Bassel Khayyat

Actor

August 29, 1977 (48 years)

Syria

Biography

A Syrian native with a degree in theatrical arts, Bassel Khayyat was always attached to acting since he was 8 years old, even participating in children's theater as a hobby. He was able to exercise that hobby into a career in acting where he would often portray daring and charismatic characters. His intensive roles and work in the television industry made him an immensely popular actor in the Arab world, especially in Syria. He executed most of his work in Syria but gained popularity in Egypt wh…

Filmography

6.6

The Price

Zein

Sarah is a widowed engineer with one desperate priority — saving her young son's life. When her boss Zein offers to pay for the cancer treatment on one condition — that she spend a night with him — she faces an impossible choice. What follows spirals far beyond that night into obsession, power and complicated feelings neither of them expected. An Arabic remake of the celebrated Turkish series Binbir Gece, starring Razane Jammal and Basel Khayat, with a theme song by Elissa.

5.5

Aser

Betrayed by his friends and the woman he loved, Majd is imprisoned but not broken. After escaping with a new face and name — Aser — he’s back with one goal: revenge.

7.5

My Way

An aspiring artist tries to make it, facing numerous difficulties both personally and professionally throughout her life, since her persecuted childhood and adolescence as a girl living in a rural area.

8.7

The Killing

Police Captain Hisham begins his investigation into the murder of an influencer found dead in the car of a national club electoral candidate.

8.5

Friendly Fire

The show revolves around a group of friends who have remained very close since their school days. Though life has taken them down different paths, when they're brought back together, new confrontations and secrets arise, and a series of very surprising events unfold.

N/A

Sons of Oppression

بسام

Essam and Ragaa experience unsolvable problems and disputes over one of Essam's colleagues. These disputes increase to affect their children negatively over time.

N/A

Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi

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6.0

The Scale

While defending a businessman on trial for murder, Noha uncovers some hard-hitting truths that put her in danger in this suspenseful legal drama.

10.0

Big Dreams

عمر

The Halaby family works in trade. When the father decides to write all his property over to one of his sons, the two brothers clash, until the eldest brother falls ill, and his younger son is forced to give up his ambition to take care of their business.

N/A

On the Edge of the Abyss

منصور

Nader is lost between his parents, who are experiencing a struggle between love and hate, Lulia, who is persecuted by her stepmother, Dalal, whose hatred for her stepdaughter reaches the point of attempting murder. Dalal considers Lulia the reason for her unhappiness, but when Lulia leaves her life, she discovers her mistake. Tahseen her husband can only run away from problems and cannot solve any of them.

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Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi

صاحب الأحداث مراد (شاباً)

A sweeping historical epic tracing the life of Saladin from his humble origins to his unification of fractured Muslim kingdoms and his legendary recapture of Jerusalem from the Crusaders after nearly a century of occupation. Starring Jamal Suleiman and directed by the late Hatem Ali, written by Walid Seif — the same partnership behind Palestinian Alienation — this is widely regarded as one of the finest historical dramas in Arabic television, epic in scale yet deeply human in its portrayal of leadership, faith and sacrifice.

8.3

The Journey

Osama

On flight 710, a number of passengers share one thing with each other: that they are all mental patients with hidden secrets. Their plans and stories converge into one fate.

8.0

Unknown Culprit

يزن

The story opens with the murder of businessman Faisal Muthanna, ruled a homicide likely perpetrated by someone who wanted to rob him of his wealth. Elsewhere, Samir, a despairing tailor and taxi driver, reunites with his friend Yazen after years of war separated them.

8.0

Orchidia

The Assyrian king conquered Orchidia kingdom, the defeated king's wife and her two children fled to Samara Kingdom, to start her revenge.

N/A

Al Zahir Baybars

The life and exploits of al-Zahir Baibars, Sultan of Egypt and the Levant, his journey from being a slave to Prince Ala’ al-Din al-Bunduqari, until he became sultan, and the many important events he was involved in, like the fall of Baghdad at the hands of Mongol commander Hulagu Khan, and the battle of Ain Jalut.

9.5

Palestinian Alienation

حسن

The first comprehensive dramatic telling of the Palestinian Nakba, seen through the eyes of a poor rural family from the 1930s British Mandate era through the massacres of 1948 and the defeat of 1967. Written by Palestinian poet Walid Seif — based on his own family history — and directed by the late Syrian master Hatem Ali, this is widely considered one of the greatest Arab television dramas ever produced. A monumental work of collective memory, historical witness and human endurance.

N/A

Love Has Decreed

ليث

The series discusses the stories of young university students, their reality during their studies, and the hardships and unknown fate they endure after graduation.

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Tango

Amer

The story of a quadrant of Tango dancers as they discuss the difficulties of love and how to deal with one's partner. As they all have different views, they all have different opinions on what to do after a break up. One of them however, has an opinion that is extremely far away from any of their points of view, as she believes that suicide is the perfect thing to do after breaking up with one's lover.

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Civil War

The events revolve around Mariam, a woman who is forced by circumstances to abandon her daughter, Tamara, as a child, so the latter grows cold toward her. Mariam is also being deceived by her psychiatrist and her husband, Youssef.

9.0

Cordoba's Spring

زياد

The second chapter of the acclaimed Andalusian trilogy by Walid Seif and Hatem Ali. Set in the golden age of Umayyad Cordoba, it traces the extraordinary rise of Muhammad ibn Abi Amir — known as Al-Mansur — from a young scholar arriving in Cordoba seeking knowledge, to the most powerful man in Andalusia. A sweeping story of ambition, political genius and the glittering, fragile peak of Arab civilisation in Spain. Stars Taim Hassan and Jamal Suleiman.