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Joe Tippett was born on 1 March 1982 in Damascus, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Mare of Easttown (2021), The Morning Show (2019) and American Primeval (2025).

Ghassan Massoud (born September 20, 1958 in Damascus) is a Syrian actor and film-maker. He is best-known in the West for playing the role of the Muslim military general Saladin in Ridley Scott's 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven. He has also played the "Sheikh" in famous Turkish film "Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak" (Valley of the Wolves Iraq). Massoud is best known in Syria for his appearance in many Syrian-made films, and writing and directing the theatre play Diplomasiyyoun, and was part of the Syrian Ministry of Culture's National Theater's 2002 season. Married with both a son and daughter, Massoud teaches Drama at both the Damascus Music and Drama School and High Institution of Theatrical Arts. He has appeared in the Syrian films The Chant of Rain, and in Haytham Hakky's well known work Memories of the Forthcoming Age, and on the Syrian stage was an actor in August Strindberg's Miss Julie.

Professional actor with a bachelor's degree in Dramatic Arts from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus. Established dynamic and influential presence in the world of performance. Over a decade-long career in film, television, and theater. Known for compelling performances and versatility. Celebrated for profound passion for acting, bringing life and distinctive personality traits to each role. Innovative approach to character portrayal. Memorable and impactful performances leaving lasting emotional impressions on audiences. Strong belief in the power of well-structured scripts and innovative portrayals. Garnered critical acclaim for engaging and captivating with authenticity and emotional resonance.

One of the Top New Stars in Syria and the Middle East After finishing Law school in Damascus, handsome Moatasem can't hide his passion towards performing arts . He later joined the Higher institute of Dramatic arts in Damascus. Since then he started performing in famous Tv shows in Syria and Middle East like Age of Fear (zaman alkhouf , 2007 ) , Khaled ibn Alwaleed (2008) . Until 2011 , when he played the leading role in the famous Tv show , School Days (ayam al derassa ) which gained a lot of success and popularity especially among teenagers. Moatasem's role in School Days not only gained and nominated a lot of awards in Syria and the Arab world but it revealed true talent and relentless dedication. Moatasem has landed various leading and supporting roles in a number of famous Tv shows like the well acclaimed Bab Al Hara (season 6 ,7 &8 ) , Lipstick ( kalam homra 2014) , Donia 2015 . Until he was chosen to play the major role in khatoon (2016) , Alzibak , the role that showed not only truly promising actor but a potential charming star in the Middle East.

A Syrian professional actress, she was born in Damascus in (16 February 1976) to a Kurdish father and a Syrian mother. She started her artistic career by entering the popular arts, Zenobia Band, for three years. She entered art in 1992. Her first dramatic work was the series "Al-Ababid" in 1996 and the series "The Family of 6 Stars" in 1996. She is considered one of the well-known and famous first grade actresses in the Arab world, and she is always distinguished by her appropriate choice of roles, so every time her role is crowned with great success. She achieved great success in most of her roles, most notably: (Salhiya Nights - Family Memoirs - The Bird - People of the Banner - Narcissus Flower - Our Sweet Days - Curse of Mud - Red Pen - Tomorrow we meet). She is married to Shady Jawad and has a son named (Amjad).

Mona Wassef was born on 1 February 1942 in Damascus, Syria. She is an actress, known for The Message (1976), Al Tareq (2004) and Al Hayba (2017). She was previously married to Muhammad Shahin.

Kosai Khauli is an award winning critically acclaimed popular Syrian actor born on April 1, 1976 in Tartus, Syria. Kosai studied Law for two years but decided to pursue acting studies at the prestigious Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts from which he graduated in 1999. His debut role was a leading role in the television film (Difficult Memory) in 1998. Soon he landed various leading and supporting roles in a number of feature films and popular television series.

He recently portrayed the king of Egypt Ismail Pasha in the popular 2014 historic TV drama (Saraya Abdeen) which was aired on MBC in 2014. Kosai is considered a very versatile actor with a broad range of acting skills by many of his peers, directors, producers and film critics.

