Duraid Lahham
Acting
1934-02-09 · 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.
Filmography
Roxy Nights
2025 · Series
Two Days
2024 · Movie
The Sage
2023 · Movie
Chicago Street
2020 · Series
Damascus... Aleppo
2019 · Movie
Disorder
2018 · Movie
We Will Be Right Back
2013 · Series
Al Kherba
2011 · Series
أيام الولدنة
2006 · Series
The Young Parents
2006 · Movie
My Family and I
2000 · Series
Return of Ghawar
1998 · Series
Abu El-Hana's Dreams
1996 · Series
Rain Maker
1992 · Movie
Aldighri
1992 · Series
The Happy Bird
1992 · Movie
Kafrun
1990 · Movie
Shaqayiq Al Nueman
1987 · Movie
The Report
1986 · Movie
The Borders
1984 · Movie
Wadi Al-Mesk
1982 · Series
Ghawar's Empire
1982 · Movie
Cheers, My Homeland
1979 · Movie
Wayn Al-Ghalat
1979 · Series
Fish Without Spines
1978 · Movie
Gherbah
1976 · Movie
Al-Muziafoun
1975 · Movie
Wake Up
1975 · Movie
When Wives Are Absent
1975 · Movie
Tishreen Village
1974 · Movie
Ghawar James Bond
1974 · Movie
My Hippy Wife
1973 · Movie
Salt & Sugar
1973 · Series
Ghawar The Football Player
1973 · Movie
Mesk and Anbar
1973 · Movie
Sah Al-Noum
1972 · Series
Sah Al Nom
1972 · Series
The Mexican Hoax
1972 · Movie
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971 · Movie
The Fox
1971 · Movie
Sands of Gold
1971 · Movie
One + one
1971 · Movie
The Two Friends
1970 · Movie
The Adorable Thief
1970 · Movie
El Ragol El Monaseeb
1970 · Movie
Ghawar, The Secret Agent Antar
1970 · Movie
Womens' Tailor
1969 · Movie
The Vagabonds
1968 · Movie
Hotel of Dreams
1968 · Movie
Bir Damat Aranıyor
1968 · Movie
Ghawar's Pranks
1968 · Series
The Three Swindlers
1968 · Movie
Hammam Al-Hana
1968 · Series
Love in Istanbul
1966 · Movie
Love in Istanbul
1966 · Movie
I Am Antar
1966 · Movie
The Millionaire
1966 · Movie
The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan)
1965 · Movie
لقاء في تدمر
1965 · Movie
The Pearl Necklace
1964 · Movie
Faqaqie
1963 · Series