Homayoun Ershadi

Homayoun Ershadi sometimes spelled Homayon Ershadi is 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 nonprofessional 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 Most recently he can be seen in the movie The Kite Runner playing the role of Baba He is one of few Iranbased Iranian actors that are permitted to act in Western movies He currently resides in Karaj Iran