Acting
Feb 22, 1970
Syria
Jalal Shammout
Acting
Biography
Jalal Shammout is a Syrian actor who was born on February 23, 1970 in Homs. He graduated from the department of acting at the High Institute of Theatrical Arts. Afterwards, he travelled to France to finish his studies. In 1993, he joined the Artists’ Syndicate. Jalal began his acting career in the mid 1980s, and he appeared in several shows, including “El Ikhwa” (The Brothers) in 1985. It wasn’t until the 1990s that he became a prolific actor; he appeared in the shows “Basma El Huzn” (Sad Smile) in 1992, “Khalf El Godran” (Behind the Walls) in 1995, “El Mahkoom” (The Convicted) in 1996, “Bint El Dhura” (Daughter of the Second Wife) in 1997, “Yaqout” (Ruby) in 1998, and “Jild El Af’ai” (Snake Skin) in 1999. From 2000 until today, Jalal has appeared in a number of dramas, including “Ayadi Fil Dhalam” (Hands the Dark) in 2000, “Salah El Din El Ayyubi” in 2001, “Saqr Quraish” in 2002, “Rabea Qurtaba” (Spring of Cordoba) in 2003, “El Hour El Ain” (The Houri) in 2005, “Ala Tool El Ayam” (Along the Days) in 2006, “Amar El Sham” in 2013, and others. He married the actress Andala Rawas after studying together at the Institute of Performing Arts. They have two daughters, Tia and Waliya.
Feature Films (3)
The film deals with the current and urgent Syrian issue, through the story of a journalist and a doctor, who belong to two different backgrounds in the city of Homs. The dialectic of their relationship begins through a kidnapping operation, and a desire for revenge. They find themselves in a semi-abandoned house amidst a state of ruin, danger and fear. In contact with the bleeding future, the days bring them many radical changes, so that together they will be a different tomorrow.
Happens in your absence
In the late 30s, the family of the sailor Salah Hazoum arrives in the city of Latakia coming from Alexandria. His son Saeed searches for him in vain after he hears many rumors about his disappearance. The son decides to become a sailor like his father and works on a boat with Captain Abdosh. Based on the novel 'Dagal' by Hanna Mina.
Sea, O', Sea
We are all drops in the river of life that we flow through, and in the film we see the pain of some of these drops and their life experiences, and their struggle between the harsh circumstances that drag them down and frustrate them and the desire to be freed from the suffering and rise again or settle down due to the circumstances imposed by the necessities of life.
Drops
Television & Series (43)
Rima and Hazem meet by chance under the most unlikely of circumstances — and fall in love. But their story is shadowed from the start by a bitter family feud neither of them knew existed. Told across two different timelines, Portrait is a Syrian romantic drama about whether love can survive the hatred of the generation before it — and whether the sins of parents are ever truly the children's to carry.
Portreh
The events deal with life details, sensitive issues, and various experiences of people struggling to maintain balance in their lives, amid the troubles of life, love, despair, and hope.
Social Anecdotes
The events revolve in a dramatic framework of mystery and excitement, and the heroes search for lost love, so they are sometimes betrayed through betrayal, and things turn around with a series of revenge and successive conspiracies.
