Duraid Lahham
Duraid Muhammad Hassan al-Lahhaam is a Syrian actor-director born in al-Kumayreyya, Damascus in 1934. His talent appeared in 1958 on the university stage at the faculty of Science where he majored in chemistry and later taught it. His artistic career began in the sixties, when the director Sabah Qabbani offered him to participate in Damascene Night (سهرة دمشق). At the same time, he formed an artistic duet with the artist Nihad Qalei until the mid-seventies, he also cooperated with the poet and playwright Muhammad Al-Maghut in several successful works. He created the Syrian character called “Ghawwar al-Tawsheh” who became a household name in Syria and the Arab world. Among his plays, as actor-director, are Cheers, My Homeland (كاسك يا وطن), Ghorba (الغربة) and October Village (ضيعة تشرين). Among his television works are Hammam Al-Hana (حمام الهنا), My Family and I (عائلتي وانا) and The Return of Ghawwaar (عودة غوار). The Borders (الحدود) and The Report (التقرير) are among the films he directed.
Known For
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- 2024 · Two Days as
- 2020 · Chicago Street as
- 2019 · Damascus... Aleppo as عيسى عبدالله
- 2013 · We Will Be Right Back as
- 2011 · Al Kherbah as بو نمر بوقعقور
- 2006 · The Young Parents as Wadoud
- 2000 · My Family and I as
- 1998 · Return of Ghawar as Ghawar
- 1996 · Ahlam Abu Al-Hana as Abu Al-Hana Tawakalna
- 1992 · Rain Maker as
- 1992 · Aldighri as
- 1992 · The Happy Bird as
- 1990 · Kafrun as ودود
- 1987 · Shaqayiq Al Nueman as
- 1986 · The Report as عزمي بك
- 1984 · The Borders as Abdul Wadood
- 1982 · Wadi Al-Mesk as
- 1982 · Ghawar's Empire as Ghawar Al-Tawsheh
- 1979 · Cheers, My Homeland as
- 1979 · Wayn Al-Ghalat as غوار الطوشة
- 1978 · Fish Without Spines as Ghawar
- 1976 · Gherbah as
- 1975 · Al-Muziafoun as
- 1975 · Wake Up as غوار الطوشه
- 1975 · When Wives Are Absent as Ghawar
- 1974 · Tishreen Village as Ghawar
- 1974 · Ghawar James Bond as Ghawar
- 1973 · My Hippy Wife as
- 1973 · Mesk and Anbar as
- 1973 · Salt & Sugar as غوار
- 1973 · Ghawar The Football Player as Ghawar / Zaki
- 1972 · صح النوم as غوار
- 1972 · The Mexican Hoax as دريد خال الاطفال
- 1971 · Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha as
- 1971 · The Fox as
- 1971 · Sands of Gold as
- 1971 · One + one as
- 1970 · The Two Friends as
- 1970 · The Adorable Thief as
- 1970 · El Ragol El Monaseeb as شحرور
- 1970 · Ghawar, The Secret Agent Antar as
- 1969 · Womens' Tailor as
- 1968 · The Vagabonds as
- 1968 · Hotel of Dreams as
- 1968 · Bir Damat Aranıyor as Ghawar / Zeki
- 1968 · Ghawar's Pranks as Ghawar El-Tosheh
- 1968 · Hammam Al-Hana as Ghawar El-Tosheh
- 1968 · The Three Swindlers as Guar
- 1966 · Love in Istanbul as
- 1966 · The Millionaire as
- 1966 · I Am Antar as عنتر ابن حداد
- 1965 · The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan) as
- 1965 · لقاء في تدمر as نبيل
- 1964 · The Pearl Necklace as