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Celebrities / Actor

Osman Khalid Butt

Actor, writer and choreographer

Osman Khalid Butt works across film, television and theatre, and he is also a screenwriter and choreographer. His father, Dr Khalid Said Butt, is an actor, director and screenwriter. He has said his love of storytelling began at five, when his elder sister asked him to look at the stars and make up stories.

Audiences first noticed him as the lead in the fantasy romance Aik Nayee Cinderella (2012) and the comedy Aunn Zara (2013). His three best-known television roles are Wali Sohaib Khan in Diyar-e-Dil (2015), Malik Shahzain in Ehd-e-Wafa (2019) and Faaz Ibrahim in Chupke Chupke (2021). He also appeared in Baaghi (2017), which ranks among the highest-rated Pakistani dramas. In cinema he played in the romantic comedy Balu Mahi (2017) and the drama Baaji (2019).

He writes as well as acts. His screenplay credits include the horror thriller Siyaah (2013) and the romantic comedies Janaan (2016) and Parchi (2018). He has won two Hum Awards and an ARY Film Award, and has twice been nominated for a Lux Style Award.

He started in Islamabad theatre in 2005 and made his film debut in Zibahkhana (2007), described as Pakistan's first zombie horror film. He is also co-founder and poetry editor of the online writing community Desi Writers Lounge.

Credits in detail

Diyar-e-Dil (2015) aired on HUM TV. Osman Khalid Butt plays Wali; the serial is written by Farhat Ishtiaq and directed by Haseeb Hassan. Also in the cast: Maya Ali, Mikaal Zulfiqar and Sanam Saeed.

Ehd-e-Wafa (2019) aired on HUM TV, PTV Home and ISPR. Osman Khalid Butt is in the cast; the serial is written by Mustafa Afridi and directed by Saife Hassan. Also in the cast: Ahad Raza Mir, Ahmed Ali Akbar and Wahaj Ali.

Known for

Diyar-e-Dil · Ehd-e-Wafa · Chupke Chupke

Work on ShowBuzz

  • Diyar-e-Dil

    Drama · HUM TV · 2015 · as Wali. A feud in a landed family, and the grandchildren, Wali and Faarah, who are pushed toward each other to repair it. One of the few Pakistani serials that feels like a full novel on screen. 33 episodes.

  • Ehd-e-Wafa

    Drama · HUM TV, PTV Home and ISPR · 2019. Four school friends whose adult lives pull them into very different Pakistans, including the army. Created with ISPR. Mustafa Afridi writes; Saife Hassan directs.

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