Duraid Lahham

Known for ActingBorn 1934-02-09 (age 92)Damascus, Syria

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Aldighri

Shaqayiq Al Nueman

Al Kherba

The Mexican Hoax

Sands of Gold

Wadi Al-Mesk

Fish Without Spines

Sah Al Nom

Chicago Street

Bir Damat Aranıyor

Return of Ghawar

Abu El-Hana's Dreams

Love in Istanbul

The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan)

لقاء في تدمر

Salt & Sugar

The Millionaire

The Borders

Wake Up

The Young Parents

The Adorable Thief

Roxy Nights

Two Days

The Sage

Damascus... Aleppo

Disorder

We Will Be Right Back

أيام الولدنة

My Family and I

Rain Maker

The Happy Bird

Kafrun

The Report

Ghawar's Empire

Cheers, My Homeland

Wayn Al-Ghalat

Gherbah

Al-Muziafoun

When Wives Are Absent

Ghawar James Bond

Tishreen Village

Mesk and Anbar

My Hippy Wife

Ghawar The Football Player

Sah Al-Noum

The Fox

One + one

Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha