
Acting
Duraid Lahham
Born
1934-02-09 (92)
Place of birth
Damascus, Syria
Known for
Acting
Credits
68 titles
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 acto…
Known for
NRAmmo Najeeb, a respectable elder is hopeful to reunite with his family. After suffering a health episode, he travels to Lebanon to live among his children, who are living a lifestyle that pleases no one whatsoever!
We Will Be Right Back
2013
9.7The events takes place in the village of (Al-Kharba), near Al-Suwayda Governorate, as it highlights the lives of two families living in the village within a comedic framework.
Al Kherba
2011
8.5An epic love story between a well-to-do blind girl and a rebel, set against a historical background spanning 60 years of conflicts, secrets and intrigue.
Chicago Street
2020
NRThe series discusses a variety of social issues within a framework of separate episodes, and through a series of comedic events that simulate society, such as hypocrisy, science, and other issues
Faqaqie
1963
NRWhen an extremely wealthy family loses everything, the patriarch is forced to sell all his properties to pay off his debts to the merchants. He pushes his family to take on mundane tasks like washing carpets and cleaning vegetables to make ends meet.
My Family and I
2000
10.0AlDaghari is a Syrian social comedy series, based on the story of Turkish writer Aziz Nesin, produced by Syrian Arab Television in 1992, directed by Haitham Haqqi. It tells the story of a fraudulent person who exploits the gullibility of the villagers.
Aldighri
1992
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
NRThe film's events take place in present-day Syria, about a doctor living in a remote rural town, who devotes his time and energy to serving its people with his professional and life experiences, acting as a "The sage" to them on both the professional and social levels. During his granddaughter's visit, he will face a personal ordeal that will reveal the social deterioration caused by the war and its repercussions on people's destinies, behaviors, and morals. Will he stand alone in his ordeal despite all he has given to those around him? This is a bet that the film "The sage" will answer after a series of exciting challenges and events.
The Sage
2023
NRA compelling and profound story that explores the resilience of the human spirit in times of crises and wars.
Two Days
2024
1990s · 3 titles
NRIn a mountain village called Kfaroun, Wadud works as a janitor in the school, where he has loving relationships with the young students. But his mother Sukhur demands that he avenge his father's killer and objects him marrying his fiancée. While Noor, the spoiled city girl is the new school teacher.
Kafrun
1990
NR“The Rain Maker” is a Syrian play starring artist Duraid Lahham and the Syrian theater group Tishreen Family. It is the last play with Duraid Lahham in the lead role. The story of the play challenges citizens to realize their dreams and find solutions to their problems themselves, without waiting for others to solve them. Caesar (Duraid Lahham) was able to bring rain from the earth after everyone was waiting for it to fall from the sky, and this is how the events unfold.
Rain Maker
1992
NRThe Happy Bird is a Syrian play directed to children and the family, starring Duraid Lahham and the Tishreen family
The Happy Bird
1992
1980s · 4 titles
NRAzmi, a legal adviser refuses to sign the budget of the celebration of a project as it's twice what was spent on the project itself. He gets fired from his work, and decides to write a comprehensive report of all the daily atrocities in the hope of presenting it to higher authorities.
The Report
1986
NR(Ghawar) is a simple man who loves to do good, help everyone and deal with life simply, accidentally recognizes a person who feels a hidden sadness, so he approaches him and discovers that he and his lover are going through one of the severe crises that threaten them with separation, (Ghawar) decides to reconcile them and help them solve the emergency problems they are exposed to, will he succeed
Ghawar's Empire
1982
6.5A traveler between two countries metaphorically named "Easternstan" and "Westernstan" loses his passport and identity papers. Stuck between the two countries he can neither cross the frontiers nor get back to where he came from. He's forced to camp in the neutral area between the two countries, facing a lot of funny situations while there. The movie satirizes the ideology of Arab unity and cooperation at the state level.
The Borders
1984
10.0Anemone is a Syrian play of purposeful and distinctive plays in the Arab world, and it is one of the socio-political plays, written by Muhammad Al-Maghout. The starring role was played by the artist Duraid Lahham and the Syrian Tishreen theatrical family, including Salma Al-Masri and a number of creative Syrian artists and artists
Shaqayiq Al Nueman
1987
1970s · 20 titles
NRThis vehicle for Syrian comedian Duraid Lahham offers the most risqué mad scientist subplot to be found in any of these Lebanese films, thanks to his character visiting the inventor of the Sexatron, a machine whose precise practical purpose remains sketchy, although the method for causing it to blow up is outlined clearly enough in the screencaps below. This sequence evidently tested the censor's limits and contains three splices in the Lebanese version of the movie; it may well have escaped uncut in the Turkish edit of the film.
