Georges Khabbaz

Georges Khabbaz (; born 5 November 1976) is a Lebanese actor and theater professor.

He is best known for playing the lead role in Under the Bombs (2007) and Silina. He is also known for writing Ghadi (2013), in which he also played the lead role, and Waynon (2014).

Early life

Khabbaz was born into a family of artists. His father, Georges Joubran Khabbaz, has starred in plays like Sahriyyi for Ziad Rahbani and has appeared on television in Les Miserables and Youth 73. His mother Odette Atiyyeh is also a theatre person, frequently performing at local festivals.

Georges Khabbaz studied at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik where he obtained a degree in musical comedy. He was four years old when he first appeared on stage in a school play called The Life of St. Maron. Professionally, his theatre career began in 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 2006 Lebanon War, accompanied by a Christian taxi driver named Georges Khabbaz. London Evening Standard reviewer Derek Malcolm praised Georges Khabbaz's performance as "excellent". 2008: Chou El Adieh? - شو القضيٌة (What's the Case?) 2009: 3al Tari2 - عالطريق ( On the Way ) 2010: Le Professeur - البروفيسور (The Professor) 2011: Matloub - مطلوب (Wanted) 2012: El Awwal Bel Saf - الأٌول بالصف (The First in Class) 2013: Mech Mekhtelfin - مش مختلفين (We're not Different) 2014: Natrino - ناطرينو (Waiting For Him) 2014: Rafka - رفقا (Rafka Musical) 2014-2015: Wara El Beb - ورا الباب (Behind The Door) 2015: Ma3 El Wa2t ... Yemkin - مع الوقت... يمكن(With Time... Maybe) 2016: Bel Kawalis - بالكواليس (At The Backstage) 2017-2018: Ella Eza - ...إلّا إذا (Unless...) 2019: Yawmyet Masrahje - يوميات مسرحجي (The Diaries of a Theater Actor) 2024: Khyel Sahra - خيال صحرا (The shadow of a desert)

Awards Khabbaz has won the Murex d'Or award several times: in 2004 for the top sitcom Abdo w Abdo, in 2006 for an outstanding theatrical play in (Kezzeb Kbir), in 2008 for the outstanding polyvalent artist., in 2011 for leading actor in (To Yara) and in 2013 for acclaimed cinema actor in Ghadi. Best Actor at Rotterdam Film Festival 2008 for his role in Under the Bombs. Best Play "Kezzeb Kbir" at Festival de Molière - Paris 2007. Best Actor at La Nuit Des Mabrouk 2014 for his role in Ghadi. Honorary doctorate degree from USEK-2024