Duraid Lahham

Acting Feb 9, 1934 (92 years old) 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.

60 Acting Credits

11 Crew Credits

Duraid Lahham

Acting

The Borders

Al Kherba

The Young Parents

Return of Ghawar

Sands of Gold

The Adorable Thief

The Mexican Hoax

The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan)

Shaqayiq Al Nueman

Fish Without Spines

Bir Damat Aranıyor

لقاء في تدمر

The Millionaire

Wake Up

Chicago Street

Sah Al Nom

Salt & Sugar

Aldighri

Abu El-Hana's Dreams

Wadi Al-Mesk

The Three Swindlers

Mesk and Anbar

The Pearl Necklace

Hotel of Dreams

Crew

The Borders

The Young Parents

Return of Ghawar

Wadi Al-Mesk

Kafrun

Rain Maker

I Am Antar

Cheers, My Homeland

The Pearl Necklace

Disorder

Wayn Al-Ghalat