
Acting
Bassem Yakhour
Born
1971-08-16 (55)
Place of birth
Syria
Known for
Acting
Credits
43 titles
Bassem Yakhour is a Syrian actor and comedian known for his sharp satire, character work, and strong theatre background. He became widely recognised through the sketch comedy series Spot Light, where he showcased impersonations and social humour, and has since built a career spanning drama, comedy, and television hosting across the Arab world.
Known for
NRThe series revolves around failed love stories as a result of a compelling circumstance or because of a social or financial problem or a problem related to religion so that the audience develops a state of sympathy with the series characters In each episode the series presents a separate station from the other detailing a glowing love relationship that was extinguished by various circumstances
People of Love
2006
9.3When the Abbasids overthrow the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus, slaughtering nearly the entire dynasty, one young prince escapes — Abd al-Rahman. Hunted across deserts and seas, he eventually reaches the fringes of the Muslim world and, through sheer will and political genius, founds a new Umayyad emirate in Andalusia. Written by Walid Seif and directed by Hatem Ali, this is the first chapter of their celebrated Andalusian trilogy — epic, human and historically meticulous.
The Falcon of Quraish
2002
5.8Zohra's beauty attracts an unimaginably large number of suitors. Her kindheartedness and love for all those who approach her lead her into trouble when she finds herself married to five men at the same time.
Zohra and Her Five Husbands
2010
8.0A sweeping historical epic tracing the life of Saladin from his humble origins to his unification of fractured Muslim kingdoms and his legendary recapture of Jerusalem from the Crusaders after nearly a century of occupation. Starring Jamal Suleiman and directed by the late Hatem Ali, written by Walid Seif — the same partnership behind Palestinian Alienation — this is widely regarded as one of the finest historical dramas in Arabic television, epic in scale yet deeply human in its portrayal of leadership, faith and sacrifice.
Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi
2001
NRRose is a Syrian crime-drama and mystery series about a young woman whose life is upended after her family becomes linked to a dangerous criminal case. As she is forced to flee and survive, she uncovers hidden secrets about her father and gets pulled into a world of betrayal, danger, and shifting loyalties between criminals and authorities.
Rose
2025
7.0Haramlek is a Syrian historical drama set during the late Ottoman era in Syria. It explores life inside elite households, focusing on women’s quarters (“haramlek”) and the hidden power struggles within. The story follows intertwined characters dealing with love, betrayal, and ambition, revealing how influence is exercised behind closed doors, especially by women navigating strict social structures.
The Harem
2019
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
NRSalma searches for her husband’s death certificate so that she can continue her life. This search journey leads her to collide with some problems, financial and otherwise, and she suddenly finds herself in a situation imposed on her by her self-esteem, so she runs for the “People’s Assembly.”
Salma
2024
10.0The story of three families; the first family consists of a surgeon separated from his psychiatrist wife and lives with his daughter, Salma. The second consists of a man imprisoned for manslaughter while driving a car and leaves prison with extreme religious ideas that he inflicts on his daughter, Amal. The third consists of a husband whose wife has passed away in an accident, leaving him and his daughter, Nour
Tuesday 12
2021
Series credits
NRThe series revolves around failed love stories as a result of a compelling circumstance or because of a social or financial problem or a problem related to religion so that the audience develops a state of sympathy with the series characters In each episode the series presents a separate station from the other detailing a glowing love relationship that was extinguished by various circumstances
People of Love
2006
9.3When the Abbasids overthrow the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus, slaughtering nearly the entire dynasty, one young prince escapes — Abd al-Rahman. Hunted across deserts and seas, he eventually reaches the fringes of the Muslim world and, through sheer will and political genius, founds a new Umayyad emirate in Andalusia. Written by Walid Seif and directed by Hatem Ali, this is the first chapter of their celebrated Andalusian trilogy — epic, human and historically meticulous.
The Falcon of Quraish
2002
5.8Zohra's beauty attracts an unimaginably large number of suitors. Her kindheartedness and love for all those who approach her lead her into trouble when she finds herself married to five men at the same time.
Zohra and Her Five Husbands
2010
8.0A sweeping historical epic tracing the life of Saladin from his humble origins to his unification of fractured Muslim kingdoms and his legendary recapture of Jerusalem from the Crusaders after nearly a century of occupation. Starring Jamal Suleiman and directed by the late Hatem Ali, written by Walid Seif — the same partnership behind Palestinian Alienation — this is widely regarded as one of the finest historical dramas in Arabic television, epic in scale yet deeply human in its portrayal of leadership, faith and sacrifice.
Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi
2001
NRRose is a Syrian crime-drama and mystery series about a young woman whose life is upended after her family becomes linked to a dangerous criminal case. As she is forced to flee and survive, she uncovers hidden secrets about her father and gets pulled into a world of betrayal, danger, and shifting loyalties between criminals and authorities.
Rose
2025
7.0Haramlek is a Syrian historical drama set during the late Ottoman era in Syria. It explores life inside elite households, focusing on women’s quarters (“haramlek”) and the hidden power struggles within. The story follows intertwined characters dealing with love, betrayal, and ambition, revealing how influence is exercised behind closed doors, especially by women navigating strict social structures.
The Harem
2019
6.5Master prankster Ramez unleashes his trickery in Dubai this time as he catches his celebrity “victims” off-guard and lures them into the prank of their lifetimes.
Ramez: Officially Crazy
2020
NRA social drama about the Syrian society and the corruption that runs rampant across all of its different classes, as well as exploring some ideals like love, integrity, and honesty.
The Key
2012
9.3The second chapter of the acclaimed Andalusian trilogy by Walid Seif and Hatem Ali. Set in the golden age of Umayyad Cordoba, it traces the extraordinary rise of Muhammad ibn Abi Amir — known as Al-Mansur — from a young scholar arriving in Cordoba seeking knowledge, to the most powerful man in Andalusia. A sweeping story of ambition, political genius and the glittering, fragile peak of Arab civilisation in Spain. Stars Taim Hassan and Jamal Suleiman.
Cordoba's Spring
2003
NRThe series revolves around a poor man who wants to get rich. As he has a dream that he has found a treasure, his social status changes as he goes out every night to abandoned areas and begins digging and goes home by day to rest.
A Hero From This Time
1999
NRNaji Saeed is a ruthless Damascus businessman who built his empire by climbing over everyone beneath him. When Nader — desperate and naive — walks into his orbit seeking money, he finds there's no clean way back out. A Syrian social drama that traces how class, greed and moral compromise trap people in invisible prisons long before any actual bars appear. Starring Bassam Kousa, Bassem Yakhour and Sulafa Mimar. Directed by Allaith Hajjo.
Behind Bars
2005
NRA group of young men and women of different Arab nationalities live side by side in a residential building in Abu Dhabi. The work narrates the daily relationships between them, as well as the differences that may occur between individuals who live under one roof.
Neighbors
2017
NRThe series revolves around the Arab Revolt that broke out in Syria against the Ottoman occupation that had ruled the country for four centuries.
Brothers of the Soil
1996
NRThe story of the beginning and the rise of the Mamluks reign in Egypt, and how their rise from enslavement to fighting wars to ruling a significant country in the region, had affected the social, political, and military status of the country.
The Harem
2019
10.0Tucked away in the Syrian mountains, the fictional village of Umm al-Tanafs al-Fawqa has been completely bypassed by modern technology — and its simple, warm-hearted residents have no idea what they're missing. Each episode follows their hilarious attempts to navigate life's big and small dramas with nothing but common sense, stubbornness and each other. A gentle, sharp satire that uses village innocence as a mirror for modern society's complications — described by many viewers as the greatest Arab comedy ever made.
Lost village
2008
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
7.0A mysterious murder takes place in a village near Damascus called Mafraq. Then an investigation begins to search for the perpetrator among members of two families living in the village. The investigations reveal shocking and unexpected secrets and details.
Cut Vein
2025
9.0Akkash is a nationalist resistance fighter against Ottoman rule in Syria. Thuraya, the daughter of the wealthy Turkish aristocrat Ismail Pasha, falls in love with him, and he loves her in return. Determined to be with him, she is willing to sacrifice everything, including her family and privileged position in society.
Al Thuraya
1997
5.0The story of Jamil Al-Homsi, who is shy around women, which explains his wife Hanaa's lack of jealousy. This drives him to invent many ways to make her jealous and force her to pay more attention to him, which gets him into many comedic situations.
Jamil and Hanaa's Diaries
1997
7.0Through separate, connected episodes, the series addresses many contemporary social issues, such as corruption, unemployment, poverty, social relations, and others.
