Actor CV
THEATRE
I Call My Brothers (Melbourne Theatre Company) director Nadja Kostich
♦ Nominated for Green Room Award – Best Lead Actor on MainStage
Tales of a City by the Sea (La Mama) director Lech Mackiewicz
Origin. Transit. Destination (Australian Performers Exchange) director Sally Sussman
The Container (Big West Festival) director Kevin Hopkins
The Two Executioners (La Mama) director Mammad Aidani
The Bus Stop (Department of Justice) director Osamah Sami
Black Box 149 (La Mama) director Rose Jones
Forum Theatre (Victorian College of the Arts) director Shahin Shafaei
Long Day’s Dying (La Mama) director Kevin Summers
Baghdad Wedding (Belvoir St. Theatre Company) director Geordie Brookman
Sinners (La Mama) director Melanie Beddie
Homebody/ Kabul (Theatre@Risk) director Chris Bendell
Saddam – the Musical (Local Mosque Production) directed by Dad.
FILM
Ali’s Wedding – directed by Jeffrey Walker
♦ Nominated Australian Academy (AACTA) Award – Best Lead Actor
♦ Nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia Award – Best Lead Actor
♦ Nominated Australian Film Critics Association Award – Best Lead Actor
Journey – directed by Mohammad Ghorbankarimi
10 Terrorists! – directed by Dee McLachlan
Saved – directed by Tony Ayres
Lucky Miles – directed by Michael James Rowland
TV
Two Refugees and a Blonde (10 webisodes) as Sami
Jack Irish (2 episodes) as Hadji
Sea Patrol (1 episode) as Salim
Rush (1 episode) as Hazrat
City Homicide (2 episodes) as Hanif
East West 101 (2 episodes) as Latif
Kick (13 episodes) as Sharif