Adel Emam
Adel Emam
Biography
Adel Imam is an Egyptian comedic actor, and one of the most iconic figures in Arab cinema. He's starred in over 100 movies and 10 plays, earning the adoration of audiences and critics alike. He was born in Mansoura on May 17, 1940, but at an early aged moved with his family to Sayyed Zeinab where he grew up. The actor got his bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Cairo, where he became passionately involved in college theatre productions. He joined a television troupe in 1962 while still a student, and began starring in TV plays like "Ana wa Howa wa Heya" (He, She and I) and "Al Nassabin" (The Swindlers) which was performed at the Al Hakim Theater. In the following years he acted in several well received plays like "Al Bijamma Al Hamra" (The Red Pajamas), "Fardet Shamal" (Left Shoe) and "Gharammiyat A'feefy" (A'feefy's Love Affairs). In the 1970s, he starred in the hit play "Madrassat Al Mashaghbeen" (Mischief at School), which screened from 1971 to 1975. He then did "Shahid Mashafsh Hagga" (The Witness Didn't See Anything) which was screened over a period of seven years. Afterwards, he did "Al Wadd Sayyid Al Shaghal," which screened from 1985 to 1993. Imam has had one of the longest acting careers. More recently, he starred in "The Yacoubian Building," adapted from Alaa Al-Aswany's celebrated novel. The film, a poignant piece of social commentary, is known to be the highest-budgeted film in Egyptian cinema history. In 2012, an Egyptian court convicted Imam for defamation of Islam (not the first time this has happened). The films targeted in this particular case were "Al Irhabi" (The Terrorist) and "Al Zaeem" (The Leader) in which he satirizes Arab autocratic rulers. Imam, however, won his appeal against the conviction. In 2000, the United Nations named him a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR.
Known For
Actor
as أحمد
as نور عبد المجيد
as هلال كامل
as مأمون مباشر أبو العطا
as فوزي
as ناجي عطا الله
as محمود شعيب
as محسن هنداوي
as Zaki El Dessouki
as Sherif Khairy
as خطّاب النجّاري
as Qadry
as سعيد المصري
as بخيت حنيدق المهيطل
as أدهم الجبالي
as Mahrous
as Harfush bin Barquq Al-Rakbdar
as Bakhit Hunaidq Al-Muhaital
as Brigadier General Magdy Nour
as Fathi Nofal
as Bakhit Hunaidq Al-Muhaital
as Ali Abdel-Zaher / Mustafa Abdel-Rahman
as Youssef El-Mansy
as Al-Zaeem/ Zenhom
as Ahmed Fath El-Bab
as Shams El-Zanati
as Hassan Bahloul
as Sayed Kabaka
as Galal El-Ghawas
as Hanafy El Obbaha
as مرزوق
as Major Waheed
as Sherif Al Masry
as رمضان
as Galal
as Sayed
as Mamdouh
as Wael
as شريف/ حسين
as فهمى عبد الهادى
as Arafa
as ممدوح
as خصوصي/ الخط خليفة الخط
as Salah صلاح فؤاد
as حسنين
as حسن سبانخ
as Adel Issa
as Mansour
as Fares
as Mursy
as Antar
as صلاح الغرباوي
as Hamada Al-Zaftawi
as Kamal Abdel Samad
as Hassouna
as ممدوح أمين
as Maher Sayed Ali
as هاني
as Dr. Sulaiman
as Shaaban / Farid Al-Ghatrefi
as Medhat
as Zaghloul Izhmad / Bahira
as زكي / زيكو
as جمعة محمود الشوان
as جابر
as رجب عبدالبَر
as ممدوح
as Atwa عطوة
as Adel
as Shihab Ali
as Masoud
as ممدوح
as ناصر
as Adel
as مأمون
as غريب
as سرحان عبدالبصير
as شعبان
as عبدالسلام خفاجه
as محبوب
as Tahseen
as سامي وهدان
as فهمي
as Mounir
as Bahgat El Abasery
as Okasha
as Magdy
as Riko
as Shar-shar
as حماده
as Metwaly
as Auf
as Ibrahim
as Amin
as Hamdi
as خليفة
as فهمي صديق احمد ومستشاره
as Sameh
as Ismail
as سوكا
as Shukry the journalist
as Shafi'i
as حليم
as لطيف
as Band Manager's Assistant فهمى
as Amin
as ألهام الملفوف
as (مبروك المخبر)
as أبو المجد
as Bus passenger
as هيكل
as Desoki
as دسوقي
Crew
as Legal Services