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The Most Famous

ACTORS from Syria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Syrian Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 9,996 Actors, 3 of which were born in Syria. This makes Syria the birth place of the 81st most number of Actors behind Slovenia and North Macedonia.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Syrian Actors of all time. This list of famous Syrian Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Ghassan Massoud (1958 - )

With an HPI of 54.04, Ghassan Massoud is the most famous Syrian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.

Ghassan Massoud (Arabic: غسّان مسعود / ALA-LC: Ghassān Masʻūd; born September 20, 1958) is a Syrian actor and filmmaker. He is best known in the West for his role as Saladin in Ridley Scott's 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven.

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2. Michael Ansara (1922 - 2013)

With an HPI of 52.32, Michael Ansara is the 2nd most famous Syrian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 38 different languages.

Michael George Ansara (April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013) was an American actor. He portrayed Cochise in the television series Broken Arrow 1956-1958, Kane in the 1979–1981 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Commander Kang in Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in the NBC series Law of the Plainsman, and provided the voice for Mr. Freeze in the DC Animated Universe. Ansara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in the television industry, located at 6666 Hollywood Boulevard.

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3. Zain Al Rafeea (2004 - )

With an HPI of 27.94, Zain Al Rafeea is the 3rd most famous Syrian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Zain Al Rafeea (Arabic: زين الرافعي, born 10 October 2004) is a Syrian-born Norwegian actor. He is best known for his starring role in the 2018 Lebanese film Capernaum, which won the Jury Prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

Pantheon has 3 people classified as actors born between 1922 and 2004. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living actors include Ghassan Massoud and Zain Al Rafeea. The most famous deceased actors include Michael Ansara. As of April 2022, 1 new actors have been added to Pantheon including Zain Al Rafeea.

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