
Acting
Ashraf Abdel Ghafour
Born — Died
1942-06-22 — 2023-12-03
Place of birth
Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
59 titles
Ashraf Abdul Ghafour is an Egyptian actor who got the acting diploma of the High Institute of Dramatic arts in 1963. He is married to his cousin with a son, Taamer, and a daughter, Reeham, who is also an actor. He started his career playing stage roles like; “Gulfidaan Haanem i.e. Lady Gulfidaan (1962)”, “Soulymaan al-Halaby (1965)”, “Thalaat Layaaly i.e. Three nights (1965)”, “Mawta bela kobour i.e. Dead with no graves (1966)”, “Masra’ Guevara i.e. Guevara’s death (1968)”, “Watany ‘Akka i.e. My Homeland Acre (1968) and “Al-naar wal-zaytoun i.e. Fire and olives (1969). 1967, Abdul Ghafour debuted in TV playing in the series “Al-Kaahera wal-naas i.e. Cairo and the people”, he also participate…
Known for
6.0Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.
Zezenia
1997
8.7The story of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, which depicts the era of the Abbasid state and its historical glory, focusing on the personal life of the Abbasid caliph who was famous for his infatuation with women, and shedding light on his amorous exploits and the feuds of the harem inside the palace.
Harun Al Rashid
1997
3.0Takes place in a social romantic setting, exploring the complex relationships between its diverse characters.
Black Point
2024
8.5In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
The Message
1976
7.0In the bustling Al-Jamaliya district of Cairo, two powerful rival families — the Gebaly and the Gharbawy — clash over wealth, dominance, and deep-rooted grievances. At the centre is Harb, a strong yet good-hearted man navigating loyalty, love, and betrayal, as old scores, inheritance disputes, and criminal entanglements pull everyone around him into an escalating war for control.
Harb El Gebaly
2025
9.0No synopsis available yet.
محمد رسول الله
1980
Film credits
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 1 titles
1970s · 13 titles
8.5In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
The Message
1976
NRSergeant Radwan works in a reformatory for the youth and treats them harshly, until the social worker Karima arrives and treats everyone gently, which angers Radwan, especially as three prisoners, Samir, Abdel Fadil, and Nabil, plan to escape.
Bela Rahma
1971
NRSeveral models of Egyptian citizens are introduced during the British occupation, from Shukry the army officer who refuses to shoot at student demonstrations, Saad who engages in political activity against the British occupation, to Abdel Azis who loves Raja, the dancer.
Back Streets
1974
3.5When the prison car breaks down, the prison guard is forced to take the three prisoners to the nearest house to look for help, and the prisoners get into a lot of comedic situations.
Lasna Mala'ekah
1970
NR(Fouad) loves his neighbor (Samia) and wishes to marry her, but she looks at him only as a brother, and thinks about a way in which he tells her the truth of his feelings, at a time when she loves the theater director (Ahmed Fahmy), and tells her father about their decision to marry after showing his play, and after the show ends. (Ahmed) tells her the truth about his serious illness and that he is forced to travel abroad for treatment and cannot get married, while her brother (Hisham) dies in a painful accident, and she feels that she has lost everything.
Al Hob Wa Al Samt
1973
8.5Hasan Youssef plays Mohsen, a doctor who is in love with a nurse named Mona (Warda Al-Jazaria). They hope to marry soon, however Mohsen's father refuses to allow the marriage: he has promised his son to the daughter of a wealthy benefactor, to settle a long standing debt. In order to convince the father to allow their marriage, Mohsen asks Mona to work as his father's private nurse and work to win him over.
Sound Of Love
1973
NRNo synopsis available yet.
حلوة يا دنيا الحب
1977
NRNo synopsis available yet.
برئ في المشنقة
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
الغضب
1972
NROn a fishing trip, Adel takes his three friends, and while fishing they find a heavy bag. The three rush to pick it up, and find a shipment of drugs inside. Three gang members watch the situation from a distance, and when the friends reach the bag, the gang members intervene to seize the bag. At this point, police officer Lotfy appears and tries to arrest them.
