Ghassan Matar

Acting

Ghassan Matar

Born 1938-09-08 · Palestine

Ghassan Matar was a Palestinian actor. He was born in Jaffa and got interested in performing arts at a very early age. His debut as an actor was in the Egyptian television series “Da'irat Aldaw'” (The Circle of Light), and due to his unique looks and low-register voice, he was then often cast as a villain in numerous films, television series, and theatrical plays. He also served as president of the Arab Artists Union and wrote several screenplays, including the 1996 Palestinian film “Al Tha'er” (The Rebel).

Acting credits

Prince of the Seas poster
5.5

A Naval Academy student falls hopelessly in love with a woman who only sees him as a friend until a risky voyage sets them on a different path.

Prince of the Seas

2009

4G poster
7.2

Four friends find themselves in an unexpected dilemma after one of them falls for their principal's daughter. They find themselves on the run from a drug gang, a terrorist organization, and the police after they are accused of trying to assassinate the Minister of Interior.

4G

2015

My Wife Is a Gang Boss poster
NR

The domineering wife is absent from the house, so the husband takes advantage of the opportunity to catch his breath, as he frequent cabarets and mixes with dancers, with the help of her nephew, who brought him to watch her husband.

My Wife Is a Gang Boss

2008

Circle of Deceit poster
6.1

To escape his crumbling marriage, German journalist Laschen travels to Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians to produce an essay. Together with his photographer, he meets some influential people and discovers the everyday face of the war.

Circle of Deceit

1981

The Most Honorable Sinner poster
NR

Engineer Sameh loses his sight, his wife, Salwa, goes to his manager to rush him to sign his travel documents for treatment abroad. She gives in to him to save her husband. When her husband regains his sight, the manager's mistress tries to seduce him.

The Most Honorable Sinner

1973

Okal poster
5.3

(Okal) is devastated when his ex fiancee is married to a rich man. After getting drunk,he finds himself in a coffin heading to Turkey. The mayor of Egyptians take him in and he falls in love with his daughter.

Okal

2004

No Retreat, No Surrender poster
6.7

In a top secret mission to bring down a dangerous drug lord, the police recruit Hazaloum to impersonate his right hand man Adham after he is killed.

No Retreat, No Surrender

2010

One Man Wanted poster
NR

A stranger infiltrates a group of people who live in an isolated place and tries to drive a wedge between them to seize control of the land. Two

One Man Wanted

1973

اللصوص poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

اللصوص

1981

Ms. Mammy poster
5.5

A successful advertising agency executive falls asleep on an airplane and wakes up in an alternate universe as a stay-at-home mom with three kids.

Ms. Mammy

2012

Run Away Kids poster
7.3

(Hassan, Arafah, and Sultan), a group of friends working in the field of reviving weddings by riding motorcycles in the area of Siof in Alexandria, each young man lives a different story, but they meet in the same dream of traveling abroad, and their friend (Fadl Matareya) In their dream, after successfully traveling, they fall prey to a person called Pasha, who falsifies their papers, passports and military service certificates, and as their dream begins to verify, the surprise occurs.

Run Away Kids

2006

Inner City Story poster
7.5

The owner of a dancing and singing folk troupe searches for her missing daughter who went missing years ago. When she dies, the troupe's members locate the girl in Sharm El-Sheikh. She's been looking for them just as they were looking for her.

Inner City Story

2006

The Knight & The Princess poster
6.0

The story of the Arab knight Muhammad Bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi who rescued many women and children from pirates in the Indian Ocean. He entered a fierce war against King Dahr who was sharing the spoils with the pirates, with the help of his friend Ziad and his mentor Abu Al-Asud.

The Knight & The Princess

2020

Me, My Daughter, and Love poster
NR

Quoting the novel (Lolita) by Vladimir Nabokov, the film revolves around (Ahmed), who owns a hotel in Alexandria and falls in love with (Siham) and her teenage daughter Sahar, with whom he retrieves memories from his childhood, and after leaving Alexandria, Ahmed travels to Cairo, and there the conflict between mother and daughter revolves around Ahmed's love.

Me, My Daughter, and Love

1974

Lakhmet Ras poster
5.9

Saber dreams of joining his son Yusuf at the police academy, but the police college did not accept Yusuf for his extra charm. Saberifi is a big problem because he borrowed money from his family. Yusuf pretends to be in college and wears a police uniform and travels to his mother. In his bus, Containing a dead head, and the gang kidnapped Yusuf's fiancée to retrieve the bag.

Lakhmet Ras

2006

Young Lovers poster
5.7

A new guy who falls in love with a girl he meets, loses his memory when she accidently hit him with her car; the doctor advices his father to repeat the same day over and over for his son so that he can get back his memory.

Young Lovers

2005

Young Lovers poster
5.7

A new guy who falls in love with a girl he meets, loses his memory when she accidently hit him with her car; the doctor advices his father to repeat the same day over and over for his son so that he can get back his memory.

Young Lovers

2005

Mr And Mrs Oweis poster
4.2

The story of a reckless playboy who squanders his late father's wealth, the thing that urges the mother to marry him off. However, he rejects every possible bride, until he crosses paths with a simple village girl who soon brings about his transformation.

Mr And Mrs Oweis

2012

The Devil is a Woman poster
NR

Amin is an honest security guard in one of the factories, he falls in love with Yasmina the factory worker, and over time discovers that Yasmina is a member of a gang headed by Asim Damanhouri, who tries to kill Amin but he stabbs him in self-defense. Amin then flees with Yasmina to Ghassan's house.

The Devil is a Woman

1972

Volcano of Rage poster
NR

Smuggled from the West Bank abroad and during his presence in Egypt a love story is established between him and an Egyptian girl and her family

Volcano of Rage

2002

Al Abtaal poster
9.3

Four thieves robbed a house and stole his wealth and killed the owner of the house, his wife and daughter and set fire to the house, but (Ahmed) was hiding under the bed watching criminals, Ahmad grows up and becomes a club karate champion, and after he knows that (Saber) who was wrongfully accused of the crime He got out of prison, deciding to take revenge on his family's killers.

Al Abtaal

1974

Wall of Heroism poster
NR

A representation of the lives of a group of officers and soldiers, portraying their intertwined fates and the tragedies they have to witness, both on the battlefield and at home.

Wall of Heroism

1998

Shaban El-Fares poster
3.2

A weak father who wants to prove to his son that he is brave,participates in a TV show called (The First Knight). But on their way to the show,they get on the wrong car that is used to commit a crime and they think that its part of the show.

Shaban El-Fares

2008

The Night Women poster
NR

The painter Ahmed Hamdy chooses Zeinab to model for his next painting. She soon falls in love with him, but he doesn't feel the same, as he gets involved with another woman and takes advantage of her.

The Night Women

1973

Behind the camera