Ahmed Helmy

Acting

Ahmed Helmy

Born

1969-11-18 (56)

Place of birth

Banha, Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Helmy was born in Banha, Egypt. He graduated from the Higher institute of Dramatic Arts in Egypt, from the decoration department. Ahmed also graduated of the Academy of Arts, High Institute for Theatre Art in 1993. As an actor and performer, Helmy is notable for his fast-thinking and witty comedy.[citation needed] His career in mainstream Egyptian film began when director Sherif Arafa spotted him on the children's program Leib Eyal (Kids' Play) on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast[citation needed]. Sherif found in him the comedian actor he was looking for to star his film, Aboud Ala El Hodoud (Aboud at the Frontier). In that film Helmy made his first big screen appearance, co-starring alongs…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 11 titles

Bittersweet poster
7.5

An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he finds himself caught between two worlds—and begins to experience the reality of a country he thought he knew.

Bittersweet

2010

Excuse My French poster
7.1

A Christian kid suddenly is forced to go to a public school after his father dies and because of a misunderstanding everyone thinks that he's a Muslim.

Excuse My French

2014

Scarecrow poster
4.6

The story revolves around a grandfather who stole a rare masterpiece belonging to the late singer (Umm Kulthum) in his youth, but after years passes, he finds himself chased by those who want to have this piece, which makes him resort to the help of his only grandson.

Scarecrow

2019

Made in Egypt poster
5.2

The film revolves around three young men who face many problems and crises in their lives from unemployment to marriage plans and achieve their targets

Made in Egypt

2014

X-Large poster
6.9

Magdy is searching for true love, so when he finds his childhood friend Dina on Facebook he tries to get closer to her. He is afraid that she would refuse him as he is very obese. So on their first meeting he told her that he is Magdy's cousin

X-Large

2011

18 Days poster
6.6

10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined.

18 Days

2011

Flimflam poster
5.1

A tour guide named "Noor" travels to Sharm el-Sheikh with his family to take the advantage of an offer provided by a company to spend a honeymoon in order to meet an Italian girl named "Perla". He finds there a girl named "Layla " staying in the same villa . By the time Noor's family allied with "Layla " to discourage him from developing a relationship with "Perla".

Flimflam

2016

Bewildered Bolbol poster
6.3

Bulbul meets a successful aristocratic girl named Yasmine, but she's not the romantic type he dreams of, at the same time he admires his cousin Hala for her calmness and kindness. In the middle of all this, the psychiatrist Amal shows up and he thinks of getting engaged to her.

Bewildered Bolbol

2010

Forced Escape poster
5.8

Follows the escape journey of 4 complete strangers who were accused of a murder they did not commit.

Forced Escape

2017

Over My Dead Body poster
6.0

Raouf is an interior designer and an owner of a home furniture gallery. He is a very suspicious person when it comes to dealing with all people around him. It is only when he goes into a coma, he started to realise his mistakes and discover what all his friends and family think of him. Is it too late ?

Over My Dead Body

2013

The Crew poster
9.0

A documentary that investigates the meticulous process of film-making in all the three phases of production, told from the perspectives of Egyptian film-makers, celebrities, and other contributors to the film industry.

The Crew

2018

2000s · 17 titles

1000 Mabrouk poster
7.1

A man finds himself stuck in a mysterious time loop, reliving the same day again and again. As the cycle repeats, he is forced to confront his daily routines, question his relationships, and search for meaning in a world that refuses to change.

1000 Mabrouk

2009

Tarek's Situation poster
6.9

Tarek is a young man who is working at a telecommunications company,and he fell in love with a girl when he heard her voice in a radio talk show. A customer of the company he works at asks him to spy on a girl which stole a valuable thing from him. When Tarek does his searches, he discovers that she is the girl he have dreamed about.

