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Dawood Hussain

  • Actor
  • Writer
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An actor, born in Kuwait City in 1958, he joined the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, and during this period he performed in many theater performances between "Alsoor" theater teams, The Kuwaiti Theater Group and The Arab Theater Group. During the period of study, he met the artist Abdulhussain Abdulreza and worked with him in many plays and serials, and then he worked in a large number of serials and comedy programs.
BornNovember 5, 1958
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    • Known for

    Dead Heat Under the Shrubs (2004)
    Dead Heat Under the Shrubs
    6.2
    • Writer(as Davoud Hossein)
    • 2004
    The Nest
    • Writer(as Davoud Hossein)
    • 1992
    Hayat Al Fahad and Ghanem Al-Saleh in Aad Wa Laken (1989)
    Aad Wa Laken
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Fouzi
    Hayat Al Fahad, Khaled Al Obaid, Taiba Al Faraj, Ali Al Breiki, Ibrahim AlHarbi, Suad Abdullah, Ghanem Al-Saleh, and Istiqlal Ahmad in Life Begins Tomorrow (1983)
    Life Begins Tomorrow
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Mousa

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Monsters (2025)
      Monsters
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • 2026
    • Nabeel Shuail: Ya Hilu Jama'atna
      Music Video
      • Dawood Hussain
      • 2018
    • Nabeel Shuail: Ya Hilu Jama'atna
      Music Video
      • Dawood Hussain
      • 2018
    • Jamal Al-Radhan, Abdulaziz Bader, Youssef Al Hashash, Fahad Alabdulmohsen, Dawood Hussain, Bader Al-Shuiby, Ahmad Iraj, and Bashar Al-Shatti in Sirb Al-Hamam (2018)
      Sirb Al-Hamam
      7.3
      • Bu Sami
      • 2018
    • Ramez Galal and Sarah Salamah in Kanghar Hubbena (2016)
      Kanghar Hubbena
      3.6
      • Abu-Zabib (as Dawood Husayn)
      • 2016
    • ya ana ya enty (2015)
      ya ana ya enty
      3.8
      TV Series
      • (2015)
      • 2015
    • Wi-Fi (2013)
      Wi-Fi
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Dawood (various) (as Dawood Husayn)
      • 2014
    • Rastakhiz: Rooze Rastakhiz
      • Farooq (as Dawood Husayn)
      • 2014
    • Hussein, Who Said No (2014)
      Hussein, Who Said No
      6.7
      • Farugh (as Davoud Hossein)
      • 2014
    • Scenario (2013)
      Scenario
      8.0
      • (as Dawood Husayn)
      • 2013
    • Al Tertangi (2011)
      Al Tertangi
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • 2011
    • Kareemo (2010)
      Kareemo
      5.7
      TV Mini Series
      • 2010
    • Street of Love (2009)
      Street of Love
      TV Movie
      • 2009
    • Al Magroud (2009)
      Al Magroud
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • 2009
    • Al Fatin (2008)
      Al Fatin
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • 2008

    Writer

    • Dead Heat Under the Shrubs (2004)
      Dead Heat Under the Shrubs
      6.2
      • writer (as Davoud Hossein)
      • 2004
    • Gargean (2003)
      Gargean
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2003–2005
    • Dawood Show (1996)
      Dawood Show
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1996
    • The Nest
      • Writer (as Davoud Hossein)
      • 1992

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Davoud Hossein
    • Born
      • November 5, 1958
      • Kuwait City, Kuwait
    • Spouse
      • ?1989 - present (2 children)
    • Children
        Ali Dawood Hussain

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      Became non-Kuwaiti in 2024.

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