Acting

Ghassan Matar

Born September 8, 1938 · Palestine

Died February 27, 2015 · aged 76

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 th…

Known For

Circle of Deceit

Circle of Deceit · 1981

Circle of Deceit

To escape his crumbling marriage, German journalist Laschen travels to Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians to produce an essay. Together with his photographer, he meets some influential people and discovers the everyday face of the war.

Prince of the Seas

Prince of the Seas · 2009

Prince of the Seas

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.

Okal

MovieRomanceComedy

(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.

We are all freedom fighters

We are all freedom fighters · 1969

We are all freedom fighters

A group of Palestinian freedom fighters carries out operations in Israeli-occupied lands. When they recruit Fady, his sister Hayam decides to help him with his mission. As Fady is arrested and beaten, he gives up the freedom fighters' location to the Israeli commander.

My Wife Is a Gang Boss

My Wife Is a Gang Boss · 2008

My Wife Is a Gang Boss

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.

The Knight & The Princess

The Knight & The Princess · 2020

The Knight & The Princess

MovieAnimationAdventure

The story of the Arab knight Muhammad Bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi who rescued many women and children from pirates in the Indian Ocean. He entered a fierce war against King Dahr who was sharing the spoils with the pirates, with the help of his friend Ziad and his mentor Abu Al-Asud.

Ms. Mammy

Ms. Mammy · 2012

MovieComedyRomance

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.

Young Lovers

Young Lovers · 2005

MovieComedyFamily

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.

Filmography

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Circle of Deceit

Circle of Deceit · 1981

Circle of Deceit

To escape his crumbling marriage, German journalist Laschen travels to Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians to produce an essay. Together with his photographer, he meets some influential people and discovers the everyday face of the war.

Ahmed

Prince of the Seas

Prince of the Seas · 2009

Prince of the Seas

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.

El-Halbawy

Okal

MovieRomanceComedy

(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.

We are all freedom fighters

We are all freedom fighters · 1969

We are all freedom fighters

A group of Palestinian freedom fighters carries out operations in Israeli-occupied lands. When they recruit Fady, his sister Hayam decides to help him with his mission. As Fady is arrested and beaten, he gives up the freedom fighters' location to the Israeli commander.

Writer

My Wife Is a Gang Boss

My Wife Is a Gang Boss · 2008

My Wife Is a Gang Boss

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.

The Knight & The Princess

The Knight & The Princess · 2020

The Knight & The Princess

MovieAnimationAdventure

The story of the Arab knight Muhammad Bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi who rescued many women and children from pirates in the Indian Ocean. He entered a fierce war against King Dahr who was sharing the spoils with the pirates, with the help of his friend Ziad and his mentor Abu Al-Asud.

Ms. Mammy

Ms. Mammy · 2012

MovieComedyRomance

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.

Young Lovers

Young Lovers · 2005

MovieComedyFamily

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.

Mahran

Inner City Story

Inner City Story · 2006

Inner City Story

MovieComedyMusic

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.

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.

فتحي ناظر المدرسة

No Retreat, No Surrender

No Retreat, No Surrender · 2010

No Retreat, No Surrender

MovieComedyAction

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.

غسان مطر

The Bulbul's Nest

The Bulbul's Nest · 2013

The Bulbul's Nest

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.

Dreams of the Reckless Boy

Dreams of the Reckless Boy · 2007

Dreams of the Reckless Boy

MovieDramaComedy

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

Talk To Mum

Talk To Mum · 2003

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.

Almost Corrupted

Almost Corrupted · 2008

Almost Corrupted

MovieComedyDrama

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.

Lakhmet Ras

Lakhmet Ras · 2006

MovieComedyFamily

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.

شامخ أبوالفدا / تروماى

Prosecution witness

Prosecution witness · 1987

Prosecution witness

Run Away Kids

Run Away Kids · 2006

(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.

Drahm

Wall of Heroism

Wall of Heroism · 1998

Wall of Heroism

MovieWarHistory

A representation of the lives of a group of officers and soldiers, portraying their intertwined fates and the tragedies they have to witness, both on the battlefield and at home.

Al Abtaal

Al Abtaal · 1974

MovieActionCrime

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.

Abbas عباس

Shaban El-Fares

Shaban El-Fares · 2008

Shaban El-Fares

MovieComedyAdventure

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.

Shayatteen El-bahr

Shayatteen El-bahr · 1972

Shayatteen El-bahr

MovieAdventureComedy

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.

هارون سليم المهرب

One Man Wanted

One Man Wanted · 1973

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

Me, My Daughter, and Love

Me, My Daughter, and Love · 1974

Me, My Daughter, and Love

MovieRomanceDrama

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.

Whose empire

Whose empire · 2014

SeriesComedyFamily

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.

The Hibiscus-Man

The Hibiscus-Man · 2013

The Hibiscus-Man

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyComedy

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 Fourth Wife

The Fourth Wife · 2012

The Fourth Wife

SeriesDramaFamily

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.

Al-Adham

Al-Adham · 2009

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.

Abouda Is a Trademark

Abouda Is a Trademark · 2009

Abouda Is a Trademark

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.

Women with No Regret

Women with No Regret · 2009

Women with No Regret

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.

وحلقت الطيور نحو الشرق

وحلقت الطيور نحو الشرق · 2002

وحلقت الطيور نحو الشرق

SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama

أبو زيد - ضيف شرف

حكاية الدكتور مسعود

حكاية الدكتور مسعود · 1979

حكاية الدكتور مسعود

SeriesDramaComedy

ضابط المباحث

أيام العذاب

أيام العذاب · 1979

أيام العذاب

رؤوف عبدالرحيم

The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse · 2008

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.