Ghawar The Football Player
1973
NRTwo friends are trying to find a suitable place to stay. They find a suitable residence for a woman to live alone. The owner of the house rents a room in the apartment to the two friends without the woman knowing during her absence, which generates funny ironies among everyone.
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Al-Muziafoun
1975
NRA Syrian political comedy play that takes place before and after the October 1973 war in Syria and reflects the victory on the Syrian person
Tishreen Village
1974
NRThe events of the play deal with the reality of the Arab world in the seventies, where the events of the play revolve around a village called Ghorba ruled by Bey who enslaves citizens and robs them of their wealth and leaves them to suffer backwardness, to escalate events
Gherbah
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
One + one
1971
NRMusk and his friend are two young men who love two of their cousins. Musk disguises himself as a woman to convince the uncle of the girl he loves and the girl's father that the aunt has returned from abroad. The uncle falls in love with the woman and covets her wealth. He agrees for the two girls to marry Musk and Amber. Amber's uncle comes to compete with the uncle, and the American aunt herself comes from the United States.
Mesk and Anbar
1973
NRA Lebanese company sends a representative to the Cairo branch to discover the secret of the branch's losses. This representative disguises himself as a newly transferred messenger. He notices that a love story is developing between the daughter of the failed manager and the public relations employee, and he tries to reveal to the girl what is happening.
El Ragol El Monaseeb
1970
NRThe events revolve around a three-person gang led by Abu Al-Ghawar (Duraid Lahham), who plans to steal Simon Bay, and the gang members succeed in deceiving him and stealing his locker. Whereas the husband of his sister (Nihad al-Qala'i) is a person who has many problems and disputes with the people of the region due to the mockery of the people of the region of Abu al-Ghawar Who uses this money to do amazing inventions that have no use.
Ghawar James Bond
1974
10.0Tarek loves his cousin Zubaida and travels to Spain to work in bullfighting under a pseudonym. Zubaida comes to Spain in search of her lover, but despite his pleas for her to return to Morocco, she continues to follow him.
Sands of Gold
1971
10.0Tayseer, a conservative man, has grown with a particular hang-up caused by his sister's marriage without his consent. When a man proposes to his daughter Kawthar, Tayseer vehemently opposes their relationship, even if the two are deeply in love. Is it too late to rid him of his hang-up?
The Mexican Hoax
1972
NRA social-political comedy play, considered one of the most legendary critical and purposeful Arab comedies.
Cheers, My Homeland
1979
NRA humble man encounters a group of hippies and develops feelings for one of them. As they get married, they cannot find a place to stay, and he resorts to a friend of his who abhors all hippies. Can their stay at his house alter his prespective?
My Hippy Wife
1973
NRA strict father refuses to let his beautiful daughter marry the young pilot she loves, believing that the life of a pilot is filled with danger. The pilot sees a dead end, but that does not prevent him from using his cunning to persuade his beloved's father of their marriage.
The Two Friends
1970
6.8Due to the great success of the original TV series from 1972, this movie was created with almost identical actors and a slightly different plot. Two friends find themselves in an unexpected conflict when one of them, an employee working in a small hotel, falls for the hotel owner, but she is in love with his friend, a painter who has been staying in the same hotel for a long time, which creates jealousy and conflict between the two friends.
Wake Up
1975
NRGhawar has two jobs: he is a beach guard during the day and a sculptor at night. Ghawar lives with his friend Hosni and the two suffer that their wives travel constantly. A gang plans to steal a statue from the museum where Ghawar works and they send two pretty women to seduce him and Hosni.
When Wives Are Absent
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ghawar, The Secret Agent Antar
1970
9.0Walid travels abroad in search of work opportunity and self actualization, after promising to return to his sweetheart Laila who is waiting for him back home.
Fish Without Spines
1978
NRThe story of two men work in the gold trade and how a gang trying to steal the gold sends a beautiful girl to enter their lives and pretend to love one of them. Her plan seems to be working, until she actually falls in love with one of them.
The Fox
1971
6.0No synopsis available yet.
The Adorable Thief
1970
1960s · 12 titles
NRA psychiatrist hypnotizes his female patients and robs them while they are under. The company where he committed one of his crimes enlists the help of a private detective to find out who is the perpetrator of the robberies.
I Am Antar
1966
NRSalim is a simple farmer who loves Bedour and wants to marry her. He comes across a letter that he thinks is written to his lover, but it turns out that it's written by Bedour whom Ghawar loves and he returns from overseas with a pearl necklace for her.
The Pearl Necklace
1964
8.0When a man gets out of prison, he starts looking for work, but he discovers that he is alone with no family, so he decides to return to prison again. He starts to commit many crimes to return to prison, but fails to attract the attention of the police.
