Gassan Massud Biography

Interesting facts Biography Syrian actor Gassan Massud with the same success can play both modern heroes and historical personalities. The latter succeeds in particularly brilliantly, since he likes to create convincing and strong characters, relevant to this day. Childhood and youth biography of Gassan Massud began on September 20 in Damascus. There were no actors in his family, but the boy became interested in theatrical art early.

As they grow older, the dream of becoming an artist only stronger, because he could not imagine a different future for himself. At the end of school, Gassan left his homeland to get a professional education.

He went to Finland and Germany to improve skill. Returning home, the artist continued his studies, this time at the Higher Institute of Theater Arts in Syria. Gassan Massud films relatively late began a cinematic career. At this point, there was a considerable teaching experience behind his shoulders - for almost ten years he taught students of the Syrian Theater Institute, whose graduate was himself.

Gassan Massud in the role of Salah ad-Din in the film “Kingdom of Heaven” on television on television took place in the year in the mini-series “Circle of Fire”. Others followed this work, but there were not so many of them in filmography. The reason is that in his youth, Massud was distinguished by excessive meticulousness when choosing new projects. He could easily refuse to participate in the high -budget tape, if he did not like the plot or the script went against his political and religious views.

World fame came to the actor after participating in the historical film of the famous Ridley Scott "Kingdom of Heaven." Although at first the actor felt uncertainly and even thought that he was in vain agreed to shoot. Everything changed when he saw that his colleagues treated him as a full -fledged team member. And with the director he managed to quickly establish contact. Scott wanted Massud to show the Sultan primarily a man, and then a statesman.

The Syrian brilliantly coped with the task. Here he was helped by thorough preparation for the role: he not only got acquainted with the chronicles, but also studied the contradictory opinions of researchers regarding the personality of the Sultan. In the year, the director of the Mountains Verbinski invited the artist to the film “Pirates of the Caribbean: on the edge of the world”-the third part of the adventure-comedy cycle “Pirates of the Caribbean”.

Gassan Massud in the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: on the edge of the world" It is no coincidence that Gassan played mainly in historical paintings. The role of Salah ad-Din opened a whole gallery of really living faces, the images of which he created over the next decades. On the last two masses, he worked with Ridley Scott, who had once discovered his way to Hollywood. Both tapes were cash success and were favorably adopted by critics.

The Syrian actor in the Kazakhstani film by Akan Sataev “Tomiris”, where he created the image of the Persian king from the Achaemenids of Kira II Great, demonstrated a talented game. Although the tape earned conflicting reviews due to historical inaccuracies, the work of the ensemble, which, in addition to Massud, included Berik Aitzhanov, Almir Tursyn and Yerkebulan Dayyrov, was awarded high assessments.

Personal life Personal life of Gassan Masside has developed well. He is happily married, brings up his son and daughter. Children inherited their father’s talent, but they don’t plan to follow in his footsteps - both are professionally engaged in choreography. The actor protects the family from the attention of the press, does not share joint photographs, and in rare conversations with journalists prefers to talk about creative plans.

He does not have active accounts on social networks, including Instagram, social network is prohibited in Russia, it belongs to the META corporation, which is recognized in the Russian Federation. Gassan Massud is now a Syrian actor is combining filming in the Dama School of Music and Drama. Trailer of the film "Calling" Baron "" "Baron. Return ”by the way, the directors of the tape had to work hard to persuade the mass to shoot.

The premiere of the tape took place in August.