Ghassan Matar

Acting

Ghassan Matar

Born — Died

1938-09-08 — 2015-02-27

Place of birth

Palestine

Known for

Acting

Credits

66 titles

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).

Known for

Whose empire poster
6.5

An Egyptian family living abroad decides to return to Egypt when a bout of nostalgia strikes the parents. Their children reluctantly agree to the decision but they all face a series of comical situations beyond what they expected from the moment they land.

Whose empire

2014

The Hibiscus-Man poster
6.3

This science-fiction show revolves around a mad scientist, known by his friends as the "Al Ragol Al E'naab." The mad scientist concocts an elixir that gives regular human beings supernatural abilities. Though he tries to use his potion to help people, the government hinds him out and goes after him. In the midst of his manhunt, Egypt undergoes a major disaster, prompting the Egyptian government to seek out his help rather than his arrest.

The Hibiscus-Man

2013

The Fourth Wife poster
6.0

Fawaz Al-Sayyad, who began with his father in a small fashion factory until he owned several factories for the most famous fashion designers, but his biggest flaw is being a womanizer, as he enters into many relationships, all of which end with marriage from the first moment.

The Fourth Wife

2012

Abouda Is a Trademark poster
NR

The series follows a young man named Abouda who is facing many financial difficulties in life and is unable to prepare his marital apartment, until he suddenly finds himself coming into a great fortune.

Abouda Is a Trademark

2009

No artwork available
NR

A college student who lives in a village escapes from her stepfather's constant harassment to Cairo to work in one of the advertising agencies, until she finds out that the agency is exploiting the girls who work with them to serve their personal interests with influential people.

Tears of the Moon

2008

Al-Adham poster
7.5

Adham's negative experience as he was deprived of his inheritance forces him to migrate illegally to Ukraine, where he begins to trade in drugs until he becomes a drug lord.

Al-Adham

2009

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

No Retreat, No Surrender poster
6.5

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

Tom W Jemmy poster
3.5

The story of a grown man who is developmentally disabled. Despite having the physical appearance of an adult, his mental capacity is that of a 7-year-old child. As he goes through various situations, his admirable characteristics shine right through, as do the characteristics of those around him.

Tom W Jemmy

2013

Ms. Mammy poster
5.4

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

4G poster
6.7

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

4 Cotshina poster
2.7

The film follows the story of three boys and a girl who are connected by a deep friendship that was not affected by Mai's departure from the country at the age of 5. When she returns, she meets her missed friends and helps them in launching their Shaabi music band.

4 Cotshina

2015

Mr And Mrs Oweis poster
4.0

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 Bulbul's Nest poster
3.5

A comedy about a taxi driver who wants to achieve his goal of becoming a famous singer. He finds himself inside the world of nightclubs and befriends a belly dancer who helps him on his way to stardom where he faces fierce competition.

The Bulbul's Nest

2013

2000s · 21 titles

Okal poster
5.2

(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

Talk To Mum poster
5.6

Four university friends are perpetually vulgar. When one of them falls in love with her neighbor, her mother who sells pickles disapproves. Her friends try to help her but they get in trouble and always end up at the police station.

Talk To Mum

2003

Lakhmet Ras poster
5.4

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

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

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

Young Lovers poster
5.4

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
5.4

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

Run Away Kids poster
7.0

(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

Sons of the Devil poster
NR

Selim Abu Taqiyya, a drug kingpin who resides in Turkey, enlists his brother Mamdouh in drug trafficking operations until he eventually gets arrested. Selim disguises himself as a monk to visit his brother in prison, and police officer Ahmed disguises himself as a criminal to trap Selim's gang.

Sons of the Devil

2000

Almost Corrupted poster
3.8

A young man who works as a singer in a local band led by his musician uncle,meets the girl of his dreams in a wedding and his uncle's wife helps him to marry her.

Almost Corrupted

2008

Down and Out poster
NR

An action-comedy as Egypt is to host a worldwide wrestling championship. When a local terrorist cell seeks to derail the games by staging a major terrorist attack, the wrestlers cooperate with the police to foil the plans of the terrorists.

Down and Out

2009

Let's Get Singing! poster
3.0

A musical comedy centers around the dreams and ambitions of a group of friends,who support each other in all the problems they face whether personal or professional.

Let's Get Singing!

2007

55 esaaf poster
5.9

Wafaa is a young doctor who aspires to propose her project of the development of the first aid procedures to the Minister of Health. However, she gets involved with the nurse and the ambulance driver, and things get worse when the Minister is kidnapped.

55 esaaf

2001

Shaban El-Fares poster
2.9

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

Inner City Story poster
6.7

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

Dreams of the Reckless Boy poster
4.9

The role of story in the comic film about a young playboy and loves stardom and fame, meet by chance with the actress Nelly Karim and falls in love and happen paradoxes comedy and evolving events

Dreams of the Reckless Boy

2007

In Your Dreams poster
3.0

A law specialist has a theory in which she thinks that any criminal can be reformed if the right conditions are present and she applies her theory to a group of criminals as she faces many situations with them.

In Your Dreams

2009

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

Sayed The Ace poster
NR

The story of three officers who hide behind other characters (Sayed Al-Ace, Barq, and Abu Al-Lul) to enter one of the popular neighborhoods to arrest one of the largest drug traffickers (Ghassan Matar), through the teacher (Gresha). Inside the neighborhood, they find Zahia (Yasmine Abdel Nasser) and discover... She also came for the same reason. At the same time, Sayed can work with Hussein, one of Tawfiq's men, who faked the story of his death so that he could work freely away from the eyes of the police.

