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Duraid Lahham

Duraid Lahham

Actor · b. 1934 · 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.

Series10

  • TV9.7

    Al Kherba

    الخربة

    2011 · 6 votes

  • TV8.5

    Chicago Street

    شارع شيكاغو

    2020 · 2 votes

  • TV8.0

    Abu El-Hana's Dreams

    أحلام أبو الهنا

    1996 · 1 votes

  • TV

    My Family and I

    عائلتي وأنا

    2000

  • TV10.0

    Aldighri

    الدغري

    1992 · 1 votes

  • TV9.0

    Wadi Al-Mesk

    وادي المسك

    1982 · 1 votes

  • TV

    We Will Be Right Back

    سنعود بعد قليل

    2013

  • TV

    Roxy Nights

    ليالي روكسي

    2025

  • TV
  • TV

    Hammam Al-Hana

    حمام الهنا

    1968

Movies6

  • Movie

    Ghawar The Football Player

    غوار لاعب كرة

    1973

  • Movie6.8

    The Borders

    الحدود

    1984 · 9 votes

  • Movie

    Kafrun

    كفرون

    1990

  • Movie6.3

    The Young Parents

    الاباء الصغار

    2006 · 3 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Millionaire

    المليونيرة

    1966 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Wake Up

    صح النوم

    1975 · 2 votes