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Hussein Fahmy

Acting Born Mar 22, 1940 Egypt 24 credits

Biography

An Egyptian actor of Circassian descent. He was born in Cairo to an aristocratic family, as his grandfather, Muhammad Pasha Fahmy, was the head of the Shura Council, his father, Mahmoud Pasha Fahmy, was the secretariat of the Shura Council, and his grandmother was Amina El Manasterly, the owner of the Manasterly Palace. He graduated from the High Cinema Institute in 1963, and studied directing in the USA at the University of California. Among his films: My Blood, My Tears and My Smile, The Estranged Brothers and The Shame.

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Known for

Film

The Lady of the Black Moons

as Omar

Full filmography

  • Full House (2023) as عادل
  • Hawanem Garden City (1997) as عمر عز الدين
  • The Oracle (2013)
  • The Other Face (2015)
  • The Excavator (1996)
  • His All-Knowing Secret (2023)
  • ألف ليلة وليلة (1984) as شهريار
  • The Lady of the Black Moons (1971) as Omar
  • The Doubt (2013) as نبيل شرف
  • Mafia (2002) as Himself
  • The Beginning Road (2025) as عزام الرشيدى
  • The wife is first to know (1987)
  • the Atheist (2025)
  • The Alexandrian (2024) as يورغو
  • My Blood, My Tears and My Smile (1973) as Mamdouh
  • Amira.. My Love (1975) as Adel Najeeb
  • Playing with Giants (1991) as Moatasem
  • Unpaid Killer (2009)
  • الحب وسنينه (1989)
  • Al'unthaa (1986) as عطوه
  • Monsters Run (1987) as د. نبيه
  • The Kowess Family (2018) as عارف كويس
  • Khat Sakhen (2020)
  • La waqt lil-demoue (1976)