The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan)
1965
8.0Queen Nazli's daughter disappears at a young age, and the queen dies without seeing her. The heirs take advantage of the disappearance of the daughter to divide the wealth among them, but when the daughter suddenly appears, they try to stop her from having the wealth.
Love in Istanbul
1966
NRSaber Effendi works as a tailor for men, but his major problem is that he suffers from a great depression because of his lack of fashion and refuses to develop his ideas about fashion until his wife, Huda, who works in a Syrian magazine interested in fashion, suggests that he change his activity to become a tailor for women rather than men. Implementation plan.
Womens' Tailor
1969
7.0No synopsis available yet.
The Millionaire
1966
NRTwo friends work as guards at a luxurious villa, whose owner only comes at long intervals. They turn it into a hotel but the owner suddenly comes with his fiancée, and he discovers the situation,causing funny situations to happen.
Hotel of Dreams
1968
NRQueen Nazli's daughter disappears at a young age, and the queen dies without seeing her. The heirs take advantage of the disappearance of the daughter to divide the wealth among them, but when the daughter suddenly appears, they try to stop her from having the wealth.
Love in Istanbul
1966
NRThe millionaire Sobhi lives in his luxurious palace, and he feels happy because his friend Ghoar is the one who serves him. Life seemed to give Sobhi a lot, and now Ghoar has turned into a servant. A gang seeks to seize Sobhi's money, and they manage to steal it. Sobhi works as a waiter in a restaurant. Ghoar inherits a sum of money and becomes rich.
The Three Swindlers
1968
8.0No synopsis available yet.
لقاء في تدمر
1965
9.0Intersection of the roads of twins allotted years ago.
Bir Damat Aranıyor
1968
NRTwo sworn friends, who commit fraud against women and compete in hunting victims of wealthy women, decide to cooperate after one of them threatens the other to expose his plays, and they stay in a luxury hotel, in order to cast nets on a beautiful millionaire girl.
The Vagabonds
1968
Series credits
NRAmmo Najeeb, a respectable elder is hopeful to reunite with his family. After suffering a health episode, he travels to Lebanon to live among his children, who are living a lifestyle that pleases no one whatsoever!
We Will Be Right Back
2013
9.7The events takes place in the village of (Al-Kharba), near Al-Suwayda Governorate, as it highlights the lives of two families living in the village within a comedic framework.
Al Kherba
2011
8.5An epic love story between a well-to-do blind girl and a rebel, set against a historical background spanning 60 years of conflicts, secrets and intrigue.
Chicago Street
2020
NRThe series discusses a variety of social issues within a framework of separate episodes, and through a series of comedic events that simulate society, such as hypocrisy, science, and other issues
Faqaqie
1963
NRWhen an extremely wealthy family loses everything, the patriarch is forced to sell all his properties to pay off his debts to the merchants. He pushes his family to take on mundane tasks like washing carpets and cleaning vegetables to make ends meet.
My Family and I
2000
10.0AlDaghari is a Syrian social comedy series, based on the story of Turkish writer Aziz Nesin, produced by Syrian Arab Television in 1992, directed by Haitham Haqqi. It tells the story of a fraudulent person who exploits the gullibility of the villagers.
Aldighri
1992
8.0The Arab world's most beloved rogue is back. In this long-awaited return, Duraid Lahham resurrects his iconic Ghawar Tawasha — this time wrongly accused of murdering his wife and thrown behind bars for decades. Upon his release, he walks into a Syria grappling with the harsh economic realities of the nineties, determined to find his daughter and prove his innocence. Equal parts comedy and drama, it's warm, funny, and quietly heartbreaking — a homecoming worth waiting for.
Return of Ghawar
1998
9.0Few Arab comedy series have left a mark quite like Sah El Nom. Written by the brilliant Nihad Qalei, who stars alongside the irreplaceable Duraid Lahham, the show gave the Arab world two of its most iconic characters — the lovable, street-smart Ghawar Tawasha and the memorable Houssni Al Bourzan. Warm, witty, and deeply rooted in Damascene folklore, it's the kind of show that never really gets old.
Sah Al Nom
1972
NRAmidst an intense political battle for power and social dominance in a Damascene neighbourhood under French rule, a young aspiring actress gets the opportunity of a lifetime to star in the first film ever made in Syria.
Roxy Nights
2025
NRA show centred entirely around Duraid Lahham's iconic character Ghawar Tawasha. An iconic Syrian comedy series where Ghawar gets up to his classic mischief and pranks, leaning into the slapstick, street-smart humour that made the character so beloved across the Arab world.