Ma khtalafna
2024
NRSpotlight, a Syrian social series, presents separate stories in various drama and comedy episodes of public life, and critically sheds light on political differences in Syria. The series has been airing since 2001 and consists of 15 parts
Spotlight
2001
NRA romantic drama about a girl who has kept her love for someone a secret for more than ten years and then decides to tell him in her own way, but what happens next?
Diaries of an Ex-Lover
2017
6.5In the alleys of old Damascus, Abdo makes his living driving a horse-drawn carriage — an honest man in a neighbourhood ruled by the scheming Abu Hamza Al-Nashwati, who has stolen his dead brother's inheritance and turned the whole quarter against anyone who stands in his way. When Abdo falls for a girl and dares to defy the powerful family, a personal conflict spirals into a battle between ordinary decency and entrenched corruption. A warm, character-driven Syrian period drama starring Bassem Yakhour and Salloum Haddad.
The Coachman
2023
NRThe series revolves around the exploitation of women by men in society, through the stories of three friends—Rateb, Wahib, and Abu Adnan—who are involved in illegal activities, and the story of Zuhair, who exploits runaway girls in immoral activities.
Forbidden Bread
2010
7.0A comedy that revolves around a number of people who normally won't be able to stay in one place as fate forces them together when they all get stranded on an island. Forced to come together to survive, they resolve to pick one of them as a leader
Al Waq-waq
2018
NRAbu Jaber’s family struggles in poverty, while Aziz’s family lives in luxury but without an heir. When Abu Jaber is unable to repay his debts, Fidda is forced to make a difficult choice: give up her newborn… or her body.
Al Sabea
2025
8.0The series revolves around Erwa, a 40-year-old television writer, whose story begins on the night of Baghdad's fall, to show the historical events and political turns that have occurred from 2003 until now.
Regret
2016
8.0The events follow a series of crimes starting with a smuggling operation that leaves Hajj Salem paralyzed and Abu Aziz dead, followed by the assassination of Judge Saba Ezzat and her husband Aws's confession.
His Excellency the Madman
2026
7.0After emigrating to flee the war, a Syrian family returns to their homeland only to find themselves caught up in a conflict between a group of gangs.
On a Hot Tinplate
2021
10.0The series presents the social differences between the rich and the poor, and the problems that arise from them, highlighting the contradictions experienced by prominent personalities as well as the dangers that young people face in life, and it also displays the problems of employees in the state.
A Very Hard Birth
2011
8.5The series takes place between the era of Jahiliyya and the beginning of the Umayyad caliphate, and presents the history of the Arab sword by documenting the most important stations that Arabs went through throughout the ages.
Arab swords
2025
NRThe series revolves around an attempt to recruit a girl named Samia Fahmy (Mena Shalaby) for the Israeli intelligence, but the opposite happens, she informs the Egyptian intelligence and decides to cooperate with them.
Spies War
2009
NRA poor man makes a great fortune, but his wife believes that the richer he gets, the more likely he is to marry another woman. So she takes it upon herself to rid him of all his money to prevent a possible second marriage.
Enta Omry
2001
7.0The daughter of the quarter's chief, Khatoon pushed by love, rebels against traditions and wages confrontations with her family and the residents
Khatoon
2016
NRA separate connected series, as each episode is divided into two stories revolving around one topic, between the businessman Amjad and his wife Safaa, and the middle class married couple Adnan and...Read more
2 x 2
2001
NRThe story takes place between 2014 and 2017 and deals with the events of Mosul during the years of its occupation by ISIS. It shows the tragic conditions that the people of Mosul experienced during that era and how the Iraqi Armed Forces, in partnership with the Peshmerga forces and the Popular Mobilization Forces, were able to defeat terrorism.
Night of Fallen
2023
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
NRDr. Rasha’s world is upended when her secret lover, Talib, is found murdered, dragging her and her husband Khalil into a web of suspicion.
The Clown
2024
NRThe board is not merely limited to companies and the business world, it exists everywhere, from small organizations to large ones, including families. It's a minority group managing the majority, willingly or unwillingly. The things we are unaware of shape our destiny, this is The Board.
The Board
2024
NRA Syrian crime thriller that centres on mafia gang conflicts, drug trafficking, and the security forces pursuing these gangs, woven together with stories of love, betrayal, and family bonds. Fast-paced, gripping, and full of twists, Rose is Syrian crime drama at its sharpest. It was filmed in 2021 but held back for four years before finally airing during Ramadan 2025.
Rose
2025

