Tarek Lotfy

Acting

Tarek Lotfy

Born

1965-11-20 (60)

Place of birth

El Mansoura, Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

56 titles

Taarek Lotfy is a talented Egyptian actor, he studied at the High Institute of Dramatic Arts and got the director diploma from the High Institute of Cinema at the 1980s. Lotfy participated in various works that helped him to him to book a place in audience’s hearts, among his most famous TV series are; Esma’eel Abdul Haafez’s “Al-‘aaela i.e. The family” and “Al’hakeeka wal saraab i.e. The truth and the mirage”. Taarek played an excellent role in the successful film “Se’eedy fel gam’a al-Amerikeyya i.e. An upper Egyptian at the American University”.

Known for

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

Critical Moments poster
8.0

A medical drama about the stories of a large number of doctors, staff and patients at Dr. Galal's hospital, and the daily challenges that the hospital staff faces both in their work and their personal lives.

Critical Moments

2007

El-Atawla poster
7.0

Set against the streets of Alexandria, The Porters follows Nassar, a seasoned thief who falls in love and resolves to leave his criminal past behind. But walking away proves far more dangerous than staying — as former allies, rivals, and family close in on him from all sides. Starring Ahmed El Sakka and Tarek Lotfy, it's a gritty, fast-paced crime drama built on betrayal, brotherhood, and the cost of trying to change.

El-Atawla

2024

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

Ghamam Island poster
7.7

When Khaldoun and the gypsy Al-Ayqa settle on Ghamam island, they try to control its people, thinking that it contains a treasure and a great secret that no one knows. As they try to extend their influence to implement their plan, will the people of the island confront them led by Arafat, El Ajami, and Muharib?

Ghamam Island

2022

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

Film credits

2000s · 5 titles

The First Love poster
4.0

Wafaa (Hanan Turk) is in love with Khalid(mustafa amar), her class-mate at University, but Khalid seems to like her cousin Rania (Mona Zaki) When Wafa finds out about this, she tries to lead Rania towards him

The First Love

2000

About Love and Passion poster
5.5

Omar and Alia are in love and decide to get married , but Omar discovers that her sister Fatima is infamous who works in a bar so he walks away from her, and marries Kismat , while Alia marries her childhood neighbor, but they do not find happiness and events escalate.

About Love and Passion

2006

Azmet Sharaf poster
2.8

The wife of a well-known singer dies along with her driver in a traffic accident. In the ensuing murder investigation many latent – but explosive – issues rise to the surface.

Azmet Sharaf

2009

Attempted Murder poster
6.0

The poor girl falls in love with a wealthy young man who promises to marry her and take away her honor. Her father is forced to marry another poor man. The husband discovers after marriage what happened to (tomatoes) and decides to divorce her. She feels lost and decides to take revenge on those who deceived her and makes a plan to kill him.

Attempted Murder

2000

Were It a Dream poster
NR

Three young men and three girls, with some emotional ties, including a wealthy or middle-class family and one of them rural. They are all involved in opening a fast food restaurant with a loan from the bank. Without justification, the police arrest them. They are released with the assurances of their parents. One of them refuses to marry her boyfriend until she achieves her dream of a restaurant project. The young man returned after her return from work that killed the doorman. In the end, everyone succeeds in realizing their dreams at the beginning of the journey of marriage to each of his beloved.

Were It a Dream

2001

1990s · 5 titles

Upper Egyptian in the American University poster
7.1

Khalaf, a bumpkin southern Egyptian wins a scholarship to study at the American University in Cairo where students - many from Cairo's upper class - are known for their Americanized attitudes.

Upper Egyptian in the American University

1998

Blood on the Asphalt poster
7.0

Abul Hassan is a clerk in the Ministry of Justice who lives with his three sons: Dr. He praises a prestigious center in an international organization abroad. Walaa works in a hotel, but the children are shocked once that their father accused of stealing the file of one of the important issues. He returns to stand beside his innocent father and is surprised that his family has been decomposed. Loyalty has turned into a girl who hugs herself and Ala heroin, trying to identify the reasons that led the family to do so and help his cousin, researcher Siham, whom he had a relationship with love. The doctor begins to recognize the causes of the dissolution of his family one by one, prove the innocence of the father, "Abul Hassan" and commit suicide daughter loyalty and recognizes the son Alaa stealing the file and use heroin to imprisonment.

Blood on the Asphalt

1992

Gabr Elkhawater poster
7.5

Nawal is a schizoid patient residing at a mental asylum in Alexandria. After her ex-husband takes away her only son. Dr. Shaker sympathizes with Nawal and decides to help her, but he soon discovers that the asylum's chief is planning to use the patients in unsafe experiments.

