10 Young Egyptian Actors

Egyptian actor Khaled Nabawy managed to quickly grab audiences attention and film critics respect through his choice of material, following his discovery by famous director, Youssef Chahine. He presented Khaled as the Hollywood's way in making stars, he put him in the best view and allowed the camera to love him.

Khaled has already played comedian, dramatic and villain roles. He is a cinema lover, working about 12 hours daily to reach the role's depth

Forty-years ago. Youssef Shahin presented the new actor (Omar El Sherif) in (Struggle in the valley) 1954, and brought to light the first universal Egyptian star, and here he is doing it again in 1994 by presenting (Khaled El Nabawy) in the (Emigrant) and bringing to light a new universal star, He may pass all the expectancies.

Karim Abdel Aziz was born in Egypt on 17-8-1975. He was raised by his father the director Mohamed Abdel Aziz who has a valuable history in the Egyptian cinema; hence the technical environment in which he grew up had a prominent role in the ease of entry and work in the field of cinematography. Karim graduated from the Academy of Arts in 1997 as a director; he worked as an assistant director for a brief period until he discovered that he felt pleasure to stand in front of the camera and by then he decided to enter the world of acting.

Ahmed Ezz is often described as "the most versatile actor in the Middle East," with numerous accolades in his professional career spanning over 20 years and over 30 Film/TV prolific credits to his name. Ezz is one of the few actors from his region known for crafting originality in the characters he plays. His popularity stems from his versatility as an actor in comedy, drama, thriller and action film and television. In 2022, he starred in the epic action drama "Kira & El Gin" which became the highest grossing Egyptian film in the Middle East, where he received the prestigious "Favorite Actor" Award at Saudi Arabia's Joy Awards in 2023.

Ahmed Helmy made his first big screen appearance in film Aboud on the Boarder (1999), in which he co-starred alongside Alaa Waley El Din. Ahmed, through his amazing breakthrough performance, and comic sense of humor, nabbed all the attention he needed in this film. He quickly made a jump to starring roles in films such as Umar 2000 (2000), The Headmaster (2000), _El Selem We Al Thoghban_.

Ahmed first started his career, when director Sherif Arafa was watching children's programme "Leighb Eyal" on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast, Sherif found in Ahmed the comedian actor he needed for the starring role in Aboud Ala El Hedoud. He is a 1993 graduate of the Academy of Arts, High Institute for Theatre Art. He believes that the most sophisticated role he had done yet was in the film Omar 2000, especially the scene in which he had to bury a dear friend. Ahmed's idol is his father, he finds in him the idealism, kindness and wisdom. Ahmed also admires Ahmed Zaki for his enormous acting talent. As for the comedy, he adores Adel Emam and Samir Ghanem. Ahmed finds the trend of the cinema today, now known as the "Youth Cinema", can be judged only through audiences. 'After three or four days of screening a film, audiences would know and judge the film to be a success or no, it is a matter of supply and demand, commerce, film is a commodity which applies to the terms of supply and demand'.

Graduated from the Egyptian academy of arts and began his acting career immediately in Egyptian mini-series, and ended up co-starring in several of the most important series broadcast during the holy month Ramadan seasons.

Ahmed establish himself as a film star as early as 1998 when he co-starred in "Seidy at the American University" which holds the record to be the highest grossing film in Egyptian & Arab counties Box office history. He got his first starring role in 2000 in the film "Short wi Fanila wi Cap" and since then he has not looked back. His latest film "Mafia" was the most acclaimed film of 2002 and grossed over 14 million EGP in the Egyptian Box office.

Ahmed El sakka is now set to increase and confirm his No. 1 leading man status by starring in "TiTo".

Hani Salama was born on 4 July 1977 in Cairo, Egypt. He is an actor and composer, known for Control Room (2004), The Other (1999) and Ouija (2006). He is married to Riham Salama. They have two children.

