many hurdles to be able to continue his work.

4.6

Hattrick

Four friends run over something after a party in this psychological thriller set in Iran of the empty lives of the middle class when they get together in groups, emotional explosions start happening along moral fault lines.

5.0

Laleh

Mr. Shahin

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.

5.5

A 5 Star

Mirakabadi

A story about a poor girl working in a 5 star hotel in tehran and the workers of the hotel when somthing priceless will stolen...

7.5

Portrait of a Lady Far Away

An old engineer who has separated from his wife and son and is living alone receive a phone call from a woman who tells him she wants to commit suicide. This put him to face a challenge.

N/A

Cypress Under Water

The secret of the worldview of dignity is revealed? This mystery of sleep will spit Marsh, Mahro, Goodarz, Bahram, Jahangir Major Pushis. Jahanbakhsh begins a long journey to prove his innocence and the return of tranquility. A journey that will end the life of many of them.

N/A

Calm Breaths

Mahia and Reza are a young couple shortly planning to marry. Reza is an architectural engineer and Mahia is his student. An accident in the neighbourhood takes place that changes the course of both their lives.

4.5

A Simple Love Story

Shater Aman

Gandom and Ali, who have been in love since childhood, have to overcome many obstacles to be together.

5.0

No Choice

head of the hospital

A young homeless girl supports herself as a surrogate mother for money. A human rights attorney tries to help her change her life, but ithe challenges seem insurmountable. This is a rarely seen side of Iranian society.

5.0

Mohey

Mohey is separated from her twin sister and abused after she is plucked from an orphanage as a girl. She becomes trapped in a life of underhand dealings and illegal trading, where her intellect and beauty are used as commodities. When she is coerced into a temporary marriage to secure a deal...

4.5

Disturbant

An unknown woman disturbs the marriage of a cinema superstar.