Bashar al-Assad has been the Syrian Dictator since 2000, he was born on September 11, 1965 in Damascus, Syria. He has been married to Asma Al Akhras since December 2000. They have three children. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad who ran as dictator. He went to school to be a medical doctor. His brother Bassel died in a car crash in 1994. So after he was called back to the Syrian army and was prepared to be a dictator for the country Syria, in 2000 he became Dictator of Syria after his father passed away. He had made a reform on the Damascus Spring which led to the shutdown of Mezzeh prison and releasing the Muslim prisoners. During the War on Terror he allied with the West and interrogated people believed to be al-Qaeda suspects. In 2005 Rafic Hariri was assassinated in the car bombing at the hotel in Lebanon. Soon afterwards he was blamed for the terrorist attack. In 2007 he was reelected to run for dictatorship. On January 26, 2011 Mass protests in Syria began and riots occurred and the Syrian Army responded with violence against the protesters which led to the 9 year Syrian war. Many of the refugees escaped Syria due to the violence occurring in the cities. Assad sent his army to retake the cities held by rebels. He is accused of the war crimes including torturing people in prisons and killing people who opposed him, He is also known for human rights violation against his people and is accused of using chemical attacks in Syria. Assad fought to retake the cities of Syria including Appello. He received military support from Russia to stop the uprisings of the Syrian rebels. He is still trying to retake Syria affected by the Syrian War.

Duraid Lahham was born and raised in Damascus in 1934. He grew up in relative poverty, and studied chemistry at Damascus University, which qualified him for a well-paying job as an instructor at the Chemistry Department. Lahham was always enchanted by the theatre, participating in several plays during high school and college, while playing the clarinet in the high school band.

While teaching at university, he started to give dance lessons and befriended the artistic community in Syria. When Syrian Television was inaugurated in 1960, its director Sabah Qabbani hired Lahham to star in a mini-series called Sahret Dimashq (Damascus Evening) with the already established stage actor Nihad Qali. The two men created a duo called "Duraid & Nihad" and achieved dramatic success in the Arab World from 1960 until Qali retired from acting due to illness in 1976.

From then on, Lahham acted, directed, and wrote the screenplay for all of his works, and continues to do so until the present. His theatre was always greatly and visibly influenced by the musicals of the Lebanese artist 'Asi al-Rahbani and his wife, the diva Fayruz. Political events influenced him greatly as well, transforming his career from that of a comedian, into a political satirist. He was shocked by the collective Arab defeat of 1967, and greatly disturbed by separate peace of Egypt with Israel in 1978. In the early 1960s, Lahham abandoned university teaching to devote his time fully to acting, although this was viewed, by the conservative society in Damascus, as un-wise, since teaching was a respectable and stable job, while actors were not highly respected, under-paid, and had an uncertain future. He later claimed that devoting his life to art was one of the wisest decisions he ever made, since he achieved more success as an actor than any other profession, including university instruction, would have provided. In 1976, President Hafez al-Asad decorated Lahham with the Medal of the Syrian Republic, Excellence Class. He was also given medals of recognition for his work by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, who gave him the same medal in 1979, and Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi in 1991. Nine years later, Lebanese President Emille Lahhoud awarded Lahham the Order of Merit of the Lebanese Republic in a ceremony held at the American University of Beirut (AUB), granted through the Syrian Culture Club at AUB. In 1997, in recognition of his two children's productions, the movie Kafroun in 1990 and the play Al-Usfura al-Sa'ida (The Happy Bird) in 1992, he became the UNICEF representative in Syria for children's affairs. He performed several television series aimed at increasing awareness of the problems of children. Then in 1999, he became UNICEF Ambassador for Childhood in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2004, he left his job at UNICEF after paying a visit to South Lebanon, to the districts liberated from Israeli occupation in 2000. At the Lebanese-Israeli border, he gave a press conference, criticizing George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon, comparing both men to Hitler. The statement was published in Lebanon and re-published in Israel, causing Tel Aviv to protest to the UNICEF that its goodwill ambassador was using un-diplomatic language. The UNICEF asked him whether the statement was correct, and when he confirmed that it was, they sent him a letter, thanking him for his services since 1997. He considered this an indirect message, relieving him of his duties at UNICEF. Currently, Duraid Lahham still lives in Damascus, and is devoted to his family, spending a lot of his time with his children and grandchildren. His first wife May al-Husayni bore him two children, Tha'er and Abeer, while his second and current wife Hala al-Bitar bore him his youngest daughter Dina.

