Biographies: Amr Saad - Actor

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Amr Saad grew up in al Sayeda Zeinab and graduated from the design division of the faculty of Applied Arts. Amr began his acting career nice years ago when upon a visit to Youssif Chahine’s office he met Khaled Youssif who asked him for a photograph of himself. Thus his acting debut was in Yosry Nasr Allah’s “Al Madinah” where he presented the character of Doreen. He also acted in Youssif Chahine’s “Al Akhir”, additionally he also assumed a role in Magdi Ahmed Ali’s television series “Al Houb Mawttan”. Thereafter he became well known to the general public when he took on the role of the wealthy businessman “Salah Al Beheiry” in “Khiyana Mashroua”. His role as “Adel Hashisha” in “Heyna Maysarah” marked a big transition from the previous archetype due to the fact that his new role depicted a much poorer character. It is for this reason that portraying the role effectively must have been a difficult task for Amr – the character he was asked to depict is one that the public would never have associated him with. Nonetheless, he succeeded admirably in fulfilling the role those proving his ability to evade being restricted by character models that are often applied to actors. Amr is in fact from a (lower class) neighborhood as he was born in the neighborhood of Ain Shams and his family settled in the neighborhood of Al Sayyida Zeinab. Amr has strong roots in the proletariat segments of society. Moreover, he has succeeded in depicting that segment’s woes on the silver screen.

• 9 August 2010
• محمد ألطيب