Homayoun Ershadi


Homayoun Ershadi is an Iranian actor, best known for his role in the film Taste of Cherry.

Biography

Ershadi was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1947. He studied architecture in Italy 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. As 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.
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.

Cultural reference

The short story Seeing Ershadi by Nicole Krauss was published in The New Yorker, 5 March 2018. It is about a ballet dancer who watches a film featuring Ershadi and then becomes obsessed with his face.

Filmography