Fun Band
1970
NRAn innocent love story develops between high school student Sohair (Naglaa Fathi) and the young lawyer Hassan (Nour El-Sherif). Circumstances stand in the way of this love. When Sohair goes to attend her friend Mervat's birthday party, the reckless young man Essam (Ashraf Abdel Ghafour) - Mervat's uncle - falls in love with her. After the party, Sohair goes home late and her stepfather, teacher Madbouly (Mohamed Reda), throws her out to punish her. She finds no solution but to return to Mervat's house, where she finds Essam alone after the party ends and he assaults her.
From home to school
1972
NRMohammed , Helmi and Tawfiq are three friends, each one is very different from the other, Mohamed is careless who leaves his wife when she gets pregnant, while Helmi is an engineer who insists on doing what's right and defies danger and Tawfiq is an opportunist who cares for nothing.
Nothing Matters
1975
NRKarima lives a happy and stable life with her husband, Qadri, but during the lunar days her personality changes and she turns into a Bedouin personality because of a man's attempt to rape her on a moonlit night when she was young and she was wearing Bedouin acting clothes, so she goes to where the Bedouins live in the Haram Desert. She falls in love with Wael, who loves her back and marries her. Qadri becomes suspicious of his wife's behavior.
Two-faced
1973
1960s · 6 titles
7.6Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.
Cairo 30
1966
NRSou'ad is a beautiful student, who lives with a strict family. When they find out that she loves one of the employees, they prevent her from going to school. A married couple sympathizes with Sou'ad and treats her like a daughter. Sou'ad gets closer to the husband and tries to get his attention.
المراهقة الصغيرة
1966
6.210 years after Fahmy died, Ahmed Abdel Gawad returned to his normal life. He falls for Zanouba who is in love with his son Yassin. As Zanouba marries Yassin, Kamal's idealism is compromised when Aida abandons him for a wealthy guy.
Mansion of Longing
1966
NRMarco is a gangster who arrives in Egypt to look for a person who can decipher the symbols engraved on a pharaonic treasure. Monir comes from Lebanon to track down Marco and he joins forces with Salah as they try to catch Marco and his gang.
Al shaitan
1969
9.0Three college girls come from the countryside to pursue different dreams, but they go on different paths and encounter many problems and challenges that irk them.
The House of Female Students
1967
NRA look at the different faces of love through three stories, from the Upper Egyptian man whose family wants him to wed a villager, to the frivolous liberal girl who falls for a journalist, to an Upper Egyptian youth whose love for his classmate is impeded by a difference of traditions.
٣ وجوه للحب
1969
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
6.0Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.
Zezenia
1997
6.0Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.
Zezenia
1997
8.7The story of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, which depicts the era of the Abbasid state and its historical glory, focusing on the personal life of the Abbasid caliph who was famous for his infatuation with women, and shedding light on his amorous exploits and the feuds of the harem inside the palace.
Harun Al Rashid
1997
3.0Takes place in a social romantic setting, exploring the complex relationships between its diverse characters.
Black Point
2024
7.0In the bustling Al-Jamaliya district of Cairo, two powerful rival families — the Gebaly and the Gharbawy — clash over wealth, dominance, and deep-rooted grievances. At the centre is Harb, a strong yet good-hearted man navigating loyalty, love, and betrayal, as old scores, inheritance disputes, and criminal entanglements pull everyone around him into an escalating war for control.
Harb El Gebaly
2025
9.0No synopsis available yet.
محمد رسول الله
1980
5.0Lail Abdul Salam is a hired assassin working for top businessmen, exposed to many stories, including the problem of his wife, who hates her life with him because of his preoccupation with his work, and gets involved with him in many problems which turns him into a different person.
Amount of Light
2017
5.5Hafez Naguib was raised between his mother's sophisticated family, and his father's poor and modest family. When his father gets killed at the time of the English occupation, he swears to take revenge for him and every other persecuted Egyptian citizen, and leads the life of a true patriot.
Horseless Knight
2002
10.0In search of her missing son and escaping her turbulent past, Alia poses as a vendor living in a poor neighbourhood.