Gabr Elkhawater

1998

Nutshells poster
NR

To face the declining revenues of the hotel that Raouf runs, he announces a competition to eat the largest amount of food in order to attract more guests, but hundreds of poor people join the contest, turning it into a tragedy that demonstrates various forms of suffering.

Nutshells

1995

Ard Ard poster
10.0

Three poor girls live in a neighborhood. One of them is called (Firdaws), who breaks off her engagement due to her father's disagreement with (Mohsen), her fiancé. Meanwhile, (Mahassen) suffers from loneliness and takes care of her sick mother. And (Mary) is their Coptic friend who loves (Ramadan), the Muslim, despite their different religions. The film follows the lives of the three girls and the rest of the neighborhood, their relationship with each other, and what happens inside the neighborhood daily.

Ard Ard

1998

Series credits

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

Critical Moments poster
8.0

A medical drama about the stories of a large number of doctors, staff and patients at Dr. Galal's hospital, and the daily challenges that the hospital staff faces both in their work and their personal lives.

Critical Moments

2007

El-Atawla poster
7.0

Set against the streets of Alexandria, The Porters follows Nassar, a seasoned thief who falls in love and resolves to leave his criminal past behind. But walking away proves far more dangerous than staying — as former allies, rivals, and family close in on him from all sides. Starring Ahmed El Sakka and Tarek Lotfy, it's a gritty, fast-paced crime drama built on betrayal, brotherhood, and the cost of trying to change.

El-Atawla

2024

El-Atawla poster
7.0

Set against the streets of Alexandria, The Porters follows Nassar, a seasoned thief who falls in love and resolves to leave his criminal past behind. But walking away proves far more dangerous than staying — as former allies, rivals, and family close in on him from all sides. Starring Ahmed El Sakka and Tarek Lotfy, it's a gritty, fast-paced crime drama built on betrayal, brotherhood, and the cost of trying to change.

El-Atawla

2024

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

Ghamam Island poster
7.7

When Khaldoun and the gypsy Al-Ayqa settle on Ghamam island, they try to control its people, thinking that it contains a treasure and a great secret that no one knows. As they try to extend their influence to implement their plan, will the people of the island confront them led by Arafat, El Ajami, and Muharib?

Ghamam Island

2022

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

Heema - Days of Laughter and Tears poster
NR

Through the story of an island that a businessman is trying to seize, the series presents many social problems facing the young generation like the lack of job opportunities and spinsterhood, in addition to persistent thorny issues such as patronage, corruption and the exploitation of influence.

Heema - Days of Laughter and Tears

2008

شارع المواردي poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

شارع المواردي

1990

Safia's Case poster
NR

The story of a rural girl named Safia whose father dies and leaves her a great inheritance. Her life takes a turn when a man claiming to be her brother suddenly appears. When he's killed, Safia is accused of the crime, forcing her to go on the run to try to prove her innocence.

Safia's Case

2010

Ramez Brought It From The Last poster
10.0

Your favourite stars – in pairs this time – are invited to a supposed talk show hosted by Ramez, unaware that what awaits them is far from any TV interview.

Ramez Brought It From The Last

2024

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

Sarah poster
8.1

Sarah is a girl whose mental development stopped at a very young age. After she slips into a coma that lasts for years, she crosses paths with a dedicated young doctor who decides to wake her up from her coma. When she wakes up, he ends up falling with her, not knowing what he is signing up for.

Sarah

2005

El-Cinderella poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El-Cinderella

2006

Elliel w Akhro poster
8.2

The story of Rohaim Al-Menshawy, a self-made man from Upper Egypt who falls for the singer Hasanat. After his siblings oppose their marriage due to the gap in social status, he withholds their share of their late father's inheritance from them.

Elliel w Akhro

2003

The Nightingale: The Story of a Nation poster
7.0

A narration of the life of the iconic artist Abdel Halim Hafez and the obstacles he faced, both personally and professionally, when he started his singing career, following his journey from a substitute for singer Karem Mahmoud, to become a recognized star that has his own light and aura.

The Nightingale: The Story of a Nation

2006

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

Birth Certificate poster
NR

The dramatic events revolve around (Ali) the police lieutenant colonel who is investigating a corruption case, with the sequence of events discovering papers proving that he is the son of (Yahya Nosier), one of the businesspeople accused in the corruption case he was investigating.

Birth Certificate

2016

El Halal Mountain poster
6.0

The 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

Falling in Sabe Well poster
NR

Based on the novel "Ibrahim and Inshirah" by journalist Abdel Rahman Fahmy, the series revolves around a true story from the Egyptian intelligence files, about the recruitment of an Egyptian man and his wife to spy for the benefit of Israel.

