Osamah Sami is an Australian actor of Persian

Persian people

The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...

 origin. He has appeared in numerous episodes of the Australian television programme Kick

Kick (TV series)

Kick is an Australian television comedy that was first broadcast on 9 June 2007 on SBS TV. It is set in Brunswick in Melbourne, Australia. The series follows the adventures of wild twenty-something Miki Mavros who is forced to move back in with her Greek-Australian parents on Hope Street after a...

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Biography

He was born in Iran to Iranian parents, before moving to Australia, he was cast in several roles on stage in his childhood hometown of Qom.
After immigrating to Australia, he began working with a local theatre group and starred in many productions from then on. His performance in Trial of Saddam, where he played Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...

, was very successful amongst the Shiite community in Australia. He has since gone on to work regularly in Film, Theatre and Television. He has been cast in several leading roles; one opposite Claudia Karvan

Claudia Karvan

Claudia Karvan is an Australian actress popular for her roles in the television series The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way. She is also a producer and writer on Love My Way. She currently stars in the drama series Spirited...

, one of Australia's most reputable actresses, in the Tele-Movie "Saved", directed by Award-winning director Tony Ayres

Tony Ayres

Tony Ayres is a Chinese-born Australian screenwriter and director. He is most notable for his award-winning films Walking on Water and The Home Song Stories.-Early life:...

. Another lead role in an upcoming Dee McLachlan

Dee McLachlan

Dee McLachlan is a film director, producer and writer from Middle Park, Victoria. McLachlan was born Duncan McLachlan in the early 1950s in South Africa...

 feature, "Eliminated" is currently in post. His guest roles include TV shows including East West 101

East West 101

East West 101 is a critically acclaimed and award-winning drama series airing on the SBS network. The series was produced and created by Steven Knapman & Kris Wyld, the team behind other drama series such as Wildside and White Collar Blue....

, Rush

Rush (2008 TV series)

-DVD releases:-Achievements:-International distribution:-External links:...

, Sea Patrol

Sea Patrol

Sea Patrol may refer to:*Sea Patrol, an Australian television series from 2007-2011**Sea Patrol **Sea Patrol , known as Sea Patrol II: The Coup**Sea Patrol , known as Sea Patrol: Red Gold...

, City Homicide

City Homicide

City Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 – 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne...

 and a regular role in the TV series Kick

Kick

In combat sports and hand-to-hand combat, a kick is a physical strike using the foot, leg, or knee . This type of attack is used frequently, especially in stand-up fighting...

. He's currently developing an 8 part Sitcom for SBS (Australian TV Network) titled "Baghdad to the Burbs" and a feature film for Matchbox Pictures titled "Ali's Wedding".

Film

• Eliminated! (2010)
• Housemates (2010)
• Saved (2009)
• 296 Smith Street (2008)
• Where Are You From? (2008)
• Shotgun! (2007)
• Lucky Miles
  Lucky Miles
  Lucky Miles is an Australian comedy/drama feature film based on several true stories involving people entering Australia illegally along the continent's coastline...
  
  (2007)

TV Work

• Sea Patrol
  Sea Patrol (TV series)
  Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama, set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy . The series focuses on the ship and the lives of its crew members....
  
  (2011) as Salem Shokor
• City Homicide (2010) as Hanif Durrani
• Rush
  Rush (2008 TV series)
  -DVD releases:-Achievements:-International distribution:-External links:...
  
  (2010) as Hazrat
• East West 101 (2009) as Latif
• Canal Road
  Canal Road (TV series)
  Canal Road is an Australian television drama series on the Nine Network. The series was produced in-house, under producer Susan Bower, in collaboration with writers Sarah Smith, John Ridley and Dave Warner, and directed by Kevin Carlin. It was filmed at Channel Nine’s GTV Studio 11 and on location...
  
  (2008) as Michael Young
• City Homicide
  City Homicide
  City Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 – 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne...
  
  (2007) as Kasim Al-Basri
• Kick
  Kick (TV series)
  Kick is an Australian television comedy that was first broadcast on 9 June 2007 on SBS TV. It is set in Brunswick in Melbourne, Australia. The series follows the adventures of wild twenty-something Miki Mavros who is forced to move back in with her Greek-Australian parents on Hope Street after a...
  
  (2007) as Sharif Doumani

Stage

• Baghdad Wedding (Belvoir St. Theatre Company)
• Hombody/ Kabul (Theatre @ Risk)
• Sinners (La Mamma Theatre)
• Trial of Saddam (A.A.G)
• No Truth (A.A.G)

Filmography (Writer)

• Soldiers by Mistake (Feature Film)
• Ali's Wedding (Feature Film)
• From Baghdad to the Burbs (Series Creator/ 8 episode Sitcom)
• Trial of Saddam (co-writer/ Musical Comedy)
• No Truth (playwright)
• Where Are You From? (Short Feature)
• The Innocent (Short Feature)

External links

• Official Site
• Osamah Sami at IMDB