Ghazal's Flesh
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Never Fear
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
أخو البنات
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
رحلة هادئة
1978
6.0The tale of "Mansour Abu Heiba" - the self-righteous patriarch of Abu Heiba family - from upper Egypt, one of the 5 largest organized crime dynasties in the world; the pioneers of arms trafficking and monuments merchandising in the Middle East. The series explores the organized crime scene in Egypt and the Middle East through the rise and fall of Abu Heiba, his relationship with the European Mafia and his struggle with keeping his family close.
El Halal Mountain
2014
10.0The series discusses the character of Hamada Ezzo, the reckless polygamous man. He's unable to take responsibility,because of his mother's excessive spoiling. He's confronted with the reality of life and its problems as he gets older, while his cousin Nawal tries to make him an organized person.
Raised in His Wealth
2007
NRThe true story about the Sheikh of the Arabs, Hammam Ibn Youssef, the chief of the Hawara tribe, who used to own lands from Minya to Aswan. The series deals with the tribal conflict in Upper Egypt and sheds light on how Hammam managed to unite the tribes of Upper Egypt under his command
Hamam the Arabs' Sheikh
2010
NRThe series revolves around a wealthy and powerful man named Mohammed Abu Diab (Nour Al-Sharif). Despite being loved by his townspeople who live under his command, he is betrayed by the people closest to him.
Al-Rahaya Stone Hearts
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
حكاية غريبة
1976
7.0The story revolves around an Arabic school teacher who is admired by his students. When his son is assaulted by some spoiled teenagers at the club, their parents force him to withdraw his police report and events escalate.
The Accused Is My Father
2006
Rouh, a gynecologist, is constantly trying to help her husband in his career. But she gets shocked upon discovering that he got secretly married to another woman, and at the same time knows that her daughter got impregnated from a man she secretly married.
The Soul's Love
2006
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Soliman El Hakeem (سليمان الحكيم)
2019
NRDirector: Mahmoud Abd Al-Razik (Director) Hamada Abdelwahhab (Director) (more) Writer: Abdullah Barakat (Writer) Cast: Aqeila Rateb Abdelazim Abdelhaqq Salwa Mahmoud Abd El Hafeez El Tetawy Sabri Abdel Aziz Huda Zaki (more)
عادات وتقاليد Adat W Takaleed
1972
8.0No synopsis available yet.
يونس والحوت
2021
NRAn Islamic animation series that tells the story of the Prophet of God Joseph (PBUH). It discusses his life, his brothers’ jealousy of him, his imprisonment in Egypt, as well as the role he played in the Pharaoh’s palace.
Aziz Masr
2024
NRThe series gives us true historical stories about great noble judges in Islamic history.
Great Judges
2016
No synopsis available yet.
علشان سواد عينها
1971
6.0As Rashid prepares to remarry after the death of his first wife, he finds himself imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, so he sets out to prove his innocence, find his son, and take revenge on all those who harmed him.
Rasheed
2023
NRalmobasharon belgana series
المبشرون بالجنة
2003
NRNo synopsis available yet.
أشجان
1970
NRNadia falls in love with Sami, a university student, and tries to harm his girlfriend, Layla, forcing Layla to quit her job. Sami is also forced to leave his apartment and university, and they flee to Alexandria, where the story unfolds. The plot revolves around misunderstandings and hasty judgments.
Please don't misunderstand me
1973
NRIt is an Islamic historical series starring Mahmoud Yassin that deals with the life of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, his conquests, his Islam and the way he dealt with the data of the da'wah until his death, passing through what he presented to Islam and Muslims.
جمال الدين الأفغاني
1984
NRA village comes under siege by an armed gang, forcing its residents to unite and set aside their differences to fight back and escape the siege.
The Siege
1977
1.0The events revolve in a dramatic, gradual framework that mixes imagination and reality, about a conflict between a number of parties, including a woman called (departure).
The Clan's Girl
2020
NRNo synopsis available yet.
محمد رسول الله إلى العالم
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
هذا المصير
1979
NRNo synopsis available yet.
قلوب فقدت الحب
1977
NRNo synopsis available yet.
قرية الرعب
1992




