Wajdi Mouawad

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1968-10-16 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Deir al-Qamar, Lebanon

Also Known As وجدي معوض

Wajdi Mouawad

Biography

Wajdi Mouawad, OC, is a Lebanese-Canadian writer, actor, and director. He is known in Canadian and French theatre for politically engaged works such as the acclaimed play Incendies (2003). His works often revolve around family trauma, war, and the betrayal of youth. Since April 2016, Mouawad has been the director of the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris.

Known For

Writer

2014
Incêndios

as Theatre Play

2010
Incendies

as Theatre Play

2004
Tideline

as Writer

Actor

2023
Anatomy of a Fall

as Psy Jammal

2021
Skies of Lebanon

as Joseph Kamar

2016
Still Burning

as Andre

2012
Pays revé

as Himself

2002

Director

2004
Tideline

as Director