Moamer Kasumović
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Occupation(s) | Actor, producer |
Years active | 2003–2024 |
Moamer Kasumović (Cyrillic: Моамер Касумовић; born 12 December 1981) is a Bosnian actor and producer born in Montenegro. He gained recognition for portraying the role of Damir Fazlinović in the sitcom Lud, zbunjen, normalan from 2007 to 2021.[1]
Kasumović's first television role was in Summer in the Golden Valley in 2003. He has also produced the short film Non-Stop Plavi and feature films Hiljadarka and The Life of Flowers.
Kasumović was sentenced to one year in prison, with an option of paying a bail instead for the criminal offense of fornication against a minor committed in 2021.[2]
Legal proceedings
[edit]On September 16, 2024, at the Sarajevo National Theatre as part of Sarajevo Fest, during a Q&A session following the staging of a National Theatre in Belgrade play, Tiho, tiše, whose plot is focused on peer violence, an underage male in the crowd stated, as part of asking a question, that in 2021 when he was 14 years old, he had been sexually abused by a "well known actor".[3] Prompted by others in the crowd as to the abuser's identity, the underage male revealed it was Kasumović, before further stating that the case was legally tried and that Kasumović has a court ruling against him.[4]
Attempting to confirm the underage male's claims, Raport.ba web portal submitted a request to the Sarajevo Municipal Court, reportedly getting a response that such information couldn't be publicly disclosed as per a provision within the criminal code in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4] The portal then tried the Sarajevo Canton Court, reportedly getting the same response.[4] Eventually, by September 19, 2024, the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office, confirmed to the portal that an indictment had been issued against Kasumović for the criminal offence of "sexual intercourse against a minor" (bludne radnje, obljuba) for which he had been sentenced to one year in prison, with an option of avoiding incarceration by paying a fixed sum of KM36,500 (~€18,600).[4] He took the payment option in November 2023 following the conclusion of the appeals process and thus avoided prison time.[4][5] The option of making a monetary payment in lieu of prison time is reportedly available to all convicted criminals in Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced to up to one year.[5]
Once reported on in the Sarajevo-based media, the case became major news in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to a lesser extent in Montenegro where Kasumović had reportedly returned to and began spending most of his time following his initial 2021 conviction in Sarajevo.[6][7] In response to revelations about Kasumović, Federalna televizija announced its decision to take reruns of Lud, zbunjen, normalan, the actor's best known work, off its broadcast schedule.[8] His co-star in the series Senad Bašić expressed shock, adding that "[the cast and crew] had no idea about Kasumović's proclivities, which he obviously hid very well".[9] Kasumović's only reaction to the news took place in October 2024 when, on his Facebook page, he shared a web link to an op-ed by his legal representative Mihailo Volkov in the Podgorica-based daily Pobjeda, arguing that Kasumović's verdict should have been overturned due to a "number of procedural issues at the trial".[10][11]
Filmography
[edit]As actor
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Summer in the Golden Valley | Boy sitting on bench #2 | |
2005 | Prva plata | Motorist | Short film |
Dobro uštimani mrtvaci | Ferid | ||
2006 | All for Free | Mršavi | |
2008 | Čuvari noći | Policeman #2 | |
2009 | Majka | Short film | |
2010 | Piran-Pirano | Young Veljko | |
2012 | Twice Born | Zoran | |
2013 | Non-Stop Plavi | Mountaineer | Short film; Also producer |
Čefurji raus! | Customs officer #1 | ||
2014 | How I Quit Drinking and Became a Mother | Bridegroom | Short film |
2015 | Hiljadarka | Fadil | Also executive producer |
Our Everyday Life | Malik | ||
2017 | The Frog | Muki | |
Fountain | Edin | Short film | |
2018 | Nasumice | Elvis |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Mujo i Haso superstars | Jonas from Germany | Appeared in one episode |
2004–2005 | Crna hronika | Neven | |
2005 | Sex i selo | Hamo | |
2007–2021 | Lud, zbunjen, normalan | Damir Fazlinović | |
2012 | Priče iza diskrecione linije | ||
2013 | Dragi blože | Miniseries | |
Patriot | Goc | Miniseries | |
2018 | Dragi susjedi | Tomislav Zovko |
As producer
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Notes |
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2013 | Non-Stop Plavi | No | No | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2016 | The Life of Flowers | No | No | Yes | No |
As executive producer
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Notes |
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2015 | Hiljadarka | Also actor |
References
[edit]- ^ "Moamer Kasumović biografija". biografija.info (in Bosnian). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ D.Be. (19 September 2024). "Otkriveno da je Moamer Kasumović osuđen zbog bludničenja nad maloljetnikom iz 2021. godine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Glumac serije "Lud, zbunjen, normalan" osuđen zbog bludničenja nad maloljetnikom" (in Croatian). n1info.hr. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Dautbegović, Mirela (19 September 2024). "Raport razotkriva: Glumac Moamer Kasumović osuđen za bludničenje nad maloljetnikom. Dobio godinu zatvora koju je otkupio". Report.ba. Archived from the original on 25 September 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ a b D.Be. (21 September 2024). "Općinski sud: Moamer Kasumović je u novembru 2023. otkupio zatvorsku kaznu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Dautbegović, Mirela (27 September 2024). "Kasumović osuđen za bludne radnje nad petnaestogodišnjakom, pa otkupio slobodu za 18.000 eura". Report.ba. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Dizdarević o slučaju 'Kasumović': Identitet onih koji su počinili takvo gnusno djelo treba biti dostupan i profesionalnoj i široj javnosti". Vijesti. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ A., V. (25 September 2024). "Sa Federalne televizije za Raport: Obustavili smo emitiranje serije 'Lud, zbunjen, normalan' nakon slučaja 'Kasumović'". Report.ba. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ S. R., L. (9 October 2024). "Senad Bašić ekskluzivno za Raport: Zanijemili smo kad smo čuli za Moamera Kasumovića, krio je sve kao zmija noge". Report.ba. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Konačno se oglasio Moamer Kasumović: Nije ni imao šta drugo reći, izgleda". Report.ba. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ Volkov, Mihailo (17 October 2024). "Presuda za Moamera Kasumovića bila je nezakonita i morala je biti ukinuta". Pobjeda. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Bijelo Polje
- Bosniaks of Montenegro
- 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina male actors
- 21st-century Montenegrin male actors
- Bosnia and Herzegovina male film actors
- Bosnia and Herzegovina male television actors
- Montenegrin male film actors
- People convicted of child sexual abuse