Youssef Chaban

Youssef Chaban was born on Jul 16, 1931 in Egypt. Youssef Chaban's big-screen debut came with Fi baitina rajul directed by Henry Barakat in 1961, strarring . Youssef Chaban is known for Al watad directed by Ahmed Elnahas, Huda Sultan stars as Fatma ta'laba and Youssef Chaban as Darweesh. The upcoming new movie Youssef Chaban plays is El-Haram el-Rabe which will be released on Jul 05, 2016.

Egyptian actor, born Youssef Sha'baan Shemeis in Cairo has studied acting. Played several stage roles and caught many an eye. Great cinema director Hassan al-Emaam gave him a leading role in "Al-mo'geza i.e. The miracle" and several roles; "Zokaak al-madakk i.e. Madakk alley"and "Baae'at al-garaaed i.e. The newsgirl". Sha'baan excelled in TV series like "Raafat al-Haggaan", "Haala wal-daraweesh i.e. Haala and the Dervishes", "Eilet al-Doghry i.e. Doghry's family" and "Al-taw'am i.e. The twins". Youssef married actress Laila Taaher, actress Sihaam Fat-hy and her Highness Princess Nadia Sherine mother of his daughter Sainaa. In his early life, Youssef Sha'ban was the racehorse in cinema especially in "Miramar" and "Hammaam al-Malateely" then gradually went to TV. Starting 1997, Sha'ban was elected Chairman of Egypt's Actor' Union for two consecutive periods.