Khaled Taja

A Syrian actor of Kurdish origins, born in Damascus. At the age of eight he discovered that he was fond of drawing and fell in love with the imagination of the shadow. At the age of ten he began to frequently visit the seven theaters of Damascus, such as "Al-Nasr", "Al-Rasheed" and "Andalus". He starred in two theatrical works written and directed by one of his high school teachers. In 1956 he moved to the Free Theater troupe. He played a number of roles on stage, after which he moved on to writing and directing for theater. Among his works in this field is The Servants of the Rich, which he also co-starred in. He also wrote the play The Crazy, which did not see the light due to the bad financial circumstance he suffered after his father’s death. In 1965, the Yugoslavian director Boško Futonovic chose him to star in the movie Truck Driver.

Filmography (57 Appearances)

The Leader

Damascus with Love

Abu Janti (King of taxi/ King of lancer)

Al-Khubz Al-Haram

Abu Khalil Qabbani

The Curse of Mud

The Long Night

The Age of Shame

The Slums

Aziza

طريق النحل

الحوت

ليس سراباً

Neighborhood Live On Air

Another Rainy Day

On The Edge Of The Abyss

Deer in the Wolves' Forest

أيام الولدنة

Love Has Decreed

Soft Thorns

Holding Back Tears

Kings of Sects

Ashtar

Men Underneath the Fez

Palestinian Alienation

Big Dreams

Cordoba's Spring

Akrekoz's Girls

The Falcon of Quraish

Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi

Al Zeer Salem

City Secrets

The Four Seasons

رقصة الحباري

الثريا

النصية

The Lost Case

A Manager by Luck

Seven Floors

The End of a Brave Man

Sea, O', Sea

Something Is Burning

Murder in the Memory

درب التبان

Ayyam Shamiyya

Aldighri

Bahloul the Brave

Ayam fi landan

Shame: A Trilogy

A'rous min Demashq

The Memory of a Night of Love

The Visitor

The Cheetah

Forced marriage

Hamido's Return

Men Under the Sun

The Truck Driver

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