Nazar Amadin

Nazar Amadin is an incredibly gifted actor and director who was born in Baghdad, Iraq on December 21, 1956. He moved to Chicago, IL in 1979 with his family before the war broke out between Iraq and Iran. Nazar has always had a passion for acting and anyone who knows him well can see this. Although, he has never taken an acting class or went to school for drama, he has an intuitive, natural ability to morph himself into whatever character he reads about. He credits this ability in his creative imagination and vivid thoughts as he dwells deeper into a script. His dream has always been to win an Oscar one day for directing, although that is just a dream, which he is perfectly content with not making come true, since he makes other dreams become reality everday with his beautiful family.
Nazar began acting after joining the Mar Gewargis Church (St. George's Parish)and took part in the many plays the Church held. He has acted and directed in numerous Assyrian plays in his community such as Betan Khata, Gonkhe't Semele, Assyrian Spaceship in Babylon (Markota'it Babel), Twins (Jamikeh), Akh Min Khimyani, and many many more. Out of all those plays, Betan Khata was the most critically acclaimed by all Assyrians due to the fact that many Assyrians went through the same problems as the family in the play did. Betan Khata did so well that Nazar and the rest of the crew went on a national tour with the play, which had them go to New York, California, Canada,and Australia. Nazar eventually was given a trophy for his work in Betan Khata. Due to his direct involvement in many plays, Nazar is known by almost the entire Assyrian community and on countless times has been asked for his autograph by many young adults who have seen him in the beloved play Betan Khata. Nazar is retired at the moment, but he still has not stopped reading scripts from his best friend Abee Sarkis, and maybe one day he will return to the stage one last time.
He has made a lasting impact in the growth of the Assyrian Arts. He has inspired others to follow their dreams in acting and to pursue their goals. He is one of the earlier Assyrian actors who dedicated himself into reaching out to the Assyrian community into something that they trully own.
Facts:
* Nazar is best friends with Abee Sarkis, who also directs and acts.
* Has a loving wife with four beautiful children.
* He has 3 brothers and 3 sisters
* His Assyrian tribe is Jilwayeh
* Can speak Arabic and Assyrian fluently in all accents
* Out of all the plays, Nazar cites Betan Khata as one of his personal favorites
* Watching movies and eating pistachios with his family is one of his favorite hobbies
* Is inspired by actors such as Nicholas Cage and John Travolta

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