Ghawar's Pranks
1968
NRThe series deals with the life of the simple man, Abu Al-Hana, who is constantly exposed to unenviable situations, and grows when he begins to search for solutions to them, for he is a simple and kind-hearted person, but he has self-confidence that makes his wife Umm al-Khair always obey him, and he is a ninth-degree employee in a government department.
Abu El-Hana's Dreams
1996
7.0“Salt and Sugar” is the first Syrian work shown on Syrian television in 1973 during the month of Ramadan, and its events take place inside the prison when the social worker (Sabah Al-Jazairi) visits the prison to search for the cause of the prisoners’ delinquency, and (Dhiab Mashhour) sings the song “Alamaya,” and remembers Ghawar Al-Tosha (Duraid Lahham) is his mother and longs for life outside the bars. He sings his famous songs “Lou Lou Lou” and “Oh my beloved woman, ya mo.” The artist Dhiyab Mashhour also sings “Ya Abourdin.” The artist Taroub also presented two songs, “Tik Tok,” as part of a competition organized by Hosni. Al-Borzan (Nihad Qalai) inside the prison, through a Syrian comedy act starring Duraid Lahham and Nihad Qalai, in collaboration with Yassin Bakoush, Naji Jabr, Najah Hafeez, Abdul Latif Fathi Sabah Al-Jazairi and others, and the work is directed by Khaldoun Al-Maleh.
Salt & Sugar
1973
NRAbu Razouq is a rich man, who discovers that he is infected with a serious and deadly disease, and worries about this matter; but his biggest concern is his legacy, and how his children and wives can share it, except for his son Razouq, who does not care about money, but his father. Abu Razouq helps his son with the trick that he has died, so that he knows who loves him for his person and who loves his money.
أيام الولدنة
2006
NRA comedy that examines absurd scenarios relevant to the life in Syria.
Wayn Al-Ghalat
1979
NRA Syrian comedy drama series that revolves around (Fatoum), the owner of the (Sah Al-Nom) Hotel, where most of the events of the series take place. Both (Ghawar Al-Tosha) and (Hosni Al-Borzan) fall in love with (Fatoum), and pranks and adventures occur between them in order to win With her heart.
Sah Al-Noum
1972
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Wadi Al-Mesk
1982
NRSet in a Damascene bath for men, it deals with the daily situations faced by the owners , and the customers with their personalities and different styles, in the context of comic situations. An adaptation of "The Twelve Chairs" by Ilf and Petrov.
Hammam Al-Hana
1968
Behind the camera
NRIn a mountain village called Kfaroun, Wadud works as a janitor in the school, where he has loving relationships with the young students. But his mother Sukhur demands that he avenge his father's killer and objects him marrying his fiancée. While Noor, the spoiled city girl is the new school teacher.
Kafrun
1990
NRSalim is a simple farmer who loves Bedour and wants to marry her. He comes across a letter that he thinks is written to his lover, but it turns out that it's written by Bedour whom Ghawar loves and he returns from overseas with a pearl necklace for her.
The Pearl Necklace
1964
6.3A father of four who works for the Police and his wife dreams that he finishes his university education so he can get promoted, joins the university but drops out after his wife dies. He then works as a cab driver and his children rent a room to (Amal) to increase their income.
The Young Parents
2006
6.3A father of four who works for the Police and his wife dreams that he finishes his university education so he can get promoted, joins the university but drops out after his wife dies. He then works as a cab driver and his children rent a room to (Amal) to increase their income.
The Young Parents
2006
NR“The Rain Maker” is a Syrian play starring artist Duraid Lahham and the Syrian theater group Tishreen Family. It is the last play with Duraid Lahham in the lead role. The story of the play challenges citizens to realize their dreams and find solutions to their problems themselves, without waiting for others to solve them. Caesar (Duraid Lahham) was able to bring rain from the earth after everyone was waiting for it to fall from the sky, and this is how the events unfold.
Rain Maker
1992
6.5A traveler between two countries metaphorically named "Easternstan" and "Westernstan" loses his passport and identity papers. Stuck between the two countries he can neither cross the frontiers nor get back to where he came from. He's forced to camp in the neutral area between the two countries, facing a lot of funny situations while there. The movie satirizes the ideology of Arab unity and cooperation at the state level.
The Borders
1984
6.5A traveler between two countries metaphorically named "Easternstan" and "Westernstan" loses his passport and identity papers. Stuck between the two countries he can neither cross the frontiers nor get back to where he came from. He's forced to camp in the neutral area between the two countries, facing a lot of funny situations while there. The movie satirizes the ideology of Arab unity and cooperation at the state level.
The Borders
1984
NRA social-political comedy play, considered one of the most legendary critical and purposeful Arab comedies.
Cheers, My Homeland
1979

