Ayman Zeidan, Syrian actor, born 1 September 1956 in Rahaib, Syria.
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Name in English: Ayman Zeidan
Name in Arabic: أيمن زيدان
Full real name: Ayman Ghalib Shukri Al-Zaidani
Nickname: Emperor of Arab Drama
Nationality: Syria
Language: Arabic, Syrian dialect
Religion: Islam
Date of birth: 1 September 1956
Place of birth: Habiba, Syria
Age: 66 years (in 2022)
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Profession: Actor, Director, Producer, Presenter
Genre: Syrian Drama
Years of activity: 1978 – present
Social status: Married
Ex-wife: Norman Assad (Syrian actress)
Current wife: Zayed Starch
Sons: Noir (died 2011), Judy, Hazem, Ghalib, Janiar, Nora
Father: Ghalib Zeidan (policeman)
Brothers: Shadi Zeidan, Wael Zeidan (representatives)
Biography, Life story
Ayman Zeidan was born on 1 September 1956 in a small city called Al-Rahaib, located 50 km north-east of Damascus, the capital of Lebanon, where he lived throughout his childhood, in a medium-term family in a governorate, his father, Ghaleb Zeidan, who worked as a policeman. The artists Shadi Zeidan and Wael Zeidan are his two brothers.
His cousin is a sharia scientist in the West Emir of Zeidan. His house is the home where he acted as a nostalgic series.
Ayman Zeidan had to move to Damascus because of the father’s working conditions. There was a first friction between him and the theatre world, as he worked on summer vacation as a teleprompter of theatrical texts. After completing his general secondary school, he left the School of Law after one year and attended the School of Commerce. A year later, a performing arts institute was opened in Syria and he decided to join it immediately, aged 22, from which he graduated in 1978.
He became director of mobile theatre, and gave so much of his creativity to the national stage that he even traveled to Germany for a course in theatre directing in Berlin, but decided to take the experience of standing in front of the television camera for the first time in 1983 when director Mamon Brown gave him a role in the series Women Without Wings, after which he participated in several plays both as an actor and as a director. He performed his first film role in “Dreams of the City” with director Mohamed Malsis.
Ayman Zeidan was first married in his early 30s to a woman outside the artistic community. The marriage lasted for 14 years and the divorce was signed. He then married for the second time from outside the artistic community and the divorce was signed a few months later. Suddenly, he married for the third time the actress Norman Saad after the filming of the series was completed. (Lovely and Honest Diaries) But the divorce was also suddenly for unknown reasons but they remained friends even after their separation and together co-starred in the series Alo Jamil Alo Hana, the second part of the series Beautiful and Hana Diaries, and remarried after one year of separation, the marriage lasted for 3 years and they had a single daughter, Jodie, but divorced in 2003. He was last married in 2007 to Egyptian screenplay Nshwe Zayed, daughter of the late writer Mohsen Zayed. His son, Noir, died in 2011 from a rare form of cancer.
In 2016, Ayman Zeidan underwent stomach cutting and lost 35 kilograms of weight, feeling better and able to move and work better.
Elected as Deputy to the Syrian Parliament “People’s Assembly” for one session since 1999.
List of works – Filmography
Series – Acting
Return of Baptism, Harvest of Years (1985), Women without Wings (1987), You, Sham (1989), Migration of Hearts to Hearts (1990), Poppy (1991), Disappearance of Man, Gypsy, People of the Wind (1992), end of brave man, smile on dry lips (1993), bloody dowry (1994), Al-Jawrah, Diary of a Director-General – Part 1, Day by Day (1995), Earth Brothers – Part 1, Ash Hill, Anger Days, The Sound of Resonant Space (1996), Diary of Jamil and Hana, Maritime Hui (1997), Crown of Chuck, Tabi, Earth Brothers – Part 2 (1998), Jawad El-Nil (1999), hero of this time, divorced agent, you are my age (2000), Alu Jamil Alo Hana (2001), Hulaku, Hanin (2002), Time of Silence (2003), Me and Four Girls, World Open, Forks (2004), Kings of Castes, Husband of Six (2005), All Days Long, Minister and His Excellency (2006), Eyes and Ashes (Egyptian series, 2007), Coup Man (2007), Naseem al-Souwah (Egyptian series, 2008), Memory Pier (2008), city floor, vortex, sincerity of promise, family decree (2009), right banners, danger intersection (2010), Director General’s Diary – Part 2 (2011), Imam of Jurists, Time of Burgot, Discard Our Story (2012), her protector Haramiha, Khyber (2013), Hafeez (Iraqi series, 2013), Rasha Rawah, Bab al-Harah – Part 6 (2014), Lane Door – Part 7, Beyond Faces, Damescu, Harrar (2015).
Series – Directing
Night Travellers (2000), Forks (2004), Salt of Life (2011), Unforgettable Days (2016).
Films
Dreams of the City (1983), Sun on a Cloudy Day (1985), algae (1991), Last Letter (1998), Photo (2002), Rain September (2010), Father (2015).
Plays – Acting
Hakiya al-Hakim, Endless Tale, Hanaleh Journey, Marriage, Supermarket, Antara Ben Shaddad, Scandal at Port, Caucasian Chalk Circle (2015).
Plays – Directing
Hanaleh Journey (1988), Port Scandal (1990), Mr. General (2005), Supermarket – First Vision (1992), Supermarket – Second Vision (2008), Revert (2010).
TV Shows
Programmes on Abu Dhabi Television: Your Weight is Gold (1998), For Generations – Two Seasons (2009).
Radio Shows
A laughing diary.
Production
During his career, Ayman Zeidan ran two production companies that presented a series of major Syrian dramas between the early 1990s and the mid-2000s: Al-Sham International Film and Television Production and East.
He oversees his own business Action.
Authoring
Ayman Zeidan released two anecdotal collections: Grey Night (2008), Aches (2015).