Ahmed Khalil

Acting

Ahmed Khalil

Born — Died

1940-07-01 — 2021-05-11

Place of birth

Karachi, British India [now Pakistan]

Known for

Acting

Credits

59 titles

Ahmad Muhammad Ibraheem Khaleel joined “Al-habeeb” Institute after finishing his studies at the High Institute of Cinema in 1965. Played stage roles like ”Khaadem sayyedayn i.e. A servant for two masters”, “Yasseen we Baheyya i.e. Yasseen and Baheyya” and “Hobb taht al-heraassa i.e. An under guard love”. In 1970’s, Khaleel travelled to a Gulf country and did not show as an actor then returned heavily to TV in “Yamout al-zammar i.e. Piper dies”, “Hadeeth al-sabaah wal-massaa i.e. Morning and night talk”, “Zaman Alaa al-Deen i.e. The time of Alaa al-Deen”, “Bawwaabet al-Halawaany i.e. Halawaany’s gate” and “Al-forsaan i.e. The knights”. Participated in Haany Lasheen’s film “Al-aragoz i.e. T…

Known for

Minder poster
7.2

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

Minder

1979

Only Fools and Horses poster
8.1

Only Fools and Horses.... Is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally transmitted on BBC One from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until 2003. In working-class Peckham in south-east London, ambitious market trader Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and his younger half-brother Rodney, explore their highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich. Initially not an immediate hit and receiving little promotion early on, it later achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode "Time on Our Hands" (originally billed as the series finale) holds the record for the biggest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting 24.3 million viewers. The series bears a significant influence on British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language.

Only Fools and Horses

1981

Till Death Us Do Part poster
7.6

This English follows the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf, a reactionary working-class man who wields racist and anti-Socialist views. His long-suffering wife Else manages to keep things in control... for the most part. Their progressive daughter Rita lives with them, as does her Irish husband Mike, who, with an array of liberal worldviews, often quarrels with his father-in-law. It inspired the American show "All In The Family" and several other international variations on the same theme.

Till Death Us Do Part

1966

Bwabet Elhalwani poster
NR

Bwabet El‑Halawani brings to life the human stories behind Egypt’s transformation during the Suez Canal era. Through craftsmen, families, and dreamers caught in political and social upheaval, the series blends history with personal struggle, showing how ambition, sacrifice, and resilience shaped a defining moment in Egypt’s past.

Bwabet Elhalwani

1992

Mind Your Language poster
8.2

Jeremy Brown, a language teacher, tries to make a living by teaching English to immigrants. With pupils from India, France, China, and many other countries, his lessons do not always go as planned.

Mind Your Language

1977

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

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

1990s · 7 titles

Nasser 56 poster
6.7

Nasser 56 is a 1996 Egyptian historical film directed by Mohamed Fadel, starring Ahmed Zaki. The film focuses on the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt's second President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the subsequent invasion of Egypt by Israel, the United Kingdom, and France.

Nasser 56

1996

Against the Government poster
8.1

After being fired by the prosecution office, Mostafa becomes a personal injury lawyer and takes advantage of people's pain for profit. But his life turns upside down when his only son falls victim to a car accident.

Against the Government

1992

Sweet Killing poster
7.0

An estimable lawyer is assigned a case where a wealthy businesswoman is accused of murder. When the lawyer sides with the convicted woman whom she learns is innocent, the actual culprits track her down in an attempt to ruin her life.

Sweet Killing

1998

Star of the East poster
NR

The film presents a part of the biography of legendary artist Umm Kulthum since 1944, shedding light on her unfinished romance like her relationship with King Sharif Sabri's uncle, and Ahmed Rami. And her role in the revolution of 1952 and after the defeat of 1967 and the sacrifices she made.

Star of the East

1999

Spies Trap poster
5.0

Dalia is a girl belonging to one of the wealthiest families in Egypt. When the revolution of July nationalized the family's property and transformed her palace into the headquarters of the Socialist Union in the district, her parents die as a teacher and take care of her younger brother Essam, who studies engineering, but she hates the system of government and the Israeli intelligence has an opportunity to recruit them. She is forced to travel to Athens, exploiting her hatred of the regime and recruiting her as a spy to Israel, to work with great enthusiasm without telling her brother, who remains loyal to his country until he becomes an engineer, but knows nothing about the role of his suspicious sister.

Spies Trap

1992

A Woman Over the Top poster
NR

(Nima Abdul Ghaffar) is a married woman who lives a routine life. She meets a wealthy man who makes her divorce her husband to marry her. But when she gets pregnant,he abandons her. She then discovers that he has taken the marriage contract with him and decides to take revenge.

A Woman Over the Top

1997

Huda and His Excellency the Minister poster
NR

Hoda, a poor girl, gets the chance to marry a millionaire and travel with him. When she returns to Egypt, she establishes her own business where she resorts to illegal ways and fishy connections, which only causes her trouble.

