Khaled Taja
Khaled Taja | |
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خالد تاجا | |
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| Born | November 6, 1939 Rukneddine, Damascus, Syria |
| Died | April 4, 2012 (aged 72) Damascus, Syria |
| Nationality | Syrian |
| Years active | 1966–2012 |
| Known for | TV series, Movies |
| Notable work | Al-Taghreba al-Falastenya |
Khaled Omar Taja (Arabic: خالد عمر تاجا; November 6, 1939 – April 4, 2012) was a Syrian-Kurdish actor born in Rukneddine district in the city of Damascus. The poet Mahmoud Darwish called him "Anthony Quinn of the Arabs", he was ranked among the fifty best actors in the world according to the American Time magazine. He's credited for working alongside Salah Zulfikar in Memory of a Night of Love (1973). Taja worked in over 62 different TV series.[1][2] He died at the age of 73 on April 4, 2012.[2]
Career and Filmography
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Cinema
- 1973 – Memory of a Night of Love
Theater
TV series
- 2000 – Al-Zeer Salem
- 2001 – Salah Al-deen Al-Ayyobi
- 2004 – Al-Taghriba Al-Filistinia
Awards
- Khaled Taja won the Best Actor Award for a Second Role for his performance in the Palestinian TV series Al-Taghreba al-Falastenya, at the Cairo Festival for Radio and Television, 2005.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Khaled Taja is not like anyone else(ar)
- ^ a b "Khaled Taja passes away". Al Bawaba.
- ^ "6 جوائز للكويت في مهرجان القاهرة للاذاعة والتلفزيون". جريدة القبس.