Khalid Al-Obaid

Acting

Khalid Al-Obaid

Khaled Al Obaid (born January 19, 1938) is a veteran Kuwaiti actor known for his impactful roles in theater, television, and cinema. He began his artistic career in 1963 on the stage and quickly became one of the most recognizable figures in Kuwaiti drama. He studied at Omar Ibn Al-Khattab School and worked at the Ministry of Electricity and Water, initially as a supervisor at water stations and later as an accountant. His early professional life in public service preceded a decades-long acting career defined by strong performances and versatility. Al Obaid is particularly known for portraying complex and often antagonistic characters, bringing emotional depth and authenticity to each role. He gained wide acclaim for his work in notable television series such as Al-Samt (The Silence, 1980) and Al-Shareeb Bezza (2002), as well as several stage plays and Kuwaiti films. Beyond his professional achievements, he is a family man with six sons and three daughters. His legacy as a pioneer in Kuwaiti performing arts continues to influence generations of actors and audiences across the region.

Acting credits

Demons of the Friday night poster
5.0

Demons of the Friday night, written by Saqr Al-Rashoud and Abdul Aziz Al-Sorayai, which was presented in 1973 by the production of the Arab Gulf Theater in Kuwait, a play with satirical critical positions that highlights many negatives in society in the form of critical paintings and these positions are the right man, the government routine, and what is going on in Some government ministries and the Kuwaiti employee who works and who do not work, spoke about Article 206, which prohibits the sale of alcohol and the reality of what is happening in hotels, as well as spoke about democracy and the National Assembly elections, Kuwait's political position on Arab and international issues and the shortcomings of the local press.

Demons of the Friday night

1973

Oh God Oh Life poster
NR

O Live Play

Oh God Oh Life

1976

Party on the Impalement poster
7.5

A Kuwaiti play taken from the tales of One Thousand and One Nights, where it is rumored that at a time when there was a ruler who chose his assistants from incompetent men, they undertook looting, cruelty, and injustice to preserve their positions, so they began to fabricate the charges of the innocent, imprison them and form dangerous centers of power within the state, and the sultan over Unaware of what is going on around him, the play clarifies the real reality that we live in at the present time and because of the corruption that some Arab regimes suffer from corruption practiced by the people chosen by the ruler as assistants who are not qualified to do so.

Party on the Impalement

1979

Sinbad The Sailor poster
NR

The story revolves around the character of Sinbad, a traveler and sailor who embarks on many imaginary adventures, and meets many strange characters on his journey

Sinbad The Sailor

1978

يا غافلين poster
NR

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يا غافلين

1974

عريس لبنت السلطان poster
NR

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عريس لبنت السلطان

1978

عيد ميلاد سامبا لاين كنج poster
NR

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عيد ميلاد سامبا لاين كنج

1995

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NR

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المخلب الكبير

1965

The Sword Of The Arabs poster
8.8

The play deals in a social comic framework, the period of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and what was experienced by Kuwaitis and Iraqis alike during the aggression period, through the social changes that occurred in both societies in that period.

The Sword Of The Arabs

1992

Go Ahead poster
NR

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Go Ahead

1979

حب وحنان poster
NR

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حب وحنان

1972

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NR

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رحلة الى المجهول

1982

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NR

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مسرحية انتخبوني

1967

مسرحية متاعب صيف poster
NR

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مسرحية متاعب صيف

1976

1 2 3 4 بم poster
5.0

A family returns to life thirty years after their death, then enters their grandchildren's new home in the era of the seventies, and they are surprised by the new aspects of life, changing customs and behaviors, where old values clash with the new; due to the social openness that occurred, as the girl going out in short clothes became normal, and drinking alcohol became permissible for children, and life changed dramatically.

1 2 3 4 بم

1973

Enlisted Obaid poster
7.0

A social comedy play that sheds light on conscription in Kuwait at the time of the presentation of the play, through the slaves of the fugitive from recruitment, who is arrested and introduced to conscription, and we see what the recruit is exposed to during his presence in the camp.

Enlisted Obaid

1992

وخر لا يعاديك poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

وخر لا يعاديك

1984

Khamsa Wa Khmisa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Khamsa Wa Khmisa

1993

Ali Janah Al-Tabrizi and his follower Qaffa poster
7.0

The play deals with two characters of the Thousand and One Nights, from which the author formulated a separate story to address a specific purpose

Ali Janah Al-Tabrizi and his follower Qaffa

1975

نقطة ضعف poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

نقطة ضعف

The Rooster is Lost poster
NR

A social comedy play that tells the story of a young Kuwaiti man born to an Indian mother, whom his father married on a business trip to India and divorced a month after marrying her. He refused to take her with him to Kuwait. On another visit, he searched for her but did not find her. She had immigrated with her child (Youssef) to England due to the war. However, when (Youssef) grew up, he searched for his father and found him in Kuwait. The play revolves around when (Youssef) visited his father in Kuwait to get to know him and his family members, but the difference in civilizations between Kuwait and England caused many problems.

The Rooster is Lost

1971

The Clock Turned poster
8.0

To reject sectarianism, and called for non-discrimination. In this play that presented in the theatrical season 1985-1986 and embodied the character of Abu Abdullah,two students struggle at the university (Jassem Al-Nabhan and Abdul Nasser Al-Zayer), one of whom is from the Sunni and the other is Shiee.

The Clock Turned

1984

The Silence poster
NR

The events take place in Kuwait in the 1940s before the advent of oil, and the story of a shy love in the conservative society between Mary and Khalifa, and the obstacles they face.

The Silence

1980

You unaware people poster
NR

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You unaware people

1974