Film critics agree that Amr Youssef has the ability to play various roles and is always keen on exploring his hidden talents. This clearly shows in the roles he played since he started his acting career in 2007 opposite Egyptian veteran actor Nour El-Sherif, who Amr considers his godfather. Playing more than 35 different roles in film, television, and on the radio, Youssef has collaborated with many important directors, like Tarek Alarian, Hadi El-Bagoury, Amr Salama, Khaled Marei, Mohamed Shaker Khodeir, and Husain El-Minbawi. Youssef holds a bachelor's degree in law with an international law specialization. He made his acting debut in season one of hit series El Daly, in which he played the role of the journalist Adham Fares and continued until season three in 2011. Shortly after, he got his big break when he landed the role of Karim George in the TV hit El Mowaten X, which gained him wide audience acclaim. Throughout his career, Youssef has collaborated with internationally recognized directors, including Egyptian director Hadi El-Bagoury in his films Wahid Saheeh (The Right One) (2011) and Hepta: The Last Lecture (2016) - the highest-grossing romantic film in the history of Egyptian cinema - Khaled Marei in his TV hit Niran Sadeeqa (Friendly Fire) (2013), and American Egyptian director Hisham El-Essawy in his 2015 film Al-Thaman (The Price). Amr also collaborated with the internationally acclaimed director Amr Salama and played one of his most successful TV roles in the 2018 TV series Tayea alongside Saba Mubarak and Amr Abdel-Gelil, playing a man from upper Egypt for the first time in his career. Tayea' received wide critical and audience acclaim across the Arab world, and Youssef's performance earned him many awards, including the Best Arab Actor in a TV role at the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, the DG Excellence Award at the Dear Guest Festival, the NRJ Egypt Cup Award for Best Actor, and an honor at the 2018 Nile Drama Awards. Amr also starred in many TV hits, including Zarf Eswed (A Black Envelope) (2015), which won him the Dear Guest Special Award, and Grand Hotel (2016), which was directed by Mohamed Shaker Khodeir, written by Tamer Habib, and is the first Egyptian series to stream on Netflix. In 2015, Youssef starred in the box-office hit Welad Rizk (Sons of Rizk) by Tarek Alarian, where he played the character of Rabea. The film co-stars Ahmed Ezz, Ahmad Al-Fishawy, Ahmed Dawood, and Karim Kassem. After the film's major success, in 2019, Youssef starred in the sequel, Welad Rizk 2: A'wdat Osoud Al-Ard (Sons of Rizk 2). Welad Rizk 2 made more than EGP 100m at the box office and won him the DG Excellence Award at the Dear Guest Festival. His role in Grand Hotel won him the Best Actor Award at the 17th Murex D'Or in Lebanon. In 2017, he starred in the TV series Asham Iblis (Devil's Wish), and in 2020, he landed a starring role in the series Nemra 2, which premiered on Shahid VIP. Amr's latest works in 2022 include the TV series Waad Iblis (The Devil's Promise), which was directed by the British Colin Teague and is now available on Shahid VIP. He is also gearing up for the 2023 Ramadan marathon, in which he will appear in Karim El-Sobky's romantic TV series She'o opposite Dina El-Sherbiny and Mohamed Mamdouh. Besides acting, Amr graced the covers of several international magazines, like GQ Middle East.

Egyptian actor and announcer and graduate of the Faculty of "Tourism and Hotels", he participated in the basic national team of volleyball. His artistic debut was in the field of advertising, when discovered by (Tarek Nour), to reap later fame when he presented the program (Star Maker) in 2002,Then going a head to the world of acting in the same year during the set-com (Youth Online) in 2002, and then rolled his works of art and the most important of which (Taraf Talet, under the earth, special operations).

Egyptian actor whose real name is Mohammed Ismail, was changed to the name to Youssef El Sherif in agreement with the director Sherif Sabri, when preparing for the film (7 cards), was born in Cairo, and graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Department of Mechanics Batch 2002, his debut in the film (Sabaa warakat kotshina) with Ruby, then took part in the film (open your eyes) in the role of a police officer with Mostafa Shaaban, and film ( Akher eldonia ) with actress Nelly Karim, then a movie (Chaos, This Is ), the last film of the director Youssef Chahine , Youssef got his first ultimate role in the film (El Alamy), which achieved a great success he played the role of a football player who dreams of professionalism, as he participated in Series (Cinderella) with Mona Zaki as Badrakhan, of the highlights of his work ( Citizen X, private number, Like Roses , Temporary Name , The Hunter, The Devil's Game)

With a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the American University in Cairo Asser chose to follow his true calling and passion and pursue a career in acting. Mere serendipity revealed his talent and infatuation for acting when he was casted for a university play to replace an actor and so it all began and destiny took its course.

Throughout his acting marathon Asser has been part of many reputable plays and starred in many short films such as the controversial and highly praised "Beit Men Lahm" directed by Ramy Abdel Jabbar.

Director Khairy Bishara entrusted him with a role in "Qalb Habiba" (Habiba's Heart), the TV series that celebrated screen legend Suheir El Bably's comeback and that marked a beginning in Asser's serious acting career. Shortly, his cinema debut followed with small roles in box office hit "Omaret Yacoubian" (The Yacoubian Building) and the acclaimed "Haleem".

With increasing exposure and continuous hard work Asser landed some highly applauded supporting roles such as Marei, the villain brother to Ashraf Abdel Baki, in "Ala Ganb Yasta" (Pull up Driver) and as Mo, the drug addict, in "Zay El Naharda" (On a Day Like Today), which unmistakably drew the attention on him as a versatile acting talent predestined for more to come. His first leading role alongside the great Mahmoud Yassin in the action film "Al Waad" (The Promise) written by none other than Waheed Hamid and directed by Mohamed Yassin gave Asser the chance to prove his skill and establish himself as a serious actor in the Egyptian film industry.

With his latest release "Rasayel El Bahr" (Messages from the Sea) written and directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed, one of Egypt's most acclaimed filmmakers, Asser catapulted himself into totally new spheres within the film scene. In addition to being Dawood Abdel Sayed's comeback after almost a decade since his last film, it has been praised as one of the best motion pictures and received several awards at international film festivals.

2015 proved to be a big year for Asser. His movie Aswar El Qamar finally hits the screens after a 4 year delay. The movie is directed by Tarek El Erian, and starring Mona Zaki and Amr Saad. Asser won best actor for his role in the movie in the Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival.

In addition to that, Asser Yassin starring in 2 of the largest TV productions of the year, El Ahd, produced by Tarek El Ganainy, and 1001 Arabian Nights produced by Synergy Art Production.

His new movie "Men Dahr Rageil" directed by Karim El Sobki is planned to screen in September 2015.