Adel Emam

Infobox actor


imagesize = 150px
name = Adel Imam
birthdate = Birth date and age|1940|5|17|mf=y
location = Cairo,Egypt
othernames = Goodwill Ambassador
El Za'eem
birthname = Adel Mohammed Imam

Adel Emam (sometimes credited as: Adel Imam), ( _ar. عادل إمام), born May 17, 1940 in El Mansoura (المنصورة), is a popular Egyptian movie and stage actor. He is primarily a comedian, but he has starred in more serious works and, especially early in his earlier films, combined comedy with romance.

He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture from Cairo University. Since then he has appeared in over 100 movies and 10 plays. He is probably the most famous actor in Egypt. He has received critical and popular praise throughout his career. Short, slight, and with a face seemingly more appropriate a character actor than a leading man -- let alone a star whose career has flourished since the late sixties -- Adel Imam is able to portray characters from all social strata and backgrounds. His roles have displayed a wide range of humor including slapstick, farce, and even the occasional double entendre. His characters tend to be down on their luck rising above powerful outside pressures. This has proved an extremely resilient type in Egypt.

In January 2000, the United Nations appointed him as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR. Since then, he has worked tirelessly for the cause of refugees.

In 2005, he starred in "Sifaara fil'Aimara" ("Embassy in the Building"), playing a Cairene everyman inconvenienced when the Embassy of Israel moves into his apartment building.

In 2006, he appeared as one of the many stars 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 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.

Family

Emam is married and has three children, the young director Rami Imam, Sarah Emam, and Mohamed Imam who also starred in the movie Yacoubian Building as Taha Shazli. He is the brother of Esam Imam and Saleh Imam. His brother-in-law is the late actor Mustafa Metwalli. Adel Emam stated on a talk show with host Hala Sarhan that Amin Shalaby and the late Younes Shalaby were his best friends since college.

Works

Filmography

* "Hassan & Marcus" (2008)
* Morgan Ahmed Morgan (2007)
* "The Yacoubian Building" (2006)
* El Sefara fi El Omara (2005)
* Aris Min Geha Amneya (2004)
* El Tagrubah El Dennemarkiyyah (2003)
* Amir El Zalam (2002)
* Al Wad Mahrous Betaa Al Wazeer (1999)
* Hello America (1998)
* RISALA ILA ALWALI (1998)
* BAKHIT WA ADILA part 2 (1997)
* AL NOME FI AL ASSAL (1996)
* TEYOUR AL ZALAM (1995)
* BEKHIT WA ADILA (1995)
* Al Irhabi (1994)
* AL MANSI (1993)
* Al Irhab Wal Kabab (1993)
* MOSAGAL KHATAR (1991)
* SHAMS AL ZANATI (1991)
* AL LE'B MA AL KOBAR (1991)
* HANAFI AL OBAHA (1990)
* GEZIRET AL SHAITAN (1990)
* EL MOULID (1989)
* AL NIMR WA AL ONTHA (1987)
* KARAK-KOWN FI EL-SHAREIH (1986)
* SALAM YA SAHBI (1986) with Saed Saleh
* ZOWG TAHT EL TALAB (1984)
* Hata La Yatir Al Dokhan (1984)
* KHALLI BALAK MIN AQLAQ (1984)
* ANA ELLI QUATALT AL HANASH (1984)
* AL HALFOOT (1984)
* Al Avokato (1984)
* WAHDA BE WAHDA (1984)
* MIN FINA AL HARAMI (1984)
* ALFORN (1984)
* AL INS WA ALGEN (1984)
* RAMADAN FAWK AL BORKAN (1984)
* ANTAR SHAYEL SEIFOH (1983)
* KHAMSA BAB (1983)
* Al Motasaul (1983)
* El Harrif (1983)
* Ala Bab El Wazir (1982)
* ESABET HAMADA WA TUTU (1982)
* AL ENSAN YA-EESH MARA WA-HEDA (1981)
* ALMASHBOUH (1981)
* OMEHAT FI AL MANFA (1981)
* Athkiya' Laken Aghbiya' (1980)
* Ehzar Men Al Khot (1980)
* RAGOL FAQUADA AQLOH (1980)
* EHNA BETOUGH AL AUTOBISS (1979)
* Katel Ma Katelsh Had (1979)
* Al Bahth An Fadiha (1973)
* BORG AL AZRAA (1972)
* ADWAA AL MADINA (1972)
* AL BOYOUT ASRAR (1971)
* BANAT FI AL GAMEAA (1971)
* REHLA LAZIZA (1971)
* SHABAB FI ALASSIFA (1971)
* GHARAM FI AL TARIK AL ZERA AI (1971)
* MOZAKIRAT AL ANESSA MANAL (1971)
* ALMERAYA (1970)
* BAHEBEK YA HELWA (1970)
* HOB AL MORAHEQUAT (1970)
* REDA BOND (1970)
* EL NASS ILLI GOWA (1969)
* ANNA WE MRATI WA ALGAW (1969)
* SABAAT AYAM FI ALGANA (1969)
* FATAT AL ESTEIGHRAD (1969)
* LOSSOUS WA LAKIN ZORAFFAA (1969)
* NOSS SA AA GAWAZ (1969)
* YOM WAHED ASSAL (1969)
* Afrah (1968)
* Afrit Merati (1968)
* Ana Al Doctor (1968)
* Hekayet Thalass Banat (1968)
* Helwa wa Shakia (1968)
* Kayfa Tesrak Millionaire (1968)
* Karamet Zawgaty (1967)
* El Khouroug Min El Guana (1967)
* El Ragol da hai Ganini (1967)
* THALATHAT LESSOUS (1966)
* SAYED DARWISH (1966)
* MIRATI MOUDIR AAM (1966)
* Ana wa Hua wa Hiia (1964)

Plays

* Body Guard.
* Al Zaeem.
* El Wad Sayed El Shaghal.
* Shahed Mashafsh Haga.
* Madrasat El Moshaghbeen.
* Haalit Hob
* Ana Fein Winti Fein
* Ana we Howa we Heya ( first Play - Acting as Desoky Afandy )

External links

* Adil Imam Lover's site [http://www.adilimam.net adil friends]
* Myspace [http://myspace.com/adelimam]
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* [http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/help?id=3f9505c94 Adel Imam, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador]
* [http://www.lastclip.com/watch/161/kick_butt.htm Adel Imam, in a funny movie clip scene from a movie called (Alleab Maa Al Kobar), she is so mad cause she spent 7 years of her life with him without getting married]
* [http://www.adelimam.info/ Adel Imam Information and Acting Career in English]