Khalid Al-Harbi

🎭 Khalid Al-Harbi

 

Saudi Actor, Writer, Producer, and Director

 

👤 Personal Information

 

Full Name: Khalid Al-Harbi

 

Date of Birth: October 9, 1966 (Age: 58)

 

Place of Birth: Medina, Saudi Arabia

 

Nationality: 🇸🇦 Saudi

 

Nickname: Abu Faisal

 

Religion: Islam

 

Children: Faisal – Reem – Talal (3 in total)

 

📚 Education & Career

 

🎓 Bachelor’s in Economics and Master’s in Sociology.

 

Started at King Abdulaziz University Theater in Jeddah (1987).

 

Joined Society for Culture and Arts in Jeddah (1990).

 

Co-founded a theater troupe which later became a small production company.

 

Worked as a teacher for 4 years, then went professional in 1993.

 

Lived in Cairo until 2001, where he worked in Egyptian productions and refined his craft.

 

Returned to Jeddah in 2001.

 

🌟 Career Highlights

 

📺 First Saudi TV appearance: “Al-La’ba” (The Game) (1991), written by him.

 

🌍 First Arab TV work: “The Last Hours” (1992).

 

👶 Rose to fame with the children’s series “Baba Farhan” (13 seasons).

 

🏆 His series “Ayam wa Layali” (Days and Nights) won the Gold Award at the Gulf Radio and TV Festival (2012).

 

🏅 Positions

 

Founding Member of the Saudi Theatrical Association.

 

Advisor at the Society for Culture and Arts.

 

📺 Selected TV Series

 

Baba Farhan (multiple seasons)

 

Ayam wa Layali (Days and Nights)

 

Ummahat fi Bayt Al-Hubb

 

Abnaa Walakin

 

Afwan Abi

 

Amal wa Alam

 

Al-Bayt Al-Kabir

 

Hawwa wal-Tuffaha

 

Haret Al-Mahrousa

 

Ayna Waladi

 

Tsonami

 

Al-Tandeel

 

A’yal Bahr

 

Al-Sakinat fi Qolobina

 

Haret Al-Sheikh

 

Al-Dahaya

 

🎬 Films

 

🎥 Aseel (Short Film – 2009)

 

🎥 Nas Tajannen

 

🎥 Basamat Al-Wahm

 

🎥 Ahlam Al-Fata Al-Nayem

 

🎥 Al-Liqa’ Al-Thani

 

🎥 90 Days (2022)

 

🎭 Theater Plays

 

Al-Kull fi Wahid (All in One)

 

Wajba Sari’a (Fast Meal)

 

Al-Fanar Al-Baeed (The Distant Lighthouse)

 

Elhaqni Ya Jari (Help Me, Neighbor)

 

Hamlet, Get Out of My Head (Monodrama)

 

Al-Faris (The Knight)

 

✍️ As a Writer

 

TV Series:

 

Baba Farhan (1992–2004)

 

Al-Bayt Al-Kabir (1997)

 

Afwan Abi (1998)

 

Amal wa Alam (2001)

 

A’yal Bahr (2009)

 

Ayam wa Layali (2011)

 

Kharij Al-Aswar (2011)

 

Theater:

 

Wajba Sari’a (2009)

 

Elhaqni Ya Jari (2013)

 

Films:

 

Aseel (2009)

 

90 Days (2022)

 

🏆 Awards & Honors

 

🥇 2009: Jury Special Award – Wajba Sari’a (Janadriyah Festival).

 

🥇 2009: Best Theatrical Show – Wajba Sari’a.

 

🏆 2012: Gold Award – Ayam wa Layali (Gulf Radio & TV Festival).

 

🎖️ 2013: Honored by the Ministry of Culture and Information at the Riyadh Children’s Theater Festival.

 

🎖️ 2013: Honored at the 1st Jeddah Theater Festival for enriching the Saudi theater movement.