Moamer Kasumović

Moamer Kasumović (Cyrillic: Моамер Касумовић; born 12 December 1981) is a Bosnian actor and producer. He gained recognition for portraying the role of Damir Fazlinović in the sitcom Lud, zbunjen, normalan from 2007 to 2021.

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 for the criminal offense of fornication against a minor committed in 2021; the verdict was delivered with an option of paying a fixed monetary sum in exchange for avoiding prison.

Legal proceedings 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". 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 was convicted for the crime in a court ruling.

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. 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. In response to revelations about Kasumović, Federalna televizija announced the decision of removing reruns of Lud, zbunjen, normalan, actor's best known work, from the network's broadcast schedule. 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". Kasumović's only reaction to his sex offender conviction becoming public knowledge took place via his Facebook page where, in October 2024, he shared a web link to an op-ed by his Montenegrin legal representative Mihailo Volkov, published in the Podgorica-based Pobjeda daily, arguing that Kasumović's verdict in Sarajevo should have been overturned due to a "number of procedural issues".

Filmography As actor Film

Television

As producer Film

As executive producer Film