Sayed The Ace

2008

Do Re Me Beans poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Do Re Me Beans

2001

Zakya Zakaria in The Parliament poster
3.0

(Barhoma) is a struggling man,who can't get married to (Azza) for over 20 years. He disguises himself as a beggar ((Zakia Zakaria) to earn a living. He then meets a candidate for the Parliament,whose ex love looked like (Zakia),so he lets her into his home and recommends her to enter the Parliament.

Zakya Zakaria in The Parliament

2001

1980s · 6 titles

1970s · 14 titles

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

Shayatteen El-bahr poster
NR

Hamada, Salah and Hassan are three young men who are united by friendship and neighborhood, trying to stop some of the boss’s men who work in contraband. One day, these young men steal Harun’s car and run away with it until the police confront them, while Haroun is afraid of the car loaded with drugs.Only Haroun rescues them, who fears that the drugs will be exposed. The three friends go to conscription and join the Navy.

Shayatteen El-bahr

1972

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

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

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

الغضب poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الغضب

1972

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

Al-Shaima poster
8.0

Al-Shaima, the sister of the Prophet Muhammad in infancy, except in Bani Saad between her mother, Halima al-Sa’dia and her father, a family that acknowledges to the Prophet the goodness and blessing that has befallen their homes since he came as a baby, except for the stubborn Shaimaa who hates Muhammad hatred and buried hatred, the news of the Islamic call spreads, and Begad is allied with the enemies of Muhammad While Shaima Shadia Bani Saad, she is disappointed with the magic of her voice, Pijad and praises her tribe with the service of fighting Islam, migrating to Medina, and her husband is allied with the Jews from Bani Qurayza and Bani Nadir,

Al-Shaima

1972

Alshayatin fi 'ajaza poster
NR

While Hamada is in Abu Qir, Awad succeeds in hiding a set of valuable diamonds away from the police in Hamada's camera, and Hamada does not discover this, as he is with his two friends, Galal and Salah, spending some time having fun, but the diamonds turn their time into hell, and a gang begins chasing them in order to obtain those diamonds, led by Awad, who pushes Sonia to bring the diamond from the three friends.

Alshayatin fi 'ajaza

1973

Al-Moutah Wal Azab poster
NR

Four girlfriends each one suffers from a problem: one is a Kleptomaniac, another is obsessed with fame and the other two are so emotionally deprived that they have started to hate men. The four of them fall in the hands of three young men who are crippled by self-hatred.

Al-Moutah Wal Azab

1971

Aldiyae poster
NR

(Wajih) loves the young journalist (Nahid) the nurse, and a bitter struggle arises between (Wajih) and (Sami) because of the press campaign he is waging against him, so he tries to buy him with money and does not succeed, and he tries to kidnap him without changing anything, until he decides to kidnap (Nahid) Habiba (Wajih).

Aldiyae

1971

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

Nesaa Daeaat/ Nesaa Bela Ghaad poster
NR

After Dr. Maged successfully treats Yasmine, she starts to fall for him. When his fiancée Maysa finds out, she tells Yasmine that she and Maged are engaged which causes Yasmine to relapse.

Nesaa Daeaat/ Nesaa Bela Ghaad

1975

Al Abriaa poster
9.0

Ferdous is a village girl who aspires to be a doctor. When she runs away from her stepfather's house, she falls for a Fine artist whom she marries despite the difficulties in their lives. When her husband dies, Ferdous finds herself adrift as she struggles to find her own way.

Al Abriaa

1974

Series credits

Whose empire poster
6.5

An Egyptian family living abroad decides to return to Egypt when a bout of nostalgia strikes the parents. Their children reluctantly agree to the decision but they all face a series of comical situations beyond what they expected from the moment they land.

Whose empire

2014

The Hibiscus-Man poster
6.3

This science-fiction show revolves around a mad scientist, known by his friends as the "Al Ragol Al E'naab." The mad scientist concocts an elixir that gives regular human beings supernatural abilities. Though he tries to use his potion to help people, the government hinds him out and goes after him. In the midst of his manhunt, Egypt undergoes a major disaster, prompting the Egyptian government to seek out his help rather than his arrest.

The Hibiscus-Man

2013

The Fourth Wife poster
6.0

Fawaz Al-Sayyad, who began with his father in a small fashion factory until he owned several factories for the most famous fashion designers, but his biggest flaw is being a womanizer, as he enters into many relationships, all of which end with marriage from the first moment.

The Fourth Wife

2012

Abouda Is a Trademark poster
NR

The series follows a young man named Abouda who is facing many financial difficulties in life and is unable to prepare his marital apartment, until he suddenly finds himself coming into a great fortune.

Abouda Is a Trademark

2009

No artwork available
NR

A college student who lives in a village escapes from her stepfather's constant harassment to Cairo to work in one of the advertising agencies, until she finds out that the agency is exploiting the girls who work with them to serve their personal interests with influential people.

Tears of the Moon

2008

Al-Adham poster
7.5

Adham's negative experience as he was deprived of his inheritance forces him to migrate illegally to Ukraine, where he begins to trade in drugs until he becomes a drug lord.

Al-Adham

2009

Women with No Regret poster
NR

Five sisters ' lives are turned upside down after the death of their father, and their mother is sentenced to death for her involvement in an honor killing. Each of them grew up with painful memories that gave birth to feelings of hatred and resentment towards this world, and enmity towards all men took root in their souls, creating a desire for revenge and control.

Women with No Regret

2009

وحلقت الطيور نحو الشرق poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

وحلقت الطيور نحو الشرق

2002

حكاية الدكتور مسعود poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حكاية الدكتور مسعود

1979

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الكومي

2001

The Lighthouse poster
NR

The series addresses the issue of the Egyptian youth who marry Israeli women, covering a period that starts in the winter of 1967 prior to the Six-Day War all through the nineties and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

The Lighthouse

2008

أيام العذاب poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

أيام العذاب

1979

Behind the camera