- Height1.85 m
- Samy Osman is a Toronto based actor and occasional filmmaker, with many interest in and outside the film/TV industry, including martial arts, stunt work, video games, books, spiritual and philosophical musings. He was born and raised in the National Capital Region in Canada and has a mixed ethnic background.
He is trained in the art of Hapkido under the legendary Grandmaster In-shik Hwang and appreciates many art forms, from film to video games and literature.
He has also performed in shows such as The Expanse (2015), The Handmaid's Tale: La Servante écarlate (2017), TallBoyz (2019), with recurring roles on Sex/Life (2021) and Nikita (2010).
He has appeared in many independent films, more recently playing Samir, the leading man in Newborn (2018), screening at Academy Awards and Canadian Screen Awards qualifying festivals, taking home multiple awards and winning CBC's 2018 Short Film Faceoff in Canada.
He also loves to bring his own ideas to life; he has created a handful of short films, including Overcover (2019), a buddy-cop action-comedy, which has won multiple awards.- IMDb mini biography by: Samy Osman
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Fluent in English and French. Speaks intermediate Arabic and basic Spanish.
- Martial arts trained in Hapkido under Grandmaster In-shik Hwang.
- His appearance on Nikita (2010) was initially only meant for one episode, and he was credited as "Division Tech" but the show runners decided to bring him back, for multiple episodes, and gave his character the name "Sammy".
- Shares his birthday with one of his favorite actors, Jim Carrey.
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