
Khalid Al-Obaid
Actor
Khaled Al Obaid (born January 19, 1938) is a veteran Kuwaiti actor known for his impactful roles in theater, television, and cinema. He began his artistic career in 1963 on the stage and quickly became one of the most recognizable figures in Kuwaiti drama. He studied at Omar Ibn Al-Khattab School and worked at the Ministry of Electricity and Water, initially as a supervisor at water stations and later as an accountant. His early professional life in public service preceded a decades-long acting career defined by strong performances and versatility. Al Obaid is particularly known for portraying complex and often antagonistic characters, bringing emotional depth and authenticity to each role. He gained wide acclaim for his work in notable television series such as Al-Samt (The Silence, 1980) and Al-Shareeb Bezza (2002), as well as several stage plays and Kuwaiti films. Beyond his professional achievements, he is a family man with six sons and three daughters. His legacy as a pioneer in Kuwaiti performing arts continues to influence generations of actors and audiences across the region.
Movies6
Movie7.5ComedyDramaA Kuwaiti play taken from the tales of One Thousand and One Nights, where it is rumored that at a time when there was a ruler who chose his assistants from incompetent men, they undertook looting, cruelty, and injustice to preserve their positions, so they began to fabricate the charges of the innocent, imprison them and form dangerous centers of power within the state, and the sultan over Unaware of what is going on around him, the play clarifies the real reality that we live in at the present time and because of the corruption that some Arab regimes suffer from corruption practiced by the people chosen by the ruler as assistants who are not qualified to do so.
Movie8.8DramaComedyThe play deals in a social comic framework, the period of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and what was experienced by Kuwaitis and Iraqis alike during the aggression period, through the social changes that occurred in both societies in that period.
MovieDrama
MovieDramaRomanceThe events take place in Kuwait in the 1940s before the advent of oil, and the story of a shy love in the conservative society between Mary and Khalifa, and the obstacles they face.
Movie7.0ComedyA social comedy play that sheds light on conscription in Kuwait at the time of the presentation of the play, through the slaves of the fugitive from recruitment, who is arrested and introduced to conscription, and we see what the recruit is exposed to during his presence in the camp.
Movie7.0HistoryFamilyThe play deals with two characters of the Thousand and One Nights, from which the author formulated a separate story to address a specific purpose
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TV9.0Drama"Al-Aqdar" (Fate) is a 1978 Kuwaiti drama that follows Khalifa, a man torn between tradition and change as he considers a second marriage to fulfill his dream of fatherhood. Set amid Kuwait's transformation following the oil boom, the series explores family conflicts and the impact of modernization on personal and generational values.
TVIn this social comedy set in a lively neighborhood, a principled legal assistant named Ateej becomes entangled in community struggles and political intrigue when he helps a young woman escape the control of her domineering uncle. As Ateej gains public attention, he finds himself drawn into a local election campaign, challenging corruption and standing up for ordinary people.
TV9.5The events of the work revolve around a comedic framework around the Bazza family, who belong to the poor class and are unlucky enough to move to Abu Khaled's house to work as a maid for his family, but with Bazza's cleverness and intelligence, Abu Khaled falls in love with her and marries her, and she begins her plans to obtain Abu Khaled's property.
TVComedyA traditional comedy series, which deals with the memoirs of Juha and his son, the poet Ajib, their adventures in trade, and their passage in funny situations that expose them to embarrassment, their determination and their efforts to earn the sustenance of their day and to satisfy Juha's wife, the greedy.
TVComedyIn a comedy framework, the series deals with the story of a shreb who works as an employee and arises between him and Al-Aidrousi funny situations and conflict within work.