Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 09, 1934
Place of Birth
Damascus, Syria
Credits
61 titles
Duraid Lahham
Biography
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
Filmography
Roxy Nights
Two Days
The Sage
جابر عبد الودود
Chicago Street
نعمان - ضيف شرف
Damascus... Aleppo
عيسى عبدالله
Disorder
Thanks
We Will Be Right Back
Al Kherba
بو نمر بوقعقور
أيام الولدنة
The Young Parents
Wadoud
My Family and I
مطيع بك
Return of Ghawar
Ghawar
Abu El-Hana's Dreams
Abu Al-Hana Tawakalna
Rain Maker
Aldighri
The Happy Bird
Kafrun
ودود
Shaqayiq Al Nueman
The Report
عزمي بك
The Borders
Abdul Wadood
Wadi Al-Mesk
Ghawar's Empire
Ghawar Al-Tawsheh
Cheers, My Homeland
Wayn Al-Ghalat
غوار الطوشة
Fish Without Spines
Ghawar
Gherbah
Al-Muziafoun
Wake Up
غوار الطوشه
When Wives Are Absent
Ghawar
Tishreen Village
غوار الطوشة
Ghawar James Bond
Ghawar
My Hippy Wife
Salt & Sugar
غوار
Ghawar The Football Player
Ghawar / Zaki
Mesk and Anbar
Sah Al-Noum
Ghawar
Sah Al Nom
غوار
The Mexican Hoax
دريد خال الاطفال
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
The Fox
One + one
Sands of Gold
The Two Friends
The Adorable Thief
El Ragol El Monaseeb
شحرور
Ghawar, The Secret Agent Antar
Womens' Tailor
الرسام رشدي
The Vagabonds
Hotel of Dreams
Bir Damat Aranıyor
Ghawar / Zeki