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Duraid Lahham

Duraid Lahham

Birthday: 1934-02-09 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
Damascus... Aleppo

as    عيسى عبدالله

2011
Al Kherba

as    بو نمر بوقعقور

2006
The Young Parents

as    Wadoud

1996
Abu El-Hana's Dreams

as    Abu Al-Hana Tawakalna

1986
The Report

as    عزمي بك

1984
The Borders

as    Abdul Wadood

1979
Wayn Al-Ghalat

as    غوار الطوشة

1978
Fish Without Spines

as    Ghawar

1975
Wake Up

as    غوار الطوشه

1974
Tishreen Village

as    غوار الطوشة

1973
Salt & Sugar

as    غوار

1972
Sah Al-Noum

as    Ghawar

1972
Wake Up

as    غوار

1970
El Ragol El Monaseeb

as    شحرور