Ziad's body of work as a director, producer and writer has earned over fifty awards and honors. Most recently, Ziad won the Golden Palm for best film in all categories at the 25th Beverly Hills Film Festival for his new film Hello Beautiful. Earlier, he produced the Tunisian hit film Take My Breath. The film has been selected to represent Tunisia at 2025, 97th Oscars for best international film. In 2023, Ziad produced the Rwandan film Upstanding and the critically acclaimed The Island of Forgiveness with Claudia Cardinale. He Executive produced the Iranian film Forbidden Womanhood. Prior work includes producing The Flower of Aleppo starring Hend Sabry and executive produced Dreams I Never Had starring Malcolm McDowell and Robin Givens. The Flower of Aleppo was honored as Tunisia's entry into both the 2017 Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. Irrefutable Proof, a dramatic thriller Ziad directed and produced, swept the Beverly Hills Film Festival earning three of the fest's highest awards: the Golden Palm, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography. He received the Abu Dhabi Film Festival's Black Pearl Award for Best Producer for the film Always Brando, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Always Brando also received the Best Picture Award from the Alexandria Film Festival and the Jury Prize from the Algerian Film Festival. Ziad's documentary The Letter: An American Town and the Somali Invasion premiered at AFI film festival and was chosen as the opening film Amnesty International film festival. The Letter won numerous awards and accolades and was heralded as Critics Pick by New York Magazine. Woman, a documentary Ziad shot on location in Syria, once again earned Ziad the Beverly Hills Film Festival's highest honor, the Golden Palm Award. ¡Henry O! garnered Best Documentary honors at the BHFF as well as the Best of Fest Award from the Breckenridge Film Festival and the Accolades Award for Excellence in Film. His critically acclaimed feature film Shadow Glories has been heralded as "Powerful and distinctive. A mature, accomplished work...strong, stylish and uncompromising" by Kevin Thomas, film critic for The Los Angeles Times. In July, 2019, Ziad had the release of his film Hail Mary, an animated and live-action football comedy. In Hollywood, Ziad created two extraordinary theaters: The Open Fist Theatre Company and The Egyptian Arena. As Artistic Director of the award-winning Open Fist Theatre, Ziad brought to the LA theatre community prestigious international playwrights such as Arrabel, Artue, Beckett, Brecht, Churchill, Gretzky, and Lorca. He directed and produced over sixty major stage productions, among them Roxy Ventola's After The Bomb, Brecht's Baal, Sam Shephard's True West, Arrabel's Car Cemetery, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant, Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre, Nicholas Kazan's Blood Moon, Poor Murderer, The Architect And Empress Of Assyria, Cinders, Low Level Panic, and Dusa, Fish, Stas, And Vi. Professor Ziad teaches advanced and graduate classes in filmmaking and photography at Lesley University. He earned an MFA in directing from California State University, Fullerton, an MA in writing and criticism from California State University,Los Angeles, and a BA in theatre from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Ziad is a member of the Producer's Guild of America serving on the diversity committee.

Nadine Khoury was born on 26 May 1959 in Damascus, Syria. She is an actress, known for Zaman Al Khaouf (2007), Brukar (2020) and Born from the Flank: Wilada Min Alkhasira (2011).

Jamal Soliman was born on 20 November 1959 in Damascus, Syria. He is an actor, known for Makaad fi al-hadika (1998), Al-Taghriba Al-Filistinia (2004) and Hada'eq el-shaytan (2006). He has been married to Rana Salman since 18 October 2003. They have one child.

