Ghassan Massoud

Ghassan Massoud was born on Sep 20, 1958 in Syria. Ghassan Massoud's big-screen debut came with The Survivor directed by Seifollah Dad in 1995, strarring Shamon. Ghassan Massoud is known for Morine directed by Tony Farjallah, Carmen Bsaibes stars as Morine and Mounir Maasri as Grandfather. The upcoming new movie Ghassan Massoud plays is The Legend of Tomiris which will be released on Oct 01, 2019.

Ghassan Massoud (born September 20, 1958 in Damascus) is a Syrian actor and film-maker. He is best-known in the West for playing the role of the Muslim military general Saladin in Ridley Scott's 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven. He has also played the "Sheikh" in famous Turkish film "Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak" (Valley of the Wolves Iraq). Massoud is best known in Syria for his appearance in many Syrian-made films, and writing and directing the theatre play Diplomasiyyoun, and was part of the Syrian Ministry of Culture's National Theater's 2002 season. Married with both a son and daughter, Massoud teaches Drama at both the Damascus Music and Drama School and High Institution of Theatrical Arts. He has appeared in the Syrian films The Chant of Rain, and in Haytham Hakky's well known work Memories of the Forthcoming Age, and on the Syrian stage was an actor in August Strindberg's Miss Julie.