Georges Khabbaz
Georges Khabbaz | |
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| Occupation | Actor, Writer, Director, Comedian, Musician, Playwright, Producer, Theater Professor |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Website | www |
Georges Khabbaz (born in Batroun, November 5, 1976) is a Lebanese actor, writer, director, comedian, musician, playwright, producer and Theater Professor.
He is a television, theater and cinema actor in addition to being a director, producer and music composer. Georges has participated as the main actor in more than 25 television shows out of which He was the script writer and director of three sitcoms which were ranked as the most viewed. For the last 11 years, he has produced, directed and starred in 12 plays, each of which was attended by an audience of more than 100,000 spectators. He was the main actor in Under the Bombs and Silina and he was the writer and lead actor of a new Lebanese movie Ghadi released in 2013 and the writer and supervisor of the Lebanese movie Waynon released in 2014.
Early life
Georges Khabbaz was born into a family of artists. His father Georges Joubran Khabbaz has played in many plays such as Sahriyyi for Ziad Rahbani and he attended several roles in television programs such as Les Miserables, Youth 73, and in some episodes with the Abu Melhem. His mother Odette Atiyyeh was also represented in many plays, especially in the local festivals. Georges Khabbaz studied at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik and obtained a degree In Musical Comedy. He was four years old, when he stood for the first time on stage, in the school during the play "Life of St. Maron," but professionally, he began in theater since 1994.
Career
Films
In 2006, Georges Khabbaz starred with Nada Abou Farhat in the film Under the Bombs (or Sous Les Bombes) directed by Philippe Aractingi. The film, which used "real shots of the war and of the horrors it created among the civilian population", follows a Muslim woman as she tries to find her son in the immediate aftermath of the Lebanese war, accompanied by a Christian taxi driver Georges Khabbaz. London Evening Standard reviewer Derek Malcolm praised Georges Khabbaz's performance as "excellent".[1] However Time Out London reviewer Dave Calhoun described the film as "deeply flawed".[2] The film was one of 16 out of 983 submissions to be selected for screening at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.[3] Khabbaz was awarded Best Actor in a Feature at the 8th Annual Rotterdam Arab Film Festival for the role.[4]
The 2008 film Silina, directed by Hatem Ali, saw Khabbaz together with Duraid Lahham and Miriam Fares in a film retelling of the operetta Hala and the King (originally by Mansour and Assi Rahbani). Khabbaz plays the King of Silina, who is tricked by his entourage and as a result proposes marriage to a poor woman, believing her to be a princess he is destined to marry.[5]
Television
- 1996: Fingers of gold
- 1997-2001: Bassmat watan
- 1997: Women in the storm
- 1998: Shabeb w Banet
- 1999: Talbin El Orb
- 2001: killa melha
- 2003 and 2004: Abdo w Abdo
- 2005: Se'a Bel Ize'a
- 2006: Fadi & Radi
- 2010: To Yara
- 2011: One of these days (Yawman ma) TV Film
- 2012: Te'riban Osset Hob
- 2013: Al Kina'a
Theatre
- 2005: Msibi jdidi - مصيبة جديدة ( New Calamity )
- 2006: Kezzeb Kbir - كذاب كبير ( Big Liar )
- 2007: Halla' Wa'ta - هلٌق وقتا ( It's Its Time )
- 2008: Shou El Adiyye? - شو القضيٌة ( What's the Case ? )
- 2009: 'al Tari' - عالطريق ( On the Way )
- 2010: Le Professeur - البروفيسور ( The Professor )
- 2011: Matloub - مطلوب ( Wanted )
- 2012: Awal Bel Saf - الأٌول بالصف ( First in Class )
- 2013: Mish Mikhtilfeen - مش مختلفين ( Not Different )
- 2013-2014: Natrino - ناطرينو ( Waiting Him )
- 2014: RAFKA - رفقا Musical
- 2014-2015: Wara Lbeb - ورا الباب ( Behind The Door )
Awards
Khabbaz has won the Murex d'Or award several times: in 2003 for best sitcom, in 2005 for best theatrical play, and in 2007 for best polyvalent artist.[6]
Best Actor 2008, Roterdam Festival for his part in Under the Bombs. Best Play "Kezzeb Kbir" 2007, Festival de Molière, Paris
References
- ^ Malcolm, Derek (2008-03-20). "A taxi ride to hell". The London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ Calhoun, Dave (2008-03-26). "Under the Bombs (2007)". Time Out London. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ "2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition". Film Threat. 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ Howeidy, Amira (July 2008). "In the eye of the storm". Al-Ahram Weekly Online (904).
- ^ Atef Fares, Mohammad (June 2009). "A New Take on a Classic Tale". Syria Today.
- ^ Murex d'Or official site, accessed 2010-12-04