Sami Khayat (Arabic: سامي خياط; 2 December 1943 – 26 April 2023) was a Lebanese francophone[1] theatre comic actor, director, and writer.

[5] He began his artistic career with a play he presented in 1960, entitled Molière Hugo and Sofocole.

His plays were classified as satirical lyric theater,[6][7] known as the chansonnier.

[8] In 2020, he was awarded the French Medal of Arts and Literature with the rank of officer, in recognition of his 60 years of theatrical work in the French and Franco-Lebanese languages.

[6][10] Sami Khayat died of bone cancer on 26 April 2023, at the age of 79.