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Osamah Sami

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  • Writer
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Osamah Sami accepting his Australian Academy (AACTA) Award
Ali dreams big - he wants to be with the girl he loves, but he's been promised to another girl at his father's mosque.
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Ali's Wedding (2017)
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Osamah Sami is an award-winning actor, writer, and comedian, born in war-torn Iran to Iraqi parents. His critically acclaimed memoir Good Muslim Boy was the winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Award and Highly Commended at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. It was also adapted for the stage in 2018 for Malthouse Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre, selling out both seasons.

Osamah also co-wrote and starred in the hit Australian film Ali's Wedding, which was the winner of the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at Sydney Film Festival, as well as The Age Critics Prize for Best Australian Film, and the Cinéfest Oz Prize for Best Film. His screenplay earned him an Australian Academy (AACTA) Award, an Australian Writers Guild (AWGIE) Award, and a Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) Award for Best Screenplay. He also received AACTA Award, FCCA Award, and Australian Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Lead Actor.

In 2016, his work in Melbourne Theatre Company's I Call My Brothers earned him a Green Room Award nomination for Best Lead Actor on a Main Stage production.

He was also a jury member of the 7th International Persian Film Festival, and a judge on the 2020 AWGIES Awards, as well as the NSW State Library Literary Awards. Osamah has appeared in Melbourne Writers Fest, Sydney Writers Fest, Perth International Arts Festival, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, and Shanghai Literary Festival.

Osamah is a dual winner of Creative Artist of the Year at the Australian Muslim Achievement Awards, and is also recognized as a 'Notable Australian Muslim' by the Commonwealth of Australia.
BornMarch 10, 1983
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Osamah Sami at the Australian Academy (AACTA) Awards with Don Hany and Jeffrey Walker
Poster for the stage production of Good Muslim Boy
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Osamah Sami in the production of THEM
Osamah Sami in the production of THEM
Osamah Sami in the production of THEM
Osamah Sami in the production of ANTHEM
Osamah Sami in TENNESSINE
Osamah Sami & Faezeh Alavi in TENNESSINE

Known for

Donald McAlpine, Rodney Afif, Don Hany, Andrew Knight, Spencer McLaren, Helen Panckhurst, Robert Rabiah, Jeffrey Walker, Nigel Westlake, Ryan Corr, Natalie Gamsu, Osamah Sami, Shahin Shafaei, Majid Shokor, Frances Duca, Rahel Romahn, Sheila Jayadev, Lliam Murphy, Maha Wilson, Behrouz Harvasi, Khaled Khalafalla, Helana Sawires, Shayan Salehian, Asal Shenaveh, and Ghazi Alkinani in Ali's Wedding (2017)
Ali's Wedding
6.9
  • Ali
  • 2017
Adam Alzoubi in Journey (2016)
Journey
8.2
TV Movie
  • Nadim
  • 2016
Saved (2009)
Saved
5.1
TV Movie
  • Amir Farshchi
  • 2009
10Terrorists (2012)
10Terrorists
5.3
  • Azim
  • 2012

