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
Cast Credits
The Woman of My Life
Character: The father
MOVIE • 2015
Mardan
Character: Omer (Hotel Owner)
MOVIE • 2014
Before Snowfall
Character: Sufi
MOVIE • 2013
Death Triangle
Character: Hawre's Father
MOVIE • 2012
Whisper with the Wind
Character: Mam Baldar
MOVIE • 2009
Kick Off Kirkuk
Character: Mam Karim
MOVIE • 2009
Dol: The Valley of Tambourines
Character: Ahmed
MOVIE • 2007
Life
Character: Old man at teahouse
MOVIE • 2001
The General Inspector
Character: Zhian
MOVIE • 1971