Omer Chawshin

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Omer Chawshin

Acting June 16, 1942

Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region, Iraq

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 r…

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Life

Life

8.0 2001 Movie
Kick Off

Kick Off

6.1 2009 Movie
Mardan

Mardan

5.3 2014 Movie
Before Snowfall

Before Snowfall

6.3 2013 Movie
Death Triangle

Death Triangle

2.0 2012 Movie
The Woman of My Life

The Woman of My Life

4.5 2015 Movie
Whisper with the Wind

Whisper with the Wind

7.7 2009 Movie
Dol: The Valley of Tambourines

Dol: The Valley of Tambourines

8.0 2007 Movie
The General Inspector

The General Inspector

1971 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2015
    The Woman of My Life

    Movie The father

  2. 2014
    Mardan

    Movie Omer (Hotel Owner)

  3. 2013
    Before Snowfall

    Movie Sufi

  4. 2012
    Death Triangle

    Movie Hawre's Father

  5. 2009
    Whisper with the Wind

    Movie Mam Baldar

  6. 2009
    Kick Off

    Movie Mam Karim

  7. 2007
    Dol: The Valley of Tambourines

    Movie Ahmed

  8. 2001
    Life

    Movie Old man at teahouse

  9. 1971
    The General Inspector

    Movie Zhian