Tarek's Situation

2006

Zaki Chan poster
6.5

Trouble follows Zaki wherever he goes, until he finds out that his father's boss needs a bodyguard for his kids and he decides to apply for the job even though he doesn't really fit the requirements.

Zaki Chan

2005

Sorry For Disturbance poster
7.6

Hassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his very exceptional project.

Sorry For Disturbance

2008

The Headmaster poster
7.9

Ashour, Salaah’s father, runs his school with severity and cruelty. after Ashour's death, Salah inherits the job and lets Sayed, his deputy, take charge. Hussein the teacher makes a great effort to guide Salah to succeed in managing the school and achieve good results, while salah is dealing with his trust issues and his need to prove himself by getting out of his father's shadow. with the help of Hussien, his girlfriend Wafaa, and his two friends Atef and Lemby .. can he run the school his own way?

The Headmaster

2000

The Beach Loafer poster
4.7

Three friends from Alexandria singing in the popular Wedding accuse someone of murder and trying to prove his innocence in order to be able to marry his fiancee.

The Beach Loafer

2004

Can’t Complain poster
7.0

A comedy about triplet brothers with only one birth certificate.

Can’t Complain

2007

She Made Me a Criminal poster
6.6

The movie is about a very naive young man, who wants to fix his house before it falls, but does not have the money, and rich girl who likes to spend money uncontrollably, whose father is scrooge, who would not give her access to her trust fund. In order to force her father to give her money, she stages a kidnapping with the assistance of her best friend and the naive young man, who ends up falling in love with her.

She Made Me a Criminal

2006

Sleepless Nights poster
6.6

A social romance that portrays the lives of 4 married couples who are friends. As they gather to celebrate the birthday of the daughter of one of them, their fundamental differences and their unstable marriages come to the surface as the men decide to leave for Alexandria.

Sleepless Nights

2003

Snakes and Ladders poster
6.5

A divorced young man happens to fall in love. The couple faces problems, as the young man does not want to settle down, she thinks he is a flirt, they break up, and events follows.

Snakes and Ladders

2001

Omar 2000 poster
4.4

Omar decides to emigrate to America as his 30th birthday approaches, but first he wants to get revenge on the people who have gotten in his way.

Omar 2000

2000

Mido the Troublemaker poster
5.5

Mido studies at the Technical College, and in his spare time, he works in installing satellite dishes. His constant fall into troubles earned him the title 'Mido the troublemaker' but the gravest of his troubles is when a mysterious man approaches him for a secret mission.

Mido the Troublemaker

2003

Life's Speed Bump poster
6.7

Seeking job opportunities, a young man arrives in Cairo and becomes increasingly involved with the family of a wealthy businessman.

Life's Speed Bump

2006

Why Did You Make Me Love You? poster
6.0

Dalia abandoned her beloved Hisham, which made him get over her and become friends and he got involved with Noha.

Why Did You Make Me Love You?

2000

Eye Doctor poster
NR

It is about a family of older brother Nader, who works in a clinic, but deceives his brothers and tells them that he works as a sage of eyes, Helmi who sings in weddings, Mahfouz who is still studying, and uncle who uses cannabis without paying for it. By giving the cannabis dealer an archaeological chair as a price for cannabis, they know that this chair is archaeological and they search for it in an interesting comic frame.

Eye Doctor

2001

Love Trip poster
5.9

Two orphan teachers graduate from one of the shelters in Alexandria heading to Cairo to work in one of the primary schools.

Love Trip

2001

55 esaaf poster
5.9

Wafaa is a young doctor who aspires to propose her project of the development of the first aid procedures to the Minister of Health. However, she gets involved with the nurse and the ambulance driver, and things get worse when the Minister is kidnapped.

55 esaaf

2001

Undated · 5 titles

Series credits

Al-Gama'a poster
7.0

Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.

