Mohamed Abu ElWafa

Acting

Mohamed Abu ElWafa

Born — Died

1956-05-18 — 2019-06-29