Omer Chawshin
Born: 1942-06-16 in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region, Iraq
Died: 2023-01-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
Omer Chawshin is a Kurdish theater actor born in 1942 in Sulaymaniyah. He became a member of the Sulayymaniah Acting Troupe in 1967. Because of the lack of female actors and the restrictions on female actors, he wore and played female characters from the 1960s to the late 1980s.
Filmography
2015
- The Woman of My Life as The father
2014
- Mardan as Omer (Hotel Owner)
2013
- Before Snowfall as Sufi
2012
- Death Triangle as Hawre's Father
2009
- Whisper with the Wind as Mam Baldar
- Kick Off Kirkuk as Mam Karim
2007
- Dol: The Valley of Tambourines as Ahmed
2001
- Life as Old man at teahouse
1971
- The General Inspector as Zhian