Adel Emam
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.
Known For
Acting

1974
asمجدى

1969
asسوكا

1985
asSayed

1965
as
1970
asHamdi

1969
asفهمي صديق احمد ومستشاره

1973
asMounir

1984
asشريف/ حسين

1987
asمرزوق

1969
asShukry the journalist

1963
asدسوقي

1993
asYoussef El-Mansy

1983
asFares

1979
asرجب عبدالبَر

1980
asShaaban / Farid Al-Ghatrefi

1981
asMaher Sayed Ali

1985
asرمضان

1984
asArafa

2004
asخطّاب النجّاري

1999
asMahrous

1995
asFathi Nofal

1994
asAli Abdel-Zaher / Mustafa Abdel-Rahman

1992
asAhmed Fath El-Bab

1991
asSayed Kabaka

1998
asHarfush bin Barquq Al-Rakbdar

1991
asShams El-Zanati

1991
asHassan Bahloul

1990
asGalal El-Ghawas

1983
asحسن سبانخ

1981
asDr. Sulaiman

1981
asهاني

1979
asجابر

2002
asسعيد المصري

1975
asTahseen

1983
asMansour

1967
as
1983
as
1983
asAdel Issa

2000
asبخيت حنيدق المهيطل

1996
asBrigadier General Magdy Nour

1987
asMajor Waheed النمر والأنثى

2005
asSherif Khairy

1982
asKamal Abdel Samad

1985
asحسنين

1969
asIsmail

2010
asمحمود شعيب

2009
asمحسن هنداوي

2008
as
2006
asZaki El Dessouki

1993
asAl-Zaeem/ Zenhom

1990
asHanafy El Obbaha

1984
asفهمى عبد الهادى

1984
asممدوح

1984
asخصوصي/ الخط خليفة الخط

1976
asسرحان عبدالبصير

1975
asشعبان

1973
asBahgat El Abasery

1966
asأبو المجد

1985
asWael

1977
asAdel

1968
asBand Manager's Assistant فهمى

2007
as
1975
asمحبوب

1985
asMamdouh

1985
asGalal

1973
asOkasha

1978
asAtwa عطوة

1984
asSalah صلاح فؤاد

1986
asSherif Al Masry

1973
asMagdy

1983
asMursy

2003
asQadry

1969
asSameh

1977
asممدوح

1975
asسامي وهدان

1970
as
1979
asممدوح

1997
asBakhit Hunaidq Al-Muhaital

1995
asBakhit Hunaidq Al-Muhaital

1974
asفهمي

1980
asMedhat

1976
as
1978
asMasoud

1971
as
1971
asحماده

1975
asعبدالسلام خفاجه

1980
asزغلول / بهيرة

1973
asالمخرج ريكو

1983
asAntar

1981
asممدوح أمين

1978
asShihab Ali

1964
asDesoki

1980
asزكي / زيكو

1981
asHassouna

1972
asشرشر

1968
asحليم

1980
as
1979
as
1969
as
1971
asAuf

1979
as
1975
as
1970
asصلاح عيد

1966
asBus passenger

1968
as
1977
asمأمون

1979
as
1978
asAdel

1974
as
1983
asصلاح الغرباوي

1973
asعادل

1974
as
1965
asعامل البوفيه

1989
as
1968
as
1970
asAmin

1977
asناصر

1967
asألهام الملفوف

1968
asShafi'i

1968
asلطيف

1971
asIbrahim

1967
asAmin

1967
as
1967
as
1966
as(مبروك المخبر)

1976
asغريب

1971
asMetwaly

1971
asصالح

1966
as
2021
asأدهم الجبالي

1965
asهيكل

1982
asHamada Al-Zaftawi

1970
as
1971
as
1970
asخليفة

1989
asself (for a second in The Syndicate Of Artists)
as
asفوزي
asهلال كامل
as
asمأمون مباشر أبو العطا
asنور عبد المجيد
asناجي عطا الله
asأحمد
as
asجمعة محمود الشوان
as
asProduction
Crew

2004
asDirecting