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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Borders (1984) — Abdul Wadood
2. Al Kherba (2011) — بو نمر بوقعقور
3. The Young Parents (2006) — Wadoud
4. Wake Up (1975) — غوار الطوشه
5. Sands of Gold (1971)
6. The Adorable Thief (1970)
7. The Mexican Hoax (1972) — دريد خال الاطفال
8. The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan) (1965)
9. Shaqayiq Al Nueman (1987)
10. Fish Without Spines (1978) — Ghawar
11. Bir Damat Aranıyor (1968) — Ghawar / Zeki
12. لقاء في تدمر (1965) — نبيل
13. The Millionaire (1966)
14. Chicago Street (2020) — نعمان - ضيف شرف
15. Sah Al Nom (1972) — غوار
16. Salt & Sugar (1973) — غوار
17. Aldighri (1992)
18. Return of Ghawar (1998) — Ghawar
19. Abu El-Hana's Dreams (1996) — Abu Al-Hana Tawakalna
20. Wadi Al-Mesk (1982)
21. The Three Swindlers (1968) — Guar
22. Mesk and Anbar (1973)
23. The Pearl Necklace (1964)
24. Hotel of Dreams (1968)
25. I Am Antar (1966) — عنتر ابن حداد
26. The Two Friends (1970)
27. My Hippy Wife (1973)
28. The Vagabonds (1968)
29. Al-Muziafoun (1975)
30. Rain Maker (1992)
31. The Fox (1971)
32. Cheers, My Homeland (1979)
33. Damascus... Aleppo (2019) — عيسى عبدالله
34. Love in Istanbul (1966)
35. Kafrun (1990) — ودود
36. One + one (1971)
37. Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha (1971)
38. The Report (1986) — عزمي بك
39. El Ragol El Monaseeb (1970) — شحرور
40. Two Days (2024)

Directed

1. The Borders (1984) — Director
2. The Young Parents (2006) — Director
3. Kafrun (1990) — Director
4. Rain Maker (1992) — Director
5. Cheers, My Homeland (1979) — Director