Husam Chadat was born on 15 May 1966 in Damascus, Syria. He is an actor and director, known for Resident Evil (2002), 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) and Die Hochzeit (1997).

Maxim Khalil is a professional award-winning Syrian actor who has achieved considerable stardom in Syria and the rest of the Arab World. At a very young age, he was one of the first male ballet dancers in Syria. In his early 20's, he started his acting career, and within a few years, he was chosen by prominent directors in leading roles. Alongside his work in film and theatre, Maxim Khalil acted in more than 70 TV series, including the Emmy Award winning Al-Ijtiyah (The Invasion), and appearing in 1,000+ episodes. After he was compelled to leave his home in Damascus in 2011, he started performing leading roles in pan-Arab TV series, expanding his stardom to Egypt, Lebanon, and the UAE, among others.

Khaled Taja was born on 6 November 1939 in Damascus, Syria. He was an actor, known for Al-Taghriba Al-Filistinia (2004), Omar Al-Khayyam (2002) and Another Rainy Day (2008). He was married to Sahar. He died on 4 April 2012 in Damascus, Syria.

Haya Maraachli is an Lebanese-Syrian actress, she was born in 20 June 1997 Beirut. In 2003, she made her first television role as a child in the series "Abu El Mafhoumiyya". She became more famous after her participation in the series "Women's Sessions." This participation opened with a number of great actors. (2012), the year in which she played more than one character, and won the title of the best actress rising according to a poll of the site (Star Times) for 2012. Her parents, Randa and Tariq Maraashly, were actors, as were her grandparents, Nahed Halabi and Ibrahim Maraachli. Television star who has become known for her roles in Syrian shows like School of Love and Collar Girls. She began her acting career appearing in her grandparents' films as a child.

Kousi Orfahli is an Syrian musical artist and actor from Damascus city

Kousi had studied both acting and dentistry and he is known for acting in Ajay Jadu (2024), 27-37 (2023), Kushi (2023), and his main role in the Chasing the Dazzling Light (2023) and more upcoming movies and multiple series .

A Syrian actor born in Damascus and raised in Saudi Arabia, where his passion for the arts began to flourish. He studied at the University of Balamand in Lebanon, earning a bachelor's degree in TV, Radio, and Filmmaking Performance and Production, along with a minor in Theatre Arts. He later pursued a diploma in screenwriting to further deepen his creative craft. He gained recognition for his roles in widely acclaimed Arab television productions, including Kaser Adem, Marba Al-Ezz, and Share'e Al-Asha.

Ghada El-Shamaa was born on 31 December 1959 in Damascus, Syria. She is an actress, known for El Moshaghebat El Thalata (1987), Bewildered Girls (1981) and Tareek Al Sahitan (1993).

Bashar Shbib (Bachar Chbib) started making films in 1982 at Concordia University with the award winning docudramas Or'D'uR and Betsy. The filmmaker has over 40 feature films and 10 short subjects to his credit. He is currently producing theatrical feature films, television series and documentaries. His films have won more than fourteen awards at select film festivals and competitions to date.

Shbib was born in Damascus in 1959 to a German mother and a Syrian father, and emigrated to Canada with his family at a very early age. Having spent his youth living and working with his family on a Charolais beef ranch in the Eastern Townships (Quebec), he intended to pursue a career in science. However, after graduating from Montreal's McGill University with a degree in Microbiology and Immunology, his passion for film changed his plans and he subsequently attended Montreal's Concordia University and earned his BFA degree in Film Production. He has stated that he has been largely inspired by Paradjanov, Fassbinder, Pasolini, Deren, Tarkovski and Fellini.