Al-Gama'a

2010

Arabs Got Talent poster
4.8

An entertainment program that presents the best talents in the Arab world in various fields and activities, with one of them crowned at the end of the program with the title of Arab's Got Talent

Arabs Got Talent

2011

El-Cinderella poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El-Cinderella

2006

Al Bernameg poster
8.6

Al Bernameg is a popular Egyptian satirical program. The series is hosted by satirical comedian Bassem Youssef on the satellite channel CBC. The press has compared it to The Daily Show hosted by Jon Stewart, which was the inspiration for this show. Youssef visited The Daily Show as a guest in April 2013, while Stewart, on hiatus from his own hosting duties, returned the favor on El Bernameg in June 2013.

Al Bernameg

2011

Turn around and come back again poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Turn around and come back again

2020

وش في وش poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

وش في وش

2019

ناس ولاد ناس poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ناس ولاد ناس

1993

The Messi Mission poster
4.5

The events of the series revolve around a comic framework about a monkey called (Massad) or (Messi), who is raised in one of the popular areas, and which the Egyptian authorities are recruiting to work with them in order to follow the activities of the American agent (Jenny), and at the same time trying to The CIA is also recruiting him to spy on Dr. (Noha) to find out what her research has ended on BSE.

The Messi Mission

2014

سنة أولى جواز poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

سنة أولى جواز

2026

Groom Wanted poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Groom Wanted

2023

Infallibility is in my Hands poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Infallibility is in my Hands

2022

El Saad's house poster
10.0

A program that hosts a group of stars of the Arab world in episodes interspersed with lyrical and representative paragraphs and interesting dialogues on the most prominent social and humanitarian issues that have passed through their lives.

El Saad's house

2024

Fabrication poster
NR

The series deals with the phenomenon of “trends” and the attempt of some channels to achieve high views, even if it is based on “fabrication.”

Fabrication

2024

نجوم صغار poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

نجوم صغار

2018

لعب عيال poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

لعب عيال

1998

No artwork available
NR

Actor Ahmed Helmy returns as he started his artistic life with the program (Play Eyal), this time presenting the program (Shout Eyal), which is a comedy program.

A Bunch Of Kids

2011

Behind the camera

Bittersweet poster
7.5

An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he finds himself caught between two worlds—and begins to experience the reality of a country he thought he knew.

Bittersweet

2010

Made in Egypt poster
5.2

The film revolves around three young men who face many problems and crises in their lives from unemployment to marriage plans and achieve their targets

Made in Egypt

2014

X-Large poster
6.9

Magdy is searching for true love, so when he finds his childhood friend Dina on Facebook he tries to get closer to her. He is afraid that she would refuse him as he is very obese. So on their first meeting he told her that he is Magdy's cousin

X-Large

2011

18 Days poster
6.6

10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined.

18 Days

2011

Bewildered Bolbol poster
6.3

Bulbul meets a successful aristocratic girl named Yasmine, but she's not the romantic type he dreams of, at the same time he admires his cousin Hala for her calmness and kindness. In the middle of all this, the psychiatrist Amal shows up and he thinks of getting engaged to her.

Bewildered Bolbol

2010

The Door Is Wide Open for Amal poster
3.0

A married couple, the laywer Amal (Dora) and her veterinarian husband Tawfiq (Sherif Salama), are in constant problems, as Amal is continuing to work in the final months of her pregnancy, which leads to getting her into labor while she's in court.

The Door Is Wide Open for Amal

2016

Over My Dead Body poster
6.0

Raouf is an interior designer and an owner of a home furniture gallery. He is a very suspicious person when it comes to dealing with all people around him. It is only when he goes into a coma, he started to realise his mistakes and discover what all his friends and family think of him. Is it too late ?

Over My Dead Body

2013

Pinprick poster
NR

After a long stay in Kuwait, (Saif) decides to return to Egypt to settle and start establishing a chain of pharmacies. In the midst of his work, he enters a love relationship but leads to an unpleasant surprise because of (Truecaller ) application, that identifies the caller's name.

Pinprick

2016