Shamoon Abbasi

Shamoon Abbasi (Urdu: شمعون عباسی; born 4 April 1973) is a Pakistani actor, director, producer and screenwriter, best known for portraying villain roles.

[1] His father, Zubair Abbasi was a novelist and drama writer, and so is his aunt, Seema Ghazal, whose own son Syed Ali Raza Usama is a well-known director.

[4] Abbasi began his acting career in 1997 with Titli, a telefilm by Yasir Akhtar, before getting recognition for his comic role in the PTV drama Kashish in 1999.

[6] Abbasi introduced the concept of webseries in Pakistan with his 2007 release #6dapak, which also won international awards.

[7] In 2023, he played the role of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, in the movie Dhai Chaal.