Huda and His Excellency the Minister

1995

1970s · 3 titles

Series credits

Minder poster
7.2

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

Minder

1979

Only Fools and Horses poster
8.1

Only Fools and Horses.... Is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally transmitted on BBC One from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until 2003. In working-class Peckham in south-east London, ambitious market trader Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and his younger half-brother Rodney, explore their highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich. Initially not an immediate hit and receiving little promotion early on, it later achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode "Time on Our Hands" (originally billed as the series finale) holds the record for the biggest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting 24.3 million viewers. The series bears a significant influence on British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language.

Only Fools and Horses

1981

Till Death Us Do Part poster
7.6

This English follows the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf, a reactionary working-class man who wields racist and anti-Socialist views. His long-suffering wife Else manages to keep things in control... for the most part. Their progressive daughter Rita lives with them, as does her Irish husband Mike, who, with an array of liberal worldviews, often quarrels with his father-in-law. It inspired the American show "All In The Family" and several other international variations on the same theme.

Till Death Us Do Part

1966

Bwabet Elhalwani poster
NR

Bwabet El‑Halawani brings to life the human stories behind Egypt’s transformation during the Suez Canal era. Through craftsmen, families, and dreamers caught in political and social upheaval, the series blends history with personal struggle, showing how ambition, sacrifice, and resilience shaped a defining moment in Egypt’s past.

Bwabet Elhalwani

1992

Mind Your Language poster
8.2

Jeremy Brown, a language teacher, tries to make a living by teaching English to immigrants. With pupils from India, France, China, and many other countries, his lessons do not always go as planned.

Mind Your Language

1977

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

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster poster
5.7

Mr. Palfrey is a mild-mannered, but highly skilled counter-espionage agent employed by a small, unnamed department within British intelligence. He and his team tackle complex cases, often involving government cover-ups and internal affairs.

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

1984

Door to Door poster
10.0

The story revolves around a sports editor named (Hesham), who chooses to marry (Dina) without consulting his mother, who controls his father. Many problems occur when he moves to live near his family, due to his mother's interference in his life and her falling into disputes with his wife.

Door to Door

2011

Hawanem Garden City poster
NR

In a dramatic context, the events of the series deal with the changes of the social relations between the Shazli family members and its head, Mahmoud, from the Royal era until the events of 1952.

Hawanem Garden City

1997

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh poster
8.0

Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz (The Harafish), the series presents the biography of the popular hero Ashour Al-Naji and his family, as he represents a symbol of principles, values, justice, mercy and fairness to the simple.

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh

1998

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh poster
8.0

Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz (The Harafish), the series presents the biography of the popular hero Ashour Al-Naji and his family, as he represents a symbol of principles, values, justice, mercy and fairness to the simple.

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh

1998

Like It Was Yesterday poster
6.5

A family lives in a tragedy that continues for years after their son (Ali) was kidnapped during a holiday they took on the beach, and after many years, (Ali) appears again in their lives, but this sudden appearance raises many questions, chief among them: Is this young man (Ali) ) Really?

Like It Was Yesterday

2018

The Ruffian poster
7.0

In the world of local neighborhoods, a sect of strong people come together to manage the affairs of these neighborhoods. Known as Al-Fetewa, they are ruffians who shoulder the responsibility of the people in their neighborhoods.

The Ruffian

2020

Mahmoud Al-Masri poster
NR

Mahmoud works in the port of Alexandria and gets close to Adnan Fakhouri, the wealthy businessman, and marries his sister. After his ships and companies get nationalized by the 1952 July revolution, Mahmoud and his brothers travel to America and then return in the era of Sadat.

Mahmoud Al-Masri

2004

Vegetable Market poster
NR

Taking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.

Vegetable Market

2006

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ poster
6.9

A British television series based on the book of the same name written by Sue Townsend.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

1985

Morning and Evening Talk poster
8.4

The latest that deals with the social and political history of Egypt revolves through three personalities, its children and grandchildren branches, and follows their conflicts, social roles, their human relationship and their different attitudes towards life and the homeland through the direct effects of economic interests on the relationships between the characters and the origins of these three trees.

Morning and Evening Talk

2001

Al-Helaly's Way poster
NR

Mustafa Al-Helaly is a university professor and head of the 'Virtue Party', who decides to run for parliament, but his life turns upside down after the retired dancer Sou'ad claims that he's the father of her reckless young daughter Nancy as a result of a one-night stand that happened 20 years ago.

Al-Helaly's Way

2006

Opera Aida poster
NR

Sayed Abdel Hafiz, famously known as Sayed Opera, is a lawyer famous for the schemes that he uses to defend criminals and drug traffickers. Aida is a skilled doctor who lives in a simple house after her father lost his wealth because of one of Sayed's tricks, until the paths of Opera and Aida cross.

