Profile of the actor Vasjan Lami!

Vasjan Lami
Actor of the Albanian National Theater and Cinematography

Born on May 21, 1957, in Tirana. He is a well-known actor both on the stage of the Theater and in different Albanian Movies from Kinostudio or TVSH.

Graduated from the High Institute of Arts in Tirana in 1978. Immediately after his studies, he was appointed as an actor in the “Popular Theater” (today T.K), the same year (1978).

Lami also completed a post-graduate specialization in France. With a long artistic career of about 80 roles, he has performed alongside the luminaries of the Albanian scene, such as Sulejman Pitarka, Sander Prosi, Pjeter Gjoka, Ndrek Luca, and many other actors. Interprets roles with a positive attitude, young people with ideals and passions for life and the future.

He has also interpreted characters that represent the dark, weak or corrupt sides of society. His first character in the theater is the role of Jacobini in Bashkim Hoxha’s drama “Vershime Pranverore”.

Among his best roles can be mentioned: “Pilgrim Monk”; “Coast of sorrow”; Bujari “Comrades from the village” (1984); Ricardo in “Monserati” (1985); Tybalt “Romeo and Juliet” (1987); the journalist in “Enemy of the People”; Ortemisio in “The Taming of the Rebellion” (1988); Ladi to “Night with the moon”; Stermetescu in “Titanic Waltz”; Selfie at “Besa”; the doctor in the “Sixth Floor”; Catesby in “Richard the Third”; Lakrua “Danton’s Death”; Sadetini in “Allegretto Albania” (2008);

In 1997, with the role of Kori in the drama “Quo Vadis”, he won the price as the best actor in the Theater Festival. While the role of Jason in the tragedy “Medea” (2007) by Euripides highlighted the speculative authority of the man over the woman that he did not protect with the undeserved punishment of Medea.

In recent years, Vasjan has also been engaged in directing in the theater.

In cinematography, he performed about 15 roles in feature films of Kinostudio and television (TVSH), starting since 1981. In movies, he mainly performed second or episodic roles. While his first movie role is in “Autumn`s reproaches”.

Among his many roles in cinematography, we can single out the roles in the film “The Trap”, “Shadows that remain behind”, “When the doors of life were opened”, “People in the stream”, “Sako’s wedding”. . “Red Flowers, Yellow Flowers”, “Moonless Night” etc,

MOVIES: Autumn`s reproaches (1981)……Dr.
The Old Man and the enemy (1981)……the warrior
The Trap (1983)….Sadiku
Green field, red field (1984) ……
The shadows that remain behind (1985)……..Astriti
When doors of life open (1986)…..journalist
The Phone of a morning (1987)…..Mevlan
A Long Year (1987)……
Mission Across the Sea (1988)
People in the Stream (1989)…… …….Besim Golemi
The Pirate’s Cave (1990)……….Martini
The Waiting Years (1990)…………Seko
Behind the Facade (1992) …….Klementi, Chief of Archeology
L`America (1994)….
Sako’s Wedding (1998)…..
Frozen Waltz in Pristina (1999) (TV)….
Funeral Business (1999)…….
Moonless Night (2001)……
Red Flowers, Black Flowers (2003)
Yllka (2005)
The last coffee (2010), short film….

It was first published on Facebook in May 2016 and was revised in the following years

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Albanian Cinematography in activity since 2013
Reference: “60 years of national theater” (1945-2005); page 102/ “Encyclopedia of Albanian Cinematography” – AT Hoxha / p. 227-228 / “Encyclopedia – Albanian Theater and Cinematography” – J. Ppagjoni / p. 261 as well as information extracted from the online Albanian newspaper;

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