Khaled Taja

Syrian actor (1939–2012)

Khaled Taja
خالد تاجا

Born	(1939-11-06)November 6, 1939 Rukneddine, Damascus, Syria
Died	April 4, 2012(2012-04-04) (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's credited for appearing 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]