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Homayoun Ershadi

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Homayoun Ershadi
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Homayoun Ershadi (also spelled Homayon Ershadi, Persian: همایون ارشادی; born March 26, 1947) is an Iranian actor. He is known for his debut role in Taste of Cherry (1997), and several Iranian and other films since then, including European films like Agora or Hollywood films like The Kite Runner and Zero Dark Thirty.

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Early Life and education

Homayoun Ershadi was born March 26, 1947 in Isfahan.[1] He moved to Italy to study architecture at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, graduating in 1970. He worked in Iran as an architect, before moving to Canada in 1979, following the Iranian Revolution. He and his wife settled in Vancouver, where he continued work as an architect. Ershadi returned to Iran in 1990, after he and his wife filed for divorce.[2][3]

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Career

Following Ershadi return to Iran, he settled in Tehran. Ershadi was discovered by director Abbas Kiarostami, while sitting in his car in traffic. Kiarostami approached him and requested him to play the leading role of his film, Taste of Cherry.[3]

In 2007 he was cast in The Kite Runner, a film about two young boys growing up in Afghanistan.[3]

Personal life

Ershadi's two children live in Vancouver, a place he visits often to see his grandchildren.[4]

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.[5]

Cultural reference

The short story Seeing Ershadi by Nicole Krauss was published in The New Yorker on 5 March 2018. It is about a ballet dancer who watches a film featuring Ershadi and then becomes obsessed with his face.[6]

Filmography

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