Biographies: Khaled Taja - Actor

Biographies

 [1 Content]

---

A Syrian actor of Kurdish origins, born in Damascus. 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 plays 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 a financial crisis he suffered from after his father’s death. In 1966, the Yugoslavian director Pushko Vushinish chose him to star in the movie The Truck Driver. He died of a stroke on 4 April 2012.

• 15 September 2021
• farah ashraf