Falling in Sabe Well

1995

The Family poster
NR

The series takes place during the war of attrition and its aftermath, in a building and the relationship between its inhabitants, and about a family who loses their son in the war and its impact on them. It also deals with the issue of terrorism and poverty, which drives the poor to drift behind extremist groups.

The Family

1994

Countdown poster
NR

This police television drama revolves around Selim and his wife who live an average, stable life. However, their lives are disrupted when Selim ends up in a situation that forces him to commit numerous crimes. This is when Lieutenant Hamza enters the scene to chase down Selim, setting the events in motion.

Countdown

2014

The Story of Hayat poster
NR

Hayat is a schizophrenic woman who was admitted to a mental hospital after killing her mother. When she successfully convinces her doctor that she was set up by her family, he helps her leave the hospital to begin a journey full of unexpected surprises and mysterious turns.

The Story of Hayat

2013

Al-Qahera : Kabul poster
3.0

Through three intertwining tales, the series sheds light on the terrorist acts taking place in the Arab region, especially Egypt, through the stories of the terrorist Ramzy, the police officer Adel who faces off against him, and the broadcaster Tarek Kassab who reports the events to the audience.

Al-Qahera : Kabul

2021

The Homestead poster
7.0

A biography that revolves around the life of Khalil Hassan Khalil, a Political Science professor, in the period before the Egyptian revolution of 1952. The series explores how he suffered from poverty and social injustice and struggled to improve his social status and accomplish his dream of becoming a college professor.

The Homestead

1990

Truth and Mirage poster
NR

The Truth and the Mirage is an Egyptian series produced by Media Production City. This series revolves around a wealthy, authoritarian woman, played by actress Fifi Abdo.

Truth and Mirage

2003

Premeditation poster
NR

A romance series that discusses the life of a lawyer who lives a love story with one of her colleagues and reviews the problems that happen to her during the entire period of her career.

Premeditation

2012

A Husband's Diary poster
10.0

Raouf discovers that he is unhappy and dissatisfied with his life with his wife Shireen, so he decides to see a psychiatrist.

A Husband's Diary

2023

Sultan of Love poster
NR

When his father dies, the ambitious Sultan is forced to drop out of school and work to support his mother. As he becomes a wealthy businessman, his third wife steals all his money, sending him back to square one as he struggles to support his family.

Sultan of Love

2007

Forsa Akhira poster
6.7

In a dramatic setting, the work deals with the story of a judge whose life is endangered due to a sensitive incident he goes through, which witnesses transformations and developments that affect the course of his entire life.

Forsa Akhira

2026

اثنين .. اثنين poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

اثنين .. اثنين

1995

Our Families poster
NR

Set in the 90s , about the relationship between people in this period. It depicts the human side of the Egyptian personality and the moral situations, shedding the light on the concept of family bonding through daily events from the Egyptian street.

Our Families

1997

Al Foryagy poster
NR

The series takes place in a social comedy framework about a man who sees himself living in an absurd society, which makes him deal with everything around him in a farcical way.

Al Foryagy

2010

Between Two Worlds poster
NR

The series revolves around the struggle of money and power, through Marwan, who owns a real estate company, which despite being religiously committed, offers money and interest in the first place.

Between Two Worlds

2017

No artwork available
NR

Mahmoud is the head of Al-Shorbagy family. He runs into his childhood friend, Samy Sharkas, who returns from America and lavishes Mahmoud’s family with gifts. Samy wants to set up investment projects in Egypt, and Mahmoud works with him, but he's unaware that Samy is hiding a different agenda.

Cops and Robbers

2007

Night of Fallen poster
NR

The story takes place between 2014 and 2017 and deals with the events of Mosul during the years of its occupation by ISIS. It shows the tragic conditions that the people of Mosul experienced during that era and how the Iraqi Armed Forces, in partnership with the Peshmerga forces and the Popular Mobilization Forces, were able to defeat terrorism.

Night of Fallen

2023

Azzam's Children poster
NR

When their wealthy father dies, the four sons are shocked to discover that he stipulated in his will that they can't get their inheritance unless they remain unwed till the age of forty. Motivated by the problems he faced because he married young, the father has now left his sons in a tough spot.

Azzam's Children

2007

The Lighthouse poster
NR

The series addresses the issue of the Egyptian youth who marry Israeli women, covering a period that starts in the winter of 1967 prior to the Six-Day War all through the nineties and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

The Lighthouse

2008

Freedom Apartment poster
NR

Based on the timeless novel by Ghazi Al-Gosaibi, four young men share more than just an apartment during Cairo’s golden age. They embark on a journey of self-discovery, shaped by the exchange of ideas and fueled by a longing for freedom.

Freedom Apartment

1996