BIOGRAPHY

Zaher Alchihabi is a German-Syrian actor. He had to leave his homeland in 2014 due to the civil war and seek refuge in Germany. He arrived in Germany in 2015 and quickly adapted to his new environment. He volunteered for a theatre project in Germany and soon started working as a professional actor. He also continued his education as an actor at the Theaterakademie Stuttgart, graduating in 2024. He developed his film acting skills through continuing education in an intensive advanced acting course, “Camera Actors Studio,” which lasted four months at the Institute for Acting, Film, and Television Professions (ISFF) Berlin in 2025. Zaher lives in Berlin and speaks Arabic as his native language, as well as German and English.

Zaher is a versatile artist with wide-ranging experience in theatre, film, and advertising. He has appeared on German television (SWR Fernsehen) and received the prestigious Akademie Schloss Solitude grant as an artist in residence (2016). His work has been shown at many national and international festivals.

including:

Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (Germany) 2016
Europa Kulturtage der Europäischen Zentralbank (Germany) 2016
Lucerne Festival (Switzerland) 2017
Filmschau Baden-Württemberg (Germany) 2017
BEST OFF Festival (Germany) 2018
Made in Stuttgart (Germany) 2018
The Refugee Film Collection 4.0 (Germany) 2019
Filmschau Baden-Württemberg (Germany) 2021
Capital City Film Festival (USA) 2022

Zaher also dubbed the main character in the Spanish film "Sis Dies Corrents" (The Odd-Job Men) by director Neus Ballús into German. The film won numerous national and international awards at festivals, including the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film, Locarno International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, and the Gaudí Awards.