Never one to shy away from controversy and prone, in fact, to stirring it up, Shbib felt that independent Canadian filmmakers were not being given their due. He organized a tour in 1986 of ten independent Canadian feature films and ten short films and traveled with them to 60 cities throughout the United States and Europe. He also organized public demonstrations in order to gain funds for indie filmmakers in the 1980's and once even stripped at the Toronto Film Festival to protest on behalf of alternative film financing. Finally, frustrated by the bureaucracy involved in making a film in his homeland, Shbib headed for the sunnier shores of the American west coast where he begun making films in his own inimitable style. After 9/11 his travels were hampered by constant searches at airports, so he moved to Stanstead, (QC) close to his childhood farm. There he opened a film training program and has pursued his doctoral dissertation as a candidate at McGill University in Communications. Shbib has a Masters degree in Communication at McGill University. Shbib has been a painter of abstract art since 1974 and has sold over 600 works. In 1999 and 2000, Shbib created and produced one of the first groundbreaking webisodic shows: Aliendog.net. Nominated for a Pixie Award, Aliendog streamed over 200 five-minute dramatic web shows. Shbib is now producing films in Europe and Canada.

Though his past films have been described as a combination of "German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Archie Comics" and "Bertolt Brecht directing 'Risky Business'" Shbib feels that his films are nowhere near as daunting as they first appear. His romantic comedies Julia Has two Lovers and Lana In Love, were premiered at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival and received critical acclaim at both the 1991 Montreal Film Festival and the New Orleans Film Festival and were then released worldwide. Another of his comedies, Love $ Greed, was in competition and one of the highlights at the 1991 Montreal Film Festival. Shbib also released a series of six feature films titled The Senses, which were extremely well received by moviegoers and also by the press, and have been aired on Radio Canada and several television networks worldwide. Shbib has a penchant for his less commercial works Evixion, Or D'Ur and Clair-Obscur. He is now preparing for the distribution of Strawberries & Wine, Last Chapter and The Wedding Murders.

Shbib insists on his independence driven by his passion for film when undertaking a project. At a time when independent filmmakers are scrambling to raise funds for their films, Shbib's prudent shooting schedules enable him to freely direct and produce the modestly budgeted movies that he enjoys making. He also works for his daughter's company Sunset Pictures and more recently produced for her the theatrical feature Frauds In Love directed by the notorious Indie filmmaker Adam Coleman Howard. His latest collaboration with his daughter Maïa Nadon-Chbib is a feature titled The Last Chapter.

Chbib is currently producing a long-form documentary: Border Town which follows the tribulations of a small border town community in Quebec through vignettes of local entrepreneurs and artists. Completion is scheduled for June of 2012. Shbib has also been shooting an eight part miniseries titled Granite Forks about human trafficking.

Rana Al Abyad was born on 7 July 1979 in Damascus, Syria. She is an actress, known for Brukar (2020), Al Marut (2023) and Born from the Flank: Wilada Min Alkhasira (2011).

Sabah Al Jazaery was born on 23 January 1955 in Damascus, Syria. She is an actress, known for Returning to Haifa (2004), Al-lail (1992) and Al Thaman (2023). She is married to Rabah Al Taqi. They have three children. She was previously married to Duraid Lahham.

Rami Hanna Born in Alqamishli in 1972. After his graduation from Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1997, he started his professional career as an Actor in many Tv Series like "AlGhoufran", "Ahl AlGharam", "AlSndouk AlAswad", "AlTaghriba AlFalstineah"..and so many other Syrian Series then in 2007 he has directed his first TV Series "Antara" after that he directed "Ala Kaid AlHayat" and "Ruby" (2011).

Alaa Hadood is a seasoned Focus Puller based in Denmark, known for his meticulous attention to detail and exceptional technical skills. With extensive experience in both feature films and commercials, Alaa has contributed to numerous successful projects, showcasing his ability to adapt to various cinematic environments and camera technologies. His expertise ensures that every shot is sharp, contributing significantly to the visual storytelling process. Alaa continues to evolve his craft, embracing new techniques and technologies that enhance production quality.

Mahmoud Khalil is an Algerian citizen of Palestinian descent who was born in a Syrian refugee camp in Damascus. He earned a master's degree at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) in 2024. He is a permanent U.S. resident with a green card.

Khalil grew up in Syria and earned his bachelor's degree in computer science from the Lebanese American University. Before enrolling at Columbia, he held multiple roles in international development, including with the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He also managed the Syria Chevening Programme for the British Embassy in Beirut.