Saturday Sep 13, 2025
The Entertainment Podcast with Robert Rabiah | Osamah Sami
The Entertainment Podcast with Robert Rabiah. The official podcast for award-winning Australian artist Robert Rabiah. Robert Rabiah speaks with award winning actor and writer Osamah Sami in a thoughtful conversation on storytelling, identity, and creative process.
In this episode of The Entertainment Podcast with Robert Rabiah, Osamah Sami reflects on his work across film and television, including Ali’s Wedding, Tennessee, Shayda, House of Gods, and Saved. The discussion explores humour as a storytelling tool, writing from lived experience, and the relationship between cultural identity and creative voice.
Throughout the conversation, Osamah speaks openly about developing stories drawn from personal history, navigating the Australian screen industry, and building a career across acting and writing. This episode offers insight into character driven storytelling and the discipline required to translate experience into meaningful screen work.
Learn more about Osamah Sami:
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The Entertainment Podcast with Robert Rabiah features long form conversations with artists, performers, and creative voices across film, television, and culture. Hosted by award-winning Australian artist Robert Rabiah, the podcast explores the experiences behind the work.
Full length episodes are available on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart, YouTube, and other major platforms.
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ROBERT RABIAH BIOGRAPHY
Robert Rabiah is an award-winning Australian artist who was also nominated for Best Actor in a film alongside Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Sam Neill and David Wenham at the 2012 Australian Film Institute/Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, 2011 Inside Film Awards, and is a 3xtime Australian Academy Awards candidate (AACTA) - 2023/2024/2025.
Robert Rabiah has also won Best Actor (Monaco Charity Film Festival) for his performance in Face to Face (2011) by Michael Rymer, Best Writer at the Australian Writer's Guild (Monte Miller Award) and Best Writer at the National Literary Awards (Fellowship of Australian Writers)
Robert Rabiah's other notable distinctions include a top 5 Award at the first Spaamart (Screen Producers Association of Australia Film Market) a Spark Award given by the Australian Film Commission, a Cannes World Film Festival nomination (Best Feature Doco - 2023) a candidate at the Australian Academy Awards (Best Feature Doco - 2023/2024) a candidate at the Australian Academy Awards (Best Supporting Actor in a film - 2023/2024) a candidate at the Australian Academy Awards (Best Supporting Actor in a film - 2025/2026) and a nomination for Best Actor in an ensemble at the annual Australian Equity Ensemble Awards (the only actor-voted awards in Australia) for his performance in Safe Harbour (2018), which went on to win for Best TV Movie/Mini-Series at the International Emmy® Awards.
Robert Rabiah has appeared in some of Australia's best loved films and television shows such as, Chopper (2000) with Eric Bana, Deadline Gallipoli (2015) with Sam Worthington, Jack Irish (2016) with Guy Pearce, Ali's Wedding (2017) with Osamah Sami, Below (2019) with Anthony LaPaglia, critically-acclaimed series Secret City (2016) with Anna Torv (Foxtel/Netflix/Matchbox Pictures), Safe Harbour (2018) (Hulu/AppleTV/BBC4/SBS) directed by Glendyn Ivin, Netflix/Peacock/NBCUniversal TV series Irreverent (2022) and feature film Land of Bad (2024) with Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth.
Robert Rabiah rose in prominence early in his career by establishing himself as a memorable tough-guy actor, sought by the most respected Australian and international Directors and Producers. Rabiah is an enigmatic force in show business, widely regarded as one of the most intense and compelling actors in the industry. With an electrifying screen presence, Rabiah has captivated audiences the world over with his riveting performances.
Robert Rabiah's work for production giants such as Netflix, Amazon, Stan, NBCUniversal, Hulu, Foxtel, Peacock, Paramount+, Madman Entertainment, AppleTV, Syfy, BBC4, SBS, ABC, Warner Bros, Sony, Lionsgate and Michael De Luca Productions has ensured both global releases and critical acclaim for his performances.
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