Khaled Taja

Biography

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.

Movies with Khaled Taja

• The Cheetah 1972 · ★ 5.0
• Aziza 2009 · ★ 4.8
• Damascus with Love 2010 · ★ 6.0
• Ayam fi landan 1976
• A'rous min Demashq 1973
• Men Under the Sun 1970
• The Long Night 2009
• The Memory of a Night of Love 1973
• The Truck Driver 1967
• Hamido's Return 1971
• Something Is Burning 1993
• Seven Floors 1994
• Shame: A Trilogy 1974
• Sea, O', Sea 1993
• The Visitor 1972
• Forced Marriage 1972