Best Arab & Egyptian Actors 2020

  • 10. Qasim Al Malak

  • An Iraqi comedian, born in Baghdad in 1946. He presented well-established comedic characters, such as the role of Rajab in the series The Wolf and Eyes of the City. He appeared in many films that were a huge box office hits. His notable film roles include The Head (1976),...Read more Building 13 (1988) and King Ghazi (1992). His famous roles in series include Love and War, The Rebels and The Coming Destiny.

    • Birth Country:
    • Iraq

  • 9. Ghassan Massoud

  • A Syrian actor and international star. He was born in the town of Fjelet in Tartous Governorate on September 20, 1958. He worked as a professor at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Syria for ten years. He is a distinguished theatrical, film and television actor. He...Read more presented many successful roles in both Syrian and international cinema. He's best known as Salah El-Din in the movie The Kingdom of Heaven, and as Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq in the series Omar.


  • 8. Nasser Al Qasabi

  • Saudi actor born in the capital Riyadh in 1961. He studied at the Faculty of Agriculture, King Saud University. He started acting at college theater. His real beginning was in the mid 1980s through many works such as Ouased's Return, Beginning of the End, The Palace, and...Read more Companions. However, his major success to date remains the comedy series No Big Deal that aired on MBC for 18 years and became one of the most popular series in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf region.

    • Birth Country:
    • Saudi Arabia

  • 7. Abed Fahed

  • Abdel Fahd was born on the 21st of February 1964, in Syria. He joined the Union of Syrian Actors in 1985. He started his career by impersonating many historical and social characters. His first role was in the Syrian series “Mirrors” in 1986. Following that he played many roles...Read more in Egyptian and Syrian series and achieved many successes in his participation in the Syrian series such as “The Immigration of hearts to hearts “, “Difficult Steps” , “Days of Rage” , “Salem” and “”Asmahaan” and finally his role in the Egyptian series “Captain Effat” that was played during Ramadan 2010. Abed Fahd is the son of Syrian singer George Fahd and the husband of Syrian TV host Zeina Al Yazgi. Abed achieved a lot of awards, his most recent the Golden Award for the Cairo Art Festival for best actor in the series “Al Haggag” and for his role in the series “Al Thaher Pepars”

    • Birth Country:
    • Syria


  • 5. Khaled El Nabawy

  • Khaled Mohamed El Nabawy is a theater and film performer that was born in the city of Al Mansoura. He graduated from the Institute for Theatrical Arts in 1989 and has performed in several theatrical productions, including “Al Bahr Beyidhak Leih”, “Al Ginzeer” and “Kefah...Read more Teeba”. He has also performed exceptionally in several television series which include “Bawabat Al Halawany”, “Sharea Al Mawaridy”. Khaled mainly assumed minor characters before Youssif Chahine assigned him leading roles in the films “Al Mohajer”, “Zaman Al Hilm Al Daea”, “Al Hilm Al Moajal”, “Al Maseer”. This followed his success in the short film “Al Qahira Menawara Be Ahlaha”. Khaled worked as an announcer for a Gulf television channel in 2002. His most notable works were those that were directed by Youssif Chahine and it should be noted that he is unique among a generation of performers that were mainly engaged in comedy.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt


  • 3. Amir Karara

  • Amir Karara is an Egyptian actor and broadcaster. He rose to fame through hosting television contest shows like Star Maker and The Deal. He played in the national volley ball team, in a lot of national and international games. He has a degree in tourism from Cairo University. His...Read more most famous television roles include"Shabab Al Hawa" (Guys on line), and "Lahazat Hariga" (The Egyptian version of ER),"Taraf Talit" (Third Party) and "Taht El Ard" (Underground).

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 2. Youssef El Sherif

  • Muhammed Esmaeel, known as Youssef al-Shereef was born in Cairo on the 14th of December 1978. He is a mechanical engineer, graduate of Ain Shams University, and a clever Karate player who played in international championships in Tunisia and Hungary. He also played football at...Read more al-Ahly as well as volleyball. He participated in six films and three TV series. Youssef played the role of director Aly Badrakhaan, Soaad Hosny’s husband in TV series “Al-Cindrella" (The Cinderella). In TV series “Ala naar hadya" (On low fire) he played the role of Hishaam, Rasha Mahdy’s fiancé. He was also Essaam in “Al-‘ameel 1001" (Agent 1001). On the big screen, Shereef played the role of Shereef, the D.A. in “Heya Fawda" (Is this Chaos..?) with Khaaled Saaleh and Menna Shalaby, Hossaam, the army officer in “Fattah Eineik" (Open your eyes) and Ahmad Abdul Hayy in “Saba’ war’aat kotsheena" (Seven play cards). He also participated in “Haleem” and “Al-gazeera" (The Island). The year 2012 saw the rise of his fame on TV when he starred in "Rakam Maghol" (Unknown Number), then he went on to play another very successful role in "Ism Mo'aqat" (Temporary Name).

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 1. Yasser Galal

  • An Egyptian actor, is the brother of actor Raamez Galaal, belongs to cinema and TV rising generation that shined at the end of 1990s. Yasser studied in the High Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1990. After graduation, he played a role in “Rahma wa ameer al-ghaaba i.e. Rahma and...Read more Prince of the forest”. Upon finishing his military service, Galaal worked in TV and Theatre. He excelled in TV series like “Lan a’eesh fe gelbaab aby i.e. I will not put myself in my father’s robe”, “Al-waa’d al-hakk i.e. The right promise”, “Nahnu la nazraa’al-shawk i.e. We do not sow thorns”, “Awlaad hadret al-naazer i.e. Principal’s children” and “Al-batal i.e. The hero”.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt