Adel Emam

Adel Emam (Arabic: عادل إمام; born 17 May 1940) is an Egyptian film, television, and stage actor.[1] He is primarily a comedian, but he has starred in more serious works and, especially in his earlier films, has combined comedy with romance.

Adel Emam
عادل إمام
Born
Adel Mohamed Emam

(1940-05-17) May 17, 1940
NationalityEgyptian
Other namesAl-Zaeem, El Wad Sayyed el Shaghal, shahed ma shafsh haga
OccupationActor, Comedian
Years active1962–present
Known forActing comedian philanthropist
Spouse(s)Hala Al Shalaqani
Children3

Emam earned a bachelor's degree in Agriculture from Cairo University. Since then he has appeared in over 103 movies and 10 plays. He is one of the most famous actors in Egypt and the Arab world.

His contributions to the stage and film industries through addressing social and political issues in film and television earned him a cult following and a worldwide reputation that made him one of the most influential arab public figures in the 80’s and 90’s. Adel Imam is considered by a huge mass of cult followers as a cultural icon in the history of modern Egypt.

In January 2000, the United Nations appointed Emam as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR.

Career

He is an important national figure in Egypt largely because of the Egyptian political roles he took on in many of his films and plays, he always focused on Egypt's politics and religious problems. These roles, whether he intended it or not, often put him in a critical position vis-à-vis the president or the government. He has been cast several times by the producer Emad Adeeb in movies like Morgan Ahmed Morgan and Hassan and Marcus.

In 2005, he starred in The Embassy in the Building, playing a Cairene everyman inconvenienced when the Embassy of Israel moves into his apartment building. In the following year, Emam was one of the ensemble cast of The Yacoubian Building, a film reputed to be the highest-budgeted in Egyptian cinema and adapted from the novel of the same name. The story is a sharp look at contemporary Egyptian life through the prism of a faded downtown Cairo apartment building. Emam portrays an aging roué whose misadventures form a central strand of the film's complex narrative.[2][3]

Personal life

Adel Emam is married and has three children: the director Rami Imam, Sarah Emam, and Mohamed Emam, who also starred in the movie The Yacoubian Building as Taha ElShazli. He is the brother of Esam Imam and Iman Imam. His brother-in-law was actor Mustafa Metwalli.

Adel Emam stated on a talk show hosted by Hala Sarhan that Amin Shalaby and the late Younes Shalaby as well as Saeed Saleh were his best friends since university.

In February 2012, Emam was sentenced (in absentia) to three months in jail for offending Islam.[4] Imam said he would appeal the sentence.[5] On September 12, 2012, Emam won his appeal when a Cairo misdemeanours court cleared him of defaming Islam in his films.[6]

Awards

Adel Emam received numerous awards through his five decades career. He won "Horus" Award twice for his leading roles in Omaret Yakobean and Al-irhabi at Cairo International Film Festival.[7] He won the Honorary Award of the Festival at 2014 Marrakech International Film Festival.[8] He won International Jury Award at São Paulo International Film Festival.[9] In 2005 and 2008 Dubai International Film Festival awarded Adel Emam the Lifetime Achievement Award. He received the first Career Achievement Award in El-Gouna Film Festival in 2017.[10]

Honours

Selected works

YearFilm/TV Series/PlayName TranslationRole
2020 Valentino (TV Series) Valentino Noor Valentino
2018 Awalem Khafyah (TV Series)[12][13][14]Hidden WorldsHelal Kamel
2017Afareet Adly Alam (TV Series)Adly Alam's GhostsAdly Alam
2016Ma'amoon wa shorakaah (TV Series)Ma'amoon and his partnersMa'amoon Mobasher
2015Ostaz wa rayees kesm (TV Series)Professor and Head of DepartmentFawzy Gomaa
2014Saheb El Saada (TV Series)His MajestyBahgat Abou-Kheir
2013Al Aaraf (TV Series)The Fortune-tellerAbd-El-Hamid El-Bakry / Hazem Ghorbal / Mostafa Zahran / Araby El-Kahky / Sobhy Abou-El-Fadl / Abou-El-Haggag El-Masry
2012Firqit Naji Atallah (TV Series)Naji Atallah's TeamNaji Atallah
2010ZahaimarAlzheimer'sMahmoud
2009BobbosMohsen Hendawi
2008Hassan w MorqosHassan and MarcusBoules
2007Morgan Ahmad MorganMorgan
2006Emaret YaqubianThe Yacoubian BuildingZakki
2005El-Sefara fi El-OmaraThe Embassy Is In The BuildingShereef
2004Arees Menn Gehha AmneyaA Security Service GroomKhattaab
2003Al-Tagroba Al-DanemarkeyaThe Danish ExperimentQadri
2002Ameer Al-ZalaamPrince of DarknessSaeed Al-Masri
2000Bekheet Wa Adeela 3: Hello AmericaBekheet And Adeela 3: Hello AmericaBekheet
1999El-Wad Mahroos Betaa El-WazeerMahroos; The Minister's GuyMahroos
Body Guard (play)Adham
1998Ressala Ila Al-WaliA Message to the GovernorHarfoosh
1997Bekheet Wa Adeela 2: El-Gardal wel-KanakaBekheet and Adeela 2: The Pail and the CoffeepotBekheet
1996Al-Nom Fil-AssalSleeping In The Honey - Fast asleepColonel Magdi
1995Bekheet Wa AdeelaBekheet And AdeelaBekheet
Toyoor Al-ZalaamBirds Of DarknessFathy Nofal
1994Al-ErhabiThe TerroristAli[15]
1993El MansyThe ForgottenYoussef El Mansy
Al-Zaeem (play) The Leader
1992El Erhab Wal KababTerrorism and KebabAhmed
1991Shams ElzanatyShams ElzanatyShams Elzanaty
1987Al-Nemr Wal-OnthaThe Tiger And The FemaleWaheed
1985 Al Halfout Arafa
1984Hatta La-Yeteer Al-DukhanSo that smoke won't flyFahmi
Al Ins wa AlgenHumans and The DevilJalal (The Devil)
Al-Wad Sayed Al-Shaghal (play) Sayed
1983El HarrifThe Street PlayerFares
Al-MotasawelThe BeggarHasanin
1982Dumu Fi Uyun WaqehaTears In Insolent EyesGomaa El-Shawwan
1981 Al-Mashbouh The Suspect Maher
1979Ihna Bitua' al-AutobisWe are the Bus peopleJabir
1978Ahlam Al fata Al ta2rDreams Of The Fugitive BoyIbrahim El-Tayer
1975 Shahed Ma Shafsh Haga (play) The Witness Who Didn't See AnythingSarhan Abdelbaseer
Gharameyat Afifi (play)
1977 Ayna Tukhabi'un al-Shams? Where Do You Hide the Sun?
1973 Madrast Al-Mushaghebeen (play) The School of Mischievous Bahgat
1970 Ana Feen W Enti Feen (play)
1967 Dhat Al-Bijama Al-Hamraa (play)
1966 Al-Nassabeen (play)
1964 Ana Wa Howa Wa Heya (play)

References

  1. "The Top 3 Arab Male Actors". Forbes Middle East. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  2. "الخميس.. عادل إمام يسافر للغردقة استعدادا لتكريمه بمهرجان الجونة السينمائى - اليوم السابع". اليوم السابع (in Arabic). 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  3. "عادل إمام يتسلم جائزة الإنجاز الإبداعى فى الدورة الأولى للجونة السينمائى - اليوم السابع". اليوم السابع (in Arabic). 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  4. "BBC News - Egyptian court upholds actor Adel Imam's sentence". bbc.co.uk. 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  5. "Islamists halt filming of Egyptian TV series". Daily News Egypt. 2012-02-09.
  6. "Egyptian actor Adel Imam wins appeal in defaming Islam case". Ahram Online. 2012-09-12.
  7. "Adel Imam". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  8. "Adel Imam monte les marches (PHOTOS)". Al HuffPost Maghreb (in French). 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  9. "41ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema - 30ª Mostra - Premiações". 41.mostra.org. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  10. "El-Gouna Film Festival to honour Egyptian actor Adel Imam with Career Achievement Award - Film - Arts & Culture - Ahram Online". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  11. "Adel Imam à Carthage : Décoré du Mérite culturel". 2016-11-03.
  12. - Series - 2018 - Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 2018-01-17
  13. "لأول مرة: عادل إمام يستكمل تصوير مسلسله من "منزله"". مجلة سيدتي (in Arabic). 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  14. "الصحفى هلال كامل يتسبب فى سجن وزير الصحة بمسلسل "عوالم خفية" - اليوم السابع". اليوم السابع (in Arabic). 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  15. Murphy, Kim (12 April 1994). Movie Breaks Arab World's Silence on Terrorism Issues, Los Angeles Times, Retrieved December 14, 2010
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