Osman Khalid Butt


Osman Khalid Butt is a Pakistani actor, writer and choreographer. He is best known for his role in Aik Nayee Cinderella aired on Geo TV, and Aunn Zara aired on A-Plus Entertainment, both of which rank among the highest rated Pakistani serial. His other works include Goya, which aired on ARY Digital, and Diyar-e-Dil, the blockbuster serial that was aired on Hum TV in 2015. Butt was also widely praised for his role of Aunn in Aunn Zara, which earned him a nomination for Best Drama Actor at Pakistan Media Awards. He has recently worked in a Haissam Hussain Movie Balu Mahi alongside Ainy Jaffri which was released in 2017.

Biography

Osman was born to a Kashmiri father and French mother. His father, Dr. Khalid Said Butt, is a famous actor, director and screenwriter in Pakistan. According to him when he was 5 years old, his elder sister asked him to look at the stars in the sky and craft stories. His brother Omar Khalid Butt is an anchor. Model Rubya Chaudhry is his cousin.

Career

Butt started his acting career in 2005, acting in theatre plays in his hometown Islamabad. He made his film debut in the 2007 film Zibahkhana which is Pakistan's first zombie horror film. In 2007 he also wrote, acted, choreographed for, and directed his first theatre production under the banner of ‘The Living Picture Productions’ the company he set up around the same time. He went onto write direct and act in many successful plays in his home town. In 2010 he started making videos on YouTube as "The living picture guy" then acted in the film Slackistan which was banned after the film was refused a pass by the censor board. In 2012 he acted in the romantic drama series Aik Nayee Cinderella. The same year he starred as Aunn in Aunn Zara. He was also featured in a drama Munkir as Zain. In 2015, he played the role of Wali Suhaib Khan in Diyar-e-Dil. In 2016, he played the role of Harib in Sanam.
He is a writer, a poet and also a singer. He is also the co-founder, creative lead and poetry editor at Desi Writers Lounge, an online, 24/7, 365 days a year writers' workshop and community, that aims to showcase new voices in South Asian writing through their biannual publication, 'Papercuts'. He has written the screen play for film Janaan and Siyaah. He is also the script-writer of lux style awards 2017. He is featured as Balu in his debut film Balu Mahi along with Ainy Jaffri Rehman.
He was the Director Of Choreography for Hareem Farooqs Parchi film from the song Billo Hai.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Music Videos

Awards and Nominations