Duraid Lahham
Acting • Born 1934-02-09
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.
Filmography
60 credits
Sands of Gold
Movie • 1971
The Adorable Thief
Movie • 1970
The Three Swindlers
Movie • 1968
Guar
Mesk and Anbar
Movie • 1973
The Pearl Necklace
Movie • 1964
Hotel of Dreams
Movie • 1968
I Am Antar
Movie • 1966
عنتر ابن حداد
The Two Friends
Movie • 1970
My Hippy Wife
Movie • 1973
The Mexican Hoax
Movie • 1972
دريد خال الاطفال
The Vagabonds
Movie • 1968
The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan)
Movie • 1965
Al-Muziafoun
Movie • 1975
Shaqayiq Al Nueman
Movie • 1987
Rain Maker
Movie • 1992
The Fox
Movie • 1971
Cheers, My Homeland
Movie • 1979
Damascus... Aleppo
Movie • 2019
عيسى عبدالله
Love in Istanbul
Movie • 1966
Kafrun
Movie • 1990
ودود
Fish Without Spines
Movie • 1978
Ghawar
Bir Damat Aranıyor
Movie • 1968
Ghawar / Zeki
One + one
Movie • 1971
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
Movie • 1971
The Report
Movie • 1986
عزمي بك
لقاء في تدمر
Movie • 1965
نبيل
The Millionaire
Movie • 1966
El Ragol El Monaseeb
Movie • 1970
شحرور
Two Days
Movie • 2024
The Borders
Movie • 1984
Abdul Wadood
Wake Up
Movie • 1975
غوار الطوشه
Womens' Tailor
Movie • 1969
الرسام رشدي
Ghawar James Bond
Movie • 1974
Ghawar
The Young Parents
Movie • 2006
Wadoud
When Wives Are Absent
Movie • 1975
Ghawar
Ghawar, The Secret Agent Antar
Movie • 1970
Ghawar's Empire
Movie • 1982
Ghawar Al-Tawsheh
Ghawar The Football Player
Movie • 1973
Ghawar / Zaki
The Happy Bird
Movie • 1992
Gherbah
Movie • 1976
Tishreen Village
Movie • 1974
غوار الطوشة
Love in Istanbul
Movie • 1966
The Sage
Movie • 2023
جابر عبد الودود
Chicago Street
TV • 2020
نعمان - ضيف شرف
Wake Up
TV • 1972
غوار
Salt & Sugar
TV • 1973
غوار
Aldighri
TV • 1992
Al Kherba
TV • 2011
بو نمر بوقعقور
Return of Ghawar
TV • 1998
Ghawar
Abu El-Hana's Dreams
TV • 1996
Abu Al-Hana Tawakalna
Hammam Al-Hana
TV • 1968
Ghawar El-Tosheh
Ghawar's Pranks
TV • 1968
Ghawar El-Tosheh
Wadi Al-Mesk
TV • 1982
My Family and I
TV • 2000
مطيع بك
Wayn Al-Ghalat
TV • 1979
غوار الطوشة
We Will Be Right Back
TV • 2013
Roxy Nights
TV • 2025
Sah Al-Noum
TV • 1972
Ghawar
Faqaqie
TV • 1963
Ghawar
أيام الولدنة
TV • 2006