Homayoun Ershadi

Homayoun Ershadi (also spelled Homayon Ershadi, Persian: همایون ارشادی‎, born 25 March 1947) is an Iranian actor, best known for his role in the film Taste of Cherry.

Homayoun Ershadi
Homayoun Ershadi in 2016
Born (1947-03-25) 25 March 1947
Isfahan, Iran
NationalityIranian
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present

Biography

Ershadi was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1947. He studied architecture in Italy and worked as an architect for many years.[1]

He was discovered as an actor by acclaimed Iranian New Wave film director, Abbas Kiarostami.[1] 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.[1] 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.[2]

Cultural reference

The short story Seeing Ershadi by Nicole Krauss was published in The New Yorker, 5 March 2018.[3] It is about a ballet dancer who watches a film featuring Ershadi and then becomes obsessed with his face.

Filmography
Year Title (in English) Role Director Notes
1997 Taste of Cherry (Ta'm-e gilas) Mr Badii Abbas Kiarostami [4][5]
1998 The Pear Tree (Derakht-e golabi) Dariush Mehrjui [6]
2002 Disturbant (Mozahem) Sirus Alvand
2005 Portrait of a Lady Far Away (Sima-ye zani dar doordast) Ali Mosaffa [4]
2006 Color of Friend (Rang-e doost) Mr Jahangir Bita Shafipour
2007 The Kite Runner Baba Marc Forster [7]
2008 Aal Bahram Bahramian
2009 Agora Aspasius Alejandro Amenábar [8]
2011 Facing Mirrors Pedar Negar Azarbayjani [9]
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Hassan Ghul Kathryn Bigelow
2014 A Most Wanted Man Faisal Abdullah Anton Corbijn
2015 Utopia Hassan Nazer
2016 Ali and Nino Asif Kapadia [10]
2016 Blue Lantern Reza Yarkhalaji [11]
2016 The Last Inhabitant Ibrahim Jivan Avetisyan [12]
2017 Lina [13]

References
  1. Kerr, Euan (2007-12-27). "Homayoun Ershadi's strange trip to stardom". Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. "Winners of 2017 'Sepanta Awards' at 10th Annual Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco announced". Payvand.com. February 10, 2017.
  3. Krauss, Nicole (2018-02-26). ""Seeing Ershadi"". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  4. "Review: 'Portrait of a Lady Far Away'". Variety Magazine. Penske Business Media LLC. 2005-07-05.
  5. Holden, Stephen (March 20, 1998). "'Taste of Cherry': Simultaneously Epic and Precisely Minuscule". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  6. "The Pear Tree". The Film Sufi. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  7. French, Howard W. (31 December 2006). "Where to Shoot an Epic About Afghanistan? China, Where Else?". The New York Times. pp. (p. 2). Retrieved 2007-02-15.
  8. Perry, Byron (2008-02-24). "Homayoun Ershadi". Variety. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  9. Scheib, Ronnie (2011-09-07). "Facing Mirrors". Variety. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  10. Debruge, Peter (2016-02-05). "Sundance Film Review: 'Ali and Nino'". Variety Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  11. "Blue Lantern". Iranian Film Festival. 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  12. "Film Production: The Last Inhabitant". National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA). Archived from the original on 2016. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  13. "Iran, Afghan Actors in 3-Nation Production". Financial Tribune. September 21, 2017.
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