Opera Aida

2000

Nour Maryam poster
NR

The events revolve around the conditions of corruption during the period of the previous regime and attempts by righteous people to confront it, as Nour (Youssef Al-Sharif) is trying hard to achieve his goal regardless of the means, while Dr. Maryam (Nicole Saba) is trying to confront this corruption.

Nour Maryam

2011

A Woman from the Time of Love poster
9.0

When a father has to go abroad for work, he leaves his children in the care of his sister who comes to stay with them, only to be shocked when she witnesses their behavior. As the family struggles to adjust to the changes, the aunt wisely helps her brother's children through their problems.

A Woman from the Time of Love

1998

No artwork available
6.5

An incompetently managed zoo becomes a metaphor for the state of Britain as a nuclear crisis looms over Europe.

The Old Men at the Zoo

1983

Civvies poster
8.2

Former soldiers in Britain's elite Parachute Regiment struggle to come to terms with civilian life after leaving the army.

Civvies

1992

The story of Yesterday poster
NR

The series deals with the alienation of the Egyptian family in search of money and its impact on the cohesion of the family and on the future of their children, through Zahra, who travels with her husband to one of the Gulf countries, and when the children reach the university stage, the mother is forced to return them to Egypt.

The story of Yesterday

2008

Chi Tutu Restaurant poster
NR

Where one of the restaurants owned by Adel and his friend Nagaty, after Adel returns from abroad deciding to start a small business that generates income for him, his friend Nagaty offers him a stay.

Chi Tutu Restaurant

2006

Agent 1001 poster
6.0

The story of the Egyptian young spy Amr Tolba who was able to infiltrate both the Israeli army and society in a successful operation before the 1973 War. When Musa, a young Jewish man in Tanta dies, his resemblance to Amr is used to recruit Amr and plant him in Israel.

Agent 1001

2005

Drug Habit poster
NR

Based on the film with the same name, the series deals with the issue of drugs and their deadly effects and how that's connected to the rampant corruption in society. As a trinitarian conflict arises between science, money, and addiction, the series shows that conflict through various characters.

Drug Habit

2016

My Soul Malak poster
NR

After her mother passes away, Malak becomes her father's right arm in his business, she then meets Mahmoud and marries him despite her father's objection. Then she goes into conflict with his notorious uncle Sa'eid, who desperately wants Mahmoud to work with him as she tries to keep him away.

My Soul Malak

2003

It's Still Too Early poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

It's Still Too Early

2012

Ghazal's Flesh poster
10.0

In search of her missing son and escaping her turbulent past, Alia poses as a vendor living in a poor neighbourhood.

Ghazal's Flesh

2021

Soft Life poster
NR

Farida is the daughter of Shaker Elwan, the owner of a big empire in the world of contracting and luxury housing who is also corrupt. Soon the empire crumbles and he escapes out of the country and Farida finds herself alone after everyone left her.

Soft Life

2010

The Doubt poster
6.0

The life of a middle-class family turns upside down when a lawyer contacts them and casts doubt on the paternity of their eldest daughter, which leads the father to suspect his wife's infidelity since the purported father of his daughter was his and his wife's college friend.

The Doubt

2013

Eye of a Needle poster
9.0

Failing to find a way out of his struggles and sufferings, the young man Sa'ied seeks to leave the country and travel abroad to set his life on the right course. But as he climbs up the ladder of fortune, he soon realizes the foul truth about the world he fancied.

Eye of a Needle

2012

Homeless Kids poster
NR

As a senior at the AUC prepares his graduation project about street children, he meets a homeless girl who offers him a unique insight into the lives and problems of street children, and the factors that made them what they are.

Homeless Kids

2006

Silk Thread poster
4.0

Mesk is a poor girl who falls in love with the businessman Hazem, but Hazem sells her out and leaves her. As the years pass, Mesk gets rich and returns to take revenge on Hazem and his family, who have destroyed her life.

Silk Thread

2020

Visions poster
NR

A girl of the lower middle class lives with her father. What is peculiar about this girl is that all her dreams turn into reality. One night, she dreams that her father has a disease and he is secretly getting treatment.

Visions

2018

Sharaf Fath El-Bab poster
NR

When a warehouse employee is retired against his will, his complaints and efforts to reverse the decision fall through. But when his supervisor offers him a bribe to facilitate a smuggling operation, he is lured in to accept.

Sharaf Fath El-Bab

2008

Who Doesn't Love Fatma? poster
NR

After losing his job and the family of the woman he loves rejects him, a man travels to his relative in Austria to find suitable work, but when he does not find him, he lives with a a group of immigrant Egyptians and meets Margret, who converts to Islam and marries him.

Who Doesn't Love Fatma?

1996

Behind every door poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Behind every door

2021

No artwork available
NR

The series revolves around a group of people who have several intertwined human relationships, and it also discusses issues related to the Egyptian family through their interactions with each other and with the outside community.

The Broken Hearts Club

2007