Khaled Omar Taja (Arabic: خالد عمر تاجا; November 6, 1939 – April 4, 2012) was a Syrian actor born in Rukneddine district in the city of Damascus. The poet Mahmoud Darwish called him "Anthony Quinn of the Arabs". He appeared in several films including; 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
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
- - Saqr Quraish
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.