Credits

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Actor

  • Shayda (2023)
    Shayda
  • Tennessine
    Tennessine
  • Katherine Langford in Savage River (2022)
    Savage River
  • Michala Banas, Steve Bastoni, Elle Mandalis, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Robert Rabiah, Krista Vendy, Steve Mouzakis, Frank Lotito, Laura Gordon, Osamah Sami, Ra Chapman, Vuyo Loko, Phoenix Raei, Cris Cochrane, Oliver Lotito, and Amy Christian in AussieWood (2020)
    AussieWood
  • Bonnie Elliott, Trevor Jamieson, Clayton Jauncey, Amanda Ma, Erik Thomson, David Wenham, Timothy White, Wakarra Gondarra, Merlin Eden, Agnes Choi, Evan Williams, Xin Ocean, Daniel Motearefi, Jay Ryan, Sean Choolburra, Tenille Kennedy, Quentin Yung, Steve McCall, Mahesh Jadu, Mark Bradshaw, Gary Young, Goran D. Kleut, Osamah Sami, Michael McDermott, Mansoor Noor, Kaushik Das, Roderick MacKay, Ahmed Malek, Samson Coulter, and Baykali Ganambarr in The Furnace (2020)
    The Furnace
  • The ShowBiz Podcast with Robert Rabiah and Joey Coley-Sowry (2019)
    The ShowBiz Podcast with Robert Rabiah and Joey Coley-Sowry
  • Simon Elrahi, Veronica Lang, Miriana Marusic, Elke Klein, Ben Maclaine, Osamah Sami, Neveen Hanna, Millie Samuels, Rain Fuller, Angelo Velardo, Victoria Ferrara, Lisa Scarlett, Aska Karem, Samuel El Rahi, Saul El Rahi, and Maria McCarthy in Flow (2017)
    Flow
  • Donald McAlpine, Rodney Afif, Don Hany, Andrew Knight, Spencer McLaren, Helen Panckhurst, Robert Rabiah, Jeffrey Walker, Nigel Westlake, Ryan Corr, Natalie Gamsu, Osamah Sami, Shahin Shafaei, Majid Shokor, Frances Duca, Rahel Romahn, Sheila Jayadev, Lliam Murphy, Maha Wilson, Behrouz Harvasi, Khaled Khalafalla, Helana Sawires, Shayan Salehian, Asal Shenaveh, and Ghazi Alkinani in Ali's Wedding (2017)
    Ali's Wedding
  • Adam Alzoubi in Journey (2016)
    Journey
  • Jack Irish (2016)
    Jack Irish
  • Two Refugees and a Blonde (2015)
    Two Refugees and a Blonde
  • Too Late
  • Canberra Says No
  • Pure
  • 10Terrorists (2012)
    10Terrorists

Writer

  • The Clearing
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  • Tennessine
    Tennessine
  • Simon Elrahi, Lauren Lofberg, and Sayed Barkat Hussainizada in Sheltered (2017)
    Sheltered
  • Donald McAlpine, Rodney Afif, Don Hany, Andrew Knight, Spencer McLaren, Helen Panckhurst, Robert Rabiah, Jeffrey Walker, Nigel Westlake, Ryan Corr, Natalie Gamsu, Osamah Sami, Shahin Shafaei, Majid Shokor, Frances Duca, Rahel Romahn, Sheila Jayadev, Lliam Murphy, Maha Wilson, Behrouz Harvasi, Khaled Khalafalla, Helana Sawires, Shayan Salehian, Asal Shenaveh, and Ghazi Alkinani in Ali's Wedding (2017)
    Ali's Wedding
  • Two Refugees and a Blonde (2015)
    Two Refugees and a Blonde
    • (creator)
  • Too Late
  • Canberra Says No
  • 10Terrorists (2012)
    10Terrorists
  • Osamah Sami, Nicole Chamoun, and Andrew Baker in Housemates (2009)
    Housemates

Producer

  • Donald McAlpine, Rodney Afif, Don Hany, Andrew Knight, Spencer McLaren, Helen Panckhurst, Robert Rabiah, Jeffrey Walker, Nigel Westlake, Ryan Corr, Natalie Gamsu, Osamah Sami, Shahin Shafaei, Majid Shokor, Frances Duca, Rahel Romahn, Sheila Jayadev, Lliam Murphy, Maha Wilson, Behrouz Harvasi, Khaled Khalafalla, Helana Sawires, Shayan Salehian, Asal Shenaveh, and Ghazi Alkinani in Ali's Wedding (2017)
    Ali's Wedding
  • Two Refugees and a Blonde (2015)
    Two Refugees and a Blonde
  • Canberra Says No
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Videos5

Ali's Wedding - Official Trailer
Demo Reel 2:17
Ali's Wedding - Official Trailer
296 Smith St - Osamah Sami
Demo Reel 3:11
296 Smith St - Osamah Sami
Osamah Sami & Claudia Karvan in SAVED
Demo Reel 7:21
Osamah Sami & Claudia Karvan in SAVED
Osamah Sami & Claudia Karvan in SAVED
Demo Reel 6:15
Osamah Sami & Claudia Karvan in SAVED
Ali's Wedding
Trailer 2:23
Ali's Wedding

Personal details

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    • March 10, 1983
    • Iran
  • Other works
    Sinners, By Ramez Tabit & Johanne McIntyre. Dir: Melanie Beddie. LaMama Production. Role: Abdou/ Michael. (2007)
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    • 5 Interviews
    • 4 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

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    Osamah has a Black belt in Karate in the Go-Kan Ryu Karate style.

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