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Fares Helou

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Fleeing his past and shunned by his people, Jaber takes on the identity of a sacred figure in a remote village awaiting salvation. As faith, power, and manipulation merge, he becomes a beacon of hope and the focus of a perilous moral crisis.
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Fares Helou was born on 15 August 1961 in Tartous, Syria. He is an actor and writer, known for The Curse of Mud (2010), Al Hasan and Al Husein (2011) and A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy (2019). He is married to Sulafa Ewaishiq. They have two children.
BornAugust 15, 1961
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    The Curse of Mud (2010)
    The Curse of Mud
    8.8
    TV Series
    • Abu Shaheen(as Fares Al-Helou)
    Al Hasan and Al Husein (2011)
    Al Hasan and Al Husein
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Ibn Sabaa(as Fares Al-Helou)
    Fares Helou in A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy (2019)
    A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy
    8.5
    • Writer(as Fares Al-Helou)
    • 2019
    Fares Helou, Samia Al Jazaery, Amal Arafah, and Andre Skaff in Five-Star Family (1994)
    Five-Star Family
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Farhan(as Fares Al-Helou)

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    Actor

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      • (as Helou Fares)
      • Post-production
    • Mona Wassef, Fares Helou, Hima Ismail, Eliana Saad, Taim Hasan, Jirjes Jbarah, Nour Ali, Alaa Al Zuabi, Nancy Khoury, and Jamal El Ali in Mawlana (2026)
      Mawlana
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Colonel Kifah
      • 2026
    • Julie Delpy, Sandrine Kiberlain, Laurent Lafitte, Dalia Naous, Fares Helou, Jean-Charles Clichet, Ziad Bakri, India Hair, and Rita Hayek in Meet the Barbarians (2024)
      Meet the Barbarians
      6.4
      • Hassan Fayad (as Farès Helou)
      • 2024
    • I Was a Stranger (2024)
      I Was a Stranger
      8.0
      • Adeem
      • 2024
    • Salim (2022)
      Salim
      Short
      • Salim
      • 2022
    • Ziad Bakri in The Translator (2020)
      The Translator
      5.8
      • Jad Haddad
      • 2020
    • Mathieu Kassovitz in The Bureau (2015)
      The Bureau
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Hachem
      • Hachem Al Khatib
      • 2015–2016
    • Wojooh wa Amaken (2015)
      Wojooh wa Amaken
      7.7
      TV Series
      • (as Helou Fares)
      • 2015
    • Al Hasan and Al Husein (2011)
      Al Hasan and Al Husein
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Ibn Sabaa (as Fares Al-Helou)
      • 2011
    • Kashf Al-Aqnea'a (2011)
      Kashf Al-Aqnea'a
      6.5
      TV Series
      • 2011
    • Al Zilzal
      6.6
      TV Series
      • (as Helou Fares)
      • 2010–2012
    • Bokaat Daw (2001)
      Bokaat Daw
      8.2
      TV Series
      • 2002–2010
    • Damascus with Love (2010)
      Damascus with Love
      7.0
      • 2010
    • The Curse of Mud (2010)
      The Curse of Mud
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Abu Shaheen (as Fares Al-Helou)
      • 2010
    • Abwab Al-Ghayem (2010)
      Abwab Al-Ghayem
      6.8
      TV Series
      • (as Fares Al-Helou)
      • 2010
    • Eastern Bed: Takht Sharqi (2010)
      Eastern Bed: Takht Sharqi
      8.2
      TV Series
      • (as Fares Al-Helou)
      • 2010

    Writer

    • Fares Helou in A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy (2019)
      A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy
      8.5
      • Writer (as Fares Al-Helou)
      • 2019

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    • Alternative names
      • Fares Al-Helou
    • Born
      • August 15, 1961
      • Tartous, Syria
    • Spouse
      • Sulafa Ewaishiq? - present (2 children)
    • Children
        Noura Faris Al Helo

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