Acting credits
148
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.

Acting
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Acting credits
148
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
TMDB popularity
2.7
Moderate attention
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TMDB ID: 13202
IMDb ID: nm0408054
Known for: Acting
Born: May 17, 1940
Age: 85
Place of birth: El Mansoura, Egypt
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 2021
Years active: 59
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q353690
Also known as
Adel Imam • Adel Emam • Адиль Имам • عادل محمد إمام محمد • الزعيم • عادل امام
Other jobs
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.
Movie credits linked with Adel Emam.
as أدهم الجبالي
as محمود شعيب
as محسن هنداوي
as Bules / Hasan el-Attar
as Zaki El Dessouki
as Sherif Khairy
as خطّاب النجّاري
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as Qadry
as سعيد المصري
as بخيت حنيدق المهيطل
as Mahrous
as Harfush bin Barquq Al-Rakbdar
as Bakhit Hunaidq Al-Muhaital
as Brigadier General Magdy Nour
as Fathi Nofal
as Bakhit Hunaidq Al-Muhaital
as Ali Abdel-Zaher / Mustafa Abdel-Rahman
as Youssef El-Mansy
as Al-Zaeem/ Zenhom
as Ahmed Fath El-Bab
as Shams El-Zanati
Series credits linked with Adel Emam.
as نور عبد المجيد • 30 eps
as هلال كامل • 30 eps
30 eps
as مأمون مباشر أبو العطا • 30 eps
as فوزي • 30 eps
30 eps
30 eps
as ناجي عطا الله • 30 eps
as جمعة محمود الشوان • 14 eps
1 eps
14 eps
as أحمد • 1 eps