Khaled Omar Taja ( ar, خالد عمر تاجا; November 6, 1939 – April 4, 2012) was a Syrian-

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actor born in

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in the city of Damascus. The poet

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called him "''Anthony Quinn of the Arabs''", he was ranked among the fifty best actors in the world according to the American ''

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'' magazine. He's credited for working alongside

Salah Zulfikar Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an ac ...

in ''

Memory of a Night of Love Memory of a Night of Love (Arabic: ''ذكري ليلة حب'', French: ''Souvenir d'une Nuit d'Amour'', translit: ''Thikra Laylat Houbb'' or ''Zekra Lailat Hubb'') is a 1973 Syrian film starring Salah Zulfikar, Nelly and Nabila Ebeid. The film is w ...

'' (1973). Taja worked in over 62 different TV series. He died at the age of 73 on April 4, 2012.

Career and Filmography

Cinema

* 1973 – ''

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 Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

TV series ''

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'', at the

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, 2005.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taja, Khaled Deaths from lung cancer 2012 deaths 1939 births Syrian Muslims Syrian Kurdish people People from Damascus Syrian male actors 21st-century Syrian male actors 20th-century Syrian male actors