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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-09-08

Place of Birth

Palestine

Ghassan Matar

Biography

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 the Arab Artists Union and wrote several screenplays, including the 1996 Palestinian film “Al Tha'er” (The Rebel).

Known for

The Hibiscus-Man

The Hibiscus-Man

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.

Whose empire

Whose empire

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.

Women with No Regret

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.

Tears of the Moon

Tears of the Moon

A college student who lives in a village escapes from her stepfather's constant harassment to Cairo to work in one of the advertising agencies, until she finds out that the agency is exploiting the girls who work with them to serve their personal interests with influential people.

Al-Adham

Al-Adham

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.

The Fourth Wife

The Fourth Wife

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.

Circle of Deceit

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.

الكومي

الكومي

Abouda Is a Trademark

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.

حكاية الدكتور مسعود

حكاية الدكتور مسعود

وحلقت الطيور نحو الشرق

وحلقت الطيور نحو الشرق

Prince of the Seas

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.

The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse

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.

Ms. Mammy

Ms. Mammy

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.

4G

4G

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.