Duraid Lahham
ActingDuraid 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 — Acting
The Young Parents
Wadoud
Womens' Tailor
الرسام رشدي
Ghawar The Football Player
Ghawar / Zaki
The Borders
Abdul Wadood
Mesk and Anbar
The Three Swindlers
Guar
El Ragol El Monaseeb
شحرور
When Wives Are Absent
Ghawar
Wake Up
غوار الطوشه
Gherbah
Damascus... Aleppo
عيسى عبدالله
Sands of Gold
Kafrun
ودود
Fish Without Spines
Ghawar
Tishreen Village
غوار الطوشة
The Report
عزمي بك
My Hippy Wife
The Pearl Necklace
Hotel of Dreams
Ghawar's Empire
Ghawar Al-Tawsheh
Al-Muziafoun
The Vagabonds
The Adorable Thief
Love in Istanbul
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
Cheers, My Homeland
The Two Friends
Shaqayiq Al Nueman
The Mexican Hoax
دريد خال الاطفال
Ghawar James Bond
Ghawar
One + one
The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan)
Bir Damat Aranıyor
Ghawar / Zeki
لقاء في تدمر
نبيل
Ghawar, The Secret Agent Antar
The Sage
جابر عبد الودود
The Happy Bird
The Fox
The Millionaire
Two Days
Love in Istanbul
Rain Maker
I Am Antar
عنتر ابن حداد