Ahmed Helmy

Acting

Ahmed Helmy

Born 1969-11-18 · Banha, Egypt

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 alongside Alaa Waley El Din. Thereafter, he quickly made a jump to leading roles in films such as Omar 2000, El Nazer (The Headmaster), El Selem We Al Tho'ban (Snakes And Ladders). In 2007, Helmy topped the Egyptian comedian market in number of audience and revenue, mostly due to the success of his movie Keda Reda.

Acting credits

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

The Headmaster poster
7.7

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

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

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

El Sett poster
5.7

Ailing from a sickness that threatens to silence her forever, Umm Kalthoum, the greatest Egyptian singer the world has ever known, takes to the stage one final time for her most important performance yet, one with the potential to heal a nation broken by the shadow of a great defeat. As she slowly steps onto the stage to deafening chants and applause, fearful for her health and country, a legend finds herself walking down memory lane, reminiscing on her humble beginnings and the seven decade journey of triumphs, failures, defying social conventions, and loves lost that followed.

El Sett

2025

Sorry For Disturbance poster
7.4

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

Sorry For Disturbance

2008

She Made Me a Criminal poster
6.7

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

The Beach Loafer poster
4.9

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

1000 Mabrouk poster
7.0

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

Flimflam poster
5.3

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

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

Excuse My French poster
7.0

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

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

Sleepless Nights poster
6.5

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

Scarecrow poster
4.9

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

18 Days poster
6.9

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

The Tale of Daye's Family poster
7.5

Over the course of 48 hours, Daye travels across Egypt's governorates to fulfill his dream. He is accompanied by his captivating voice, his broken family, and his music teacher. He journeys without money, a car, or any means of communication, and most importantly, he is unsure of his ability to reach his goal.

The Tale of Daye's Family

2025

Made in Egypt poster
5.3

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

No artwork available
NR

It revolves around a dramatic character who blends comedy and human situations, where Helmy plays the role of a man who lost his parents early and was raised by others.

Hadota

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

Can’t Complain poster
7.1

A comedy about triplet brothers with only one birth certificate.

Can’t Complain

2007

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

Forced Escape poster
5.9

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
6.1

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

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

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
6.9

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

Made in Egypt poster
5.3

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

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

Over My Dead Body poster
6.1

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 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

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