Adel Emam

Adel Emam was born on May 17, 1940 in Egypt. Adel Emam's big-screen debut came with Marti, mudir aam directed by Fatin Abdulwahhab in 1966, strarring . Adel Emam is known for The Yacoubian Building directed by Marwan Hamed, Adel Emam stars as Zaki El Dessouki and Nour El-Sherif as Mohammad Azzam. The most recent award Adel Emam achieved is Marrakech International Film Festival. The upcoming new tvshow Adel Emam plays is Naji Attallah's Squad - Season 1 which will be released on Jul 20, 2012.

He is a graduate of the faculty of agriculture. He started his career in cinema in several films with actor Salah Zulfikar in 1960s, such as Talat loussuss (1966), Marti, mudir aam (1966) and Afrit merati (1968). Then he became more popular in theaters for his role in Madrasat Al Moshaghebin (School of Rascals). He became more famous in the 1970s for his comedic roles in Al-bahth an fadiha (1973) (Search for a scandal) and Khalli Balek min Aalak (Take care of your brain). He started to play far more serious roles in the 1980s. He is now one of the highest paid actors in Egypt.