Mohamad Chamas

Mohamad Chamas is a Lebanese actor. In 1998 he was living in an orphanage,^[1] and had no acting experience, when director Ziad Doueiri cast him in a leading role in the critically acclaimed film West Beyrouth.^[2] He has been described as having "the explosiveness of James Cagney".^[3]

Filmography

Year	Film
1998	Omar in West Beyrouth
2003	Abid in Blind Flight

References

1. ^ Nesselson, Lisa (1998-06-01). "West Beirut". Variety. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117912936.html?categoryid=31&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 
2. ^ Stack, Peter. "Courting Danger in Beirut". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/11/05/DD13580.DTL. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 
3. ^ "FROM JOYRIDE TO JOURNEY IN 'WEST BEIRUT,' YOUTH LEARNS WAR IS ANYTHING BUT CIVIL.". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1999-10-08. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5CECD5A81B411&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 

External links

• Mohamad Chamas at the Internet Movie Database

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