
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
8.2A 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
8.0A 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
7.0Set 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
8.0Based 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
7.7When 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
8.4The 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
2020s · 2 titles
3.6Ahmed decides to return to Egypt to settle down after years of exile, but his plans are quickly disrupted when his uncle Ahmed is injured in a mysterious accident and loses his memory. He discovers his uncle's shocking secret about his leadership of a dangerous criminal empire.
Ahmed & Ahmed
2025
5.5A man suffers from failure in romantic relationships and his inability to deal with women, so he turns to his friend to help him and provide him with experience based on his previous emotional experiences
The System
2024
2010s · 2 titles
5.8During a bloody night, a young man and his lover are struggling, not to get to the hospital, but to escape and survive.
122
2019
5.2The struggle of two women who face many events and the psychological and sociological aspects of being unmarried yet of marrying age in the context of an Eastern society where women are expected to be part of a man's household.
Two Girls from Egypt
2010
2000s · 5 titles
4.0Wafaa (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
5.5Omar 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
2.8The 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
6.0The 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
NRThree 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
7.1Khalaf, 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
7.0Abul 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
7.5Nawal 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
NRTo 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
10.0Three 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
8.2A 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
8.0A 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
7.0Set 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
7.0Set 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
8.0Based 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
8.0Based 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
7.7When 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
8.4The 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
NRThrough 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
8.0No synopsis available yet.
شارع المواردي
1990
NRThe 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
10.0Your 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
6.0The 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
8.1Sarah 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
El-Cinderella
2006
8.2The 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
7.0A 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
NRAfter 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
NRThe 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
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
NRBased 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
NRThe 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
NRThis 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
NRHayat 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
3.0Through 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
7.0A 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
NRThe 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
NRA 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
10.0Raouf 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
NRWhen 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
6.7In 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
اثنين .. اثنين
1995
NRSet 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
NRThe 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
NRThe 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
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
NRThe 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
NRWhen 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
NRThe 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
NRBased 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

