Homayoun Ershadi (also spelled Homayon Ershadi, fa, همایون ارشادی ; born March 26, 1947) is an Iranian actor, known for his debut role in ''

Taste of Cherry ''Taste of Cherry'' ( fa, طعم گيلاس..., ''Ta’m-e gīlās...'') is a 1997 Iranian minimalist drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and starring Homayoun Ershadi as a middle-aged Tehran man, who drives th ...

'' (1997), and several Iranian and other films since then, including Hollywood movies ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Biography

Ershadi studied

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in Italy, graduating in 1970 and worked as an architect for many years. He was discovered as an actor by acclaimed

Iranian New Wave Iranian New Wave refers to a movement in Iranian cinema. It started in 1964 with Hajir Darioush's second film ''Serpent's Skin'', which was based on D.H. Lawrence's ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' featuring Fakhri Khorvash and Jamshid Mashayekhi. Dar ...

film director,

Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...

. While Ershadi was sitting in his car in traffic in

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he was approached by Kiarostami and eventually chosen to play the leading role in the film, ''

''. In 2007 he was cast in ''

'', 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

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, California, US.

Cultural reference

The short story ''Seeing Ershadi'' by

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was published in ''

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'' on 5 March 2018. It is about a ballet dancer who watches a film featuring Ershadi and then becomes obsessed with his face.

Filmography

References

External links

* 1947 births Iranian male television actors Iranian male film actors Living people Actors from Isfahan 20th-century Iranian male actors 21st-century Iranian male actors {{Iran-actor-stub