---
name: "Sherwan Haji"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sherwan-haji"
fi1m_id: "sherwan-haji"
imdb_id: "nm8631509"
tmdb_id: 1730170
wikidata_id: "Q28775366"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 March 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:15:02.816034+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sherwan Haji

## Identity

Sherwan Haji

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sherwan-haji
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sherwan-haji
- **IMDb ID:** nm8631509
- **TMDB ID:** 1730170
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28775366
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwan_Haji, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28775366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8631509/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1730170

Actor. Born 18 March 1985 in Derka Hamko ( ديرك حمو)(مالكية).

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 March 1985, Derka Hamko ( ديرك حمو)(مالكية)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwan_Haji, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28775366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8631509/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1730170

## Streaming the US now

- **MUBI:** [*Fallen Leaves*](https://film.one/film/fallen-leaves.md) (83)

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## Biography

Sherwan Haji is a Finnish-Syrian actor, filmmaker and writer. Born on 18 March 1985 in Dêrik, Syria, he graduated from the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts in Damascus and moved to Finland in 2010. He later completed a Master of Arts in Film and TV Production at Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom.

Haji is known for his role as Khaled in Aki Kaurismäki's *The Other Side of Hope* (2017), for which he received the Best Actor award at the Dublin International Film Festival. He has appeared in supporting roles in *Cairo Conspiracy* (2022) as Soliman, *Fallen Leaves* (2023) as a Parakin resident, *Elyas* (2024) and *Eagles of the Republic* (2025). He has also directed and written short films, including *My Name Is Hope* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fallen Leaves* (2023), Fi1m 83, as Parakin Resident — [page](https://film.one/film/fallen-leaves.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *28 Days Left* (2026), as Baba (Voice)
- *The Forest You Live In* (2026), as Taxi driver
- *Eagles of the Republic* (2025), as Yasser Islam
- *My Name Is Hope* (2025), Director, Writer
- *Elyas* (2024), as Jamal
- *My Father’s Badger* (2024), as Taxi Driver
- *Fallen Leaves* (2023), as Parakin Resident — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/fallen-leaves.md)
- *Dark Hearts* (2023), series, as Salar
- *Cairo Conspiracy* (2022), as Soliman
- *Bullets* (2018), series, as Sayid
- *The Other Side of Hope* (2017), as Khaled
- *A Family Decree* (2010), series, as علاء
- *Orient Adagio*, as Yazan

## Gallery

- ![Sherwan Haji](https://film.one/media/person/15166/gallery-06d833d679f0.jpg) Sherwan Haji — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Sherwan_Haji_The_Other_Side_of_Hope_%28Berlinale_2017%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sherwan Haji, Aki Kaurismäki and Sakari Kuosmanen at the press conference of the film The Other Side of Hope at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/15166/gallery-be4020ec4076.jpg) Sherwan Haji, Aki Kaurismäki and Sakari Kuosmanen at the press conference of the film The Other Side of Hope at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival — Elena Ringo, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Haji%2C_Kaurism%C3%A4ki%2C_Kuosmanen_at_Berlinale_2017.jpg/1280px-Haji%2C_Kaurism%C3%A4ki%2C_Kuosmanen_at_Berlinale_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The film team of The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen) at the Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/15166/gallery-02df12915a4d.jpg) The film team of The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen) at the Berlinale 2017 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/MJK34501_The_Other_Side_of_Hope_%28Berlinale_2017%29.jpg/1280px-MJK34501_The_Other_Side_of_Hope_%28Berlinale_2017%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sherwan Haji](https://film.one/media/person/15166/gallery-d5846eaeb98c.jpg) Sherwan Haji — Image via TMDB

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