Adel Emam
Born: 1940-05-17 in El Mansoura, Egypt
Known For: Acting
Biography
Adel Imam is an Egyptian actor known for his long-standing career in comedy and drama. Born on May 17, 1940, in Mansoura, he moved at an early age with his family to Sayeda Zeinab in Cairo. He earned a degree in agriculture from the University of Cairo, where he became active in student theatre. He began his professional acting career in the early 1960s, joining a television troupe and performing in stage plays such as Ana wa Howa wa Heya and Al Nassabin. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Imam gained widespread popularity through iconic stage roles in Madrassat Al Mashaghbeen, Shahid Ma Shafsh Haga, and Al Wad Sayed Al Shaghal. Imam has appeared in over 100 films and numerous television series and plays, often blending comedy with social and political themes. Notable film roles include The Terrorist (1994), Al Zaeem (1993), and The Yacoubian Building (2006), the latter of which became one of the most prominent films in modern Egyptian cinema. In 2000, he was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), recognizing his influence and humanitarian efforts.
Filmography
2020
- Valentino as نور عبد المجيد
- A Lifetime of Joy as بنفسه - لقطات أرشيفية
2018
- Hidden Worlds as هلال كامل
2016
- Mamoun & Associates as مأمون مباشر أبو العطا
- مأمون وشركاه as Mamoun
2015
- Professor and Head of Department as فوزي
2014
2013
2012
- Ferqet Naji Atallah as ناجي عطا الله
2010
- Alzheimer's as محمود شعيب
2009
- Bobbos as محسن هنداوي
2008
- Hassan and Marcus as Bules / Hasan el-Attar
2007
2006
- The Yacoubian Building as Zaki El Dessouki
2005
- The Embassy in the Building as Sherif Khairy
2004
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon ... (Legal Services)
- A Groom from a Security Agency as خطّاب النجّاري
2003
- The Danish Experience as Qadry
2002
- The Prince of Darkness as سعيد المصري
2000
- Hello America as بخيت حنيدق المهيطل
1999
- Mahrous the Minister's Attaché as Mahrous
- Bodyguard as أدهم الجبالي
1998
- A Message to the Governor as حرفوش بن برقوق الراكبدار
1997
- Bakhit and Adeela 2 as Bakhit Hunaidq Al-Muhaital
1996
- Sweet Oblivion as Brigadier General Magdy Nour
1995
- Bakhit and Adeela as Bakhit Hunaidq Al-Muhaital
- Birds of Darkness as فتحي نوفل
1994
- The Terrorist as Ali Abdel-Zaher / Mustafa Abdel-Rahman
1993
- Al Zaeem as Al-Zaeem/ Zenhom
- The Forgotten as Youssef El-Mansy
1992
- Terrorism and Kebab as Ahmed Fath El-Bab
1991
- Shams El Zanaty as Shams El-Zanati
- Highly Dangerous Man as Sayed Kabaka
- Playing with Giants as Hassan Bahloul
1990
- His Highness Hanafy as حنفي الأبهة
- The Devil's Island as Galal El-Ghawas
1989
- The Fair as إبراهيم (هيما) / غريب / بركات
1987
- The Tiger and The Female as Major Waheed النمر والأنثى
1986
- Goodbye My Friend as مرزوق
- Karakon On The Street as Sherif Al Masry
1985
- I Killed Al Hanash as حسنين
- A Husband On Demand as Mamdouh
- Don't Lose Your Mind as Wael
- Sayed the Servant Boy as Sayed
- Ramadan On The Volcano as رمضان
- Humans and Jinn as Galal
1984
- Who is the Thief Between Us as شريف/ حسين
- The Nobody as Arafa
- As Not to Fly the Smoke as فهمى عبد الهادى
- Watch Out for Al Khett as خصوصي/ الخط خليفة الخط
- Tit for Tat as Salah صلاح فؤاد
- Two on the Road as ممدوح
1983
- The Beggar as حسنين البرطوشي
- Neither Seen, Nor Known as Mursy
- The Street Player as Fares
- Love in a Jail Cell as صلاح الغرباوي
- The Lawyer as حسن سبانخ
- Antar Holding His Sword as Antar
- The Ghoul as Adel Issa
- Khamsa Bab as Mansour
1982
- At the Minister's Door as Kamal Abdel Samad
- The Gang of Hamada and Toto as Hamada Al-Zaftawi
1981
- Mothers in Exile as Hassouna
- The Suspect as Maher Sayed Ali
- Vote for Dr. Sulaiman Abdulbaset as Dr. Sulaiman
- A Warm Winter Night as ممدوح أمين
- We Only Live Once as هاني
1980
- Tears on Bold Eyes as جمعة محمود الشوان
- Smart but Stupid as زغلول / بهيرة
- The Hell
- Troublemaker as Medhat
- Dad Has Lost His Mind as زكي / زيكو
- Shaaban Below Zero as Shaaban / Farid Al-Ghatrefi
1979
- Take Care of Your Neighbors
- We Are the Bus People as جابر
- Adventurers Around the World as ممدوح
- Ragab on a Hot Tin as رجب عبدالبَر
- The Game
- A Killer Who killed No one as عادل غريب
1978
- Dreams Of El Tayer Boy
- How to lose a million pounds
- I Have the Wallet as Atwa عطوة
- Some Visit the Marriage Registrar Twice as Masoud
- That's Wrong, Lulu ... Lulu, That's Wrong as Shihab Ali
- Young men dancing over the fire as Adel
1977
- The Tender Gender as Adel
- The Demons Husbands as ممدوح
- The Love Thief as مأمون
- Violet Flower as ناصر
1976
- The Witness Who Didn't See Anything as سرحان عبدالبصير
- Reckless Husbands as شريف
- Marriage on Air as غريب
1975
- Sabreen as محمد
- Forbidden at the Wedding Night as Tahseen
- Looking for Troubles as شعبان
- Everybody Wants Love as عبدالسلام خفاجه
- Hello, I'm the Cat as محبوب
- The Invisible Trick as سامي وهدان
1974
- 24 Hours of Love
- The Important Thing Is Love as فهمي
- The Happy Marriage as مجدى
- Demons Forever
1973
- The School of Mischief as Bahgat El Abasery
- Searching for a Scandal as Magdy
- Devils and football as عكاشة
- The Troublemakers as المخرج ريكو
- أرجوك لا تفهمني بسرعة as أحمد
- Something of Love as عادل
- When Love Sings as منير
1972
- City Lights as شرشر
1971
- College Girls as Ibrahim
- Sweet Trip as Metwaly
- Witch as نادل
- البيوت اسرار as رؤوف
- Love on the Agricultural Road as حماده
- Ms. Manal Diary as Auf
- Youth in a Storm as صالح
1970
- Reda Bond as صلاح عيد
- Virgo as أمين
- Adolescents' Love
- The Pickpocket
- The Mirror as Hamdi
- غراميات عفيفي as خليفة
- باحبك يا حلوة as سعيد
1969
- 7 Days in Heaven as Shukry the journalist
- The Showgirl as فهمي صديق احمد ومستشاره
- Thieves but Cute as Ismail
- Me, My Wife and My Lover as شوكت
- Marriage for Half an Hour as Sameh
- The People Inside as سوكا
1968
- The Tale of Three Girls as Band Manager's Assistant فهمى
- Sweet and Naughty as لطيف
- I'm The Doctor
- How to Rob a Millionaire
- Joys as حليم
- My Wife's Ghost as Shafi'i
1967
- Love situation as ألهام الملفوف
- El Ragel Da Hayganeni
- El Khouroug Min El Guana
- My Wife's Dignity as Amin
- Albijamat alhamra'
1966
- My Wife the General Manager as أبو المجد
- Three Thieves as Bus passenger
- Wellness leave as (مبروك المخبر)
- Sayed Darwish
1965
- Where I am and where are you? as هيكل
- The Three Wise Men as عامل البوفيه
- Al-modeer Al-Fanni
1964
- I, He and She as Desoki
1963
- أنا وهو وهي as دسوقي