Homayoun Ershadi facts for kids
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Homayoun Ershadi
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| همایون ارشادی | |
Ershadi in 2016
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| Born | March 26, 1947 Iran
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Homayoun Ershadi (also spelled Homayon Ershadi, Persian: همایون ارشادی; born March 26, 1947) is an Iranian actor, known for his debut role in Taste of Cherry (1997), and several Iranian and other films since then, including Hollywood movies The Kite Runner and Zero Dark Thirty.
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Biography
Ershadi studied architecture in Italy, graduating in 1970 and worked as an architect for many years.
He was discovered as an actor by acclaimed Iranian New Wave film director, Abbas Kiarostami. While Ershadi was sitting in his car in traffic in Tehran he was approached by Kiarostami and eventually chosen to play the leading role in the film, Taste of Cherry.
In 2007 he was cast in The Kite Runner, a film about two young boys growing up in Afghanistan.
Awards
Ershadi won the Sepanta Awards in 2017 for "Best Actor for Short Film" for his work in Blue Lantern, from the 10th Annual Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco, California, US.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Ref. |
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| 1997 | Taste of Cherry | Mr Badii | Abbas Kiarostami | |
| 1998 | The Pear Tree | Dariush Mehrjui | ||
| 2002 | Disturbant | Sirus Alvand | ||
| 2005 | Portrait of a Lady Far Away | Ali Mosaffa | ||
| 2006 | Color of Friend | Mr Jahangir | Bita Shafipour | |
| 2007 | The Kite Runner | Baba | Marc Forster | |
| 2008 | Aal | Bahram Bahramian | ||
| 2009 | Agora | Aspasius | Alejandro Amenábar | |
| 2011 | Facing Mirrors | Pedar | Negar Azarbayjani | |
| 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Hassan Ghul | Kathryn Bigelow | |
| 2013 | Good to Be Back | Merati | Dariush Mehrjui | |
| 2014 | A Most Wanted Man | Faisal Abdullah | Anton Corbijn | |
| 2014 | Ghosts | Dariush Mehrjui | ||
| 2015 | Utopia | Hassan Nazer | ||
| 2016 | Ali and Nino | Asif Kapadia | ||
| 2016 | Blue Lantern | Reza Yarkhalaji | ||
| 2016 | The Last Inhabitant | Ibrahim | Jivan Avetisyan | |
| 2017 | Lina | father | Ramin Rasouli | |
| 2019-2020 | Mannequin (TV series) | Jamshid | Hossein Soheilizadeh | |
| 2020 | No Choice | Reza Dormishian | ||
| 2022 | The Town | Ali Hazrati |
See also
In Spanish: Homayoun Ershadi para niños
