Duraid Lahham
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.
Acted in
Two Days
2024
Chicago Street
2020
Damascus... Aleppo
2019
We Will Be Right Back
2013
Al Kherbah
2011
as بو نمر بوقعقور
The Young Parents
2006
as Wadoud
My Family and I
2000
Return of Ghawar
1998
as Ghawar
Ahlam Abu Al-Hana
1996
as Abu Al-Hana Tawakalna
Rain Maker
1992
The Happy Bird
1992
Aldighri
1992
Kafrun
1990
as ودود
Shaqayiq Al Nueman
1987
The Report
1986
as عزمي بك
The Borders
1984
as Abdul Wadood
Ghawar's Empire
1982
as Ghawar Al-Tawsheh
Wadi Al-Mesk
1982
Cheers, My Homeland
1979
Wayn Al-Ghalat
1979
as غوار الطوشة
Fish Without Spines
1978
as Ghawar
Gherbah
1976
Al-Muziafoun
1975
Wake Up
1975
as غوار الطوشه
When Wives Are Absent
1975
as Ghawar
Tishreen Village
1974
as Ghawar
Ghawar James Bond
1974
as Ghawar
My Hippy Wife
1973
Mesk and Anbar
1973
Ghawar The Football Player
1973
as Ghawar / Zaki
صح النوم
1972
as غوار
The Mexican Hoax
1972
as دريد خال الاطفال
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
The Fox
1971
Sands of Gold
1971
One + one
1971
The Two Friends
1970
The Adorable Thief
1970
الرجل المناسب
1970
as شحرور
Ghawar, The Secret Agent Antar
1970
Womens' Tailor
1969
The Vagabonds
1968
Hotel of Dreams
1968
Bir Damat Aranıyor
1968
as Ghawar / Zeki
The Three Swindlers
1968
as Guar
Hammam Al-Hana
1968
as Ghawar El-Tosheh
Ghawar's Pranks
1968
as Ghawar El-Tosheh
Love in Istanbul
1966
I Am Antar
1966
as عنتر ابن حداد
المليونيرة
1966
The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan)
1965
لقاء في تدمر
1965
as نبيل
The Pearl Necklace
1964