Osamah Sami

Osamah Sami is an Australian actor, writer and stand-up comedian who works on stage and screen. He was born in Qom, Iran, and began acting in stage productions as a child before studying arts at Kanoon Pavaresh Fekri and appearing in two Iranian films. After moving to Melbourne, he joined a local theater group and in 2007 took the regular role of Sharif Doumani in the SBS drama Kick, followed by guest parts in several Australian television series. He had a breakthrough opposite Claudia Karvan in the telemovie Saved, co-created and acted in the web series Two Refugees and a Blonde, and published a memoir in 2015 that won a New South Wales Premier's Literary Award. He co-wrote and starred in Ali's Wedding (2017), winning an AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and later appeared in The Furnace (2020) and Shayda (2023). He co-created and appeared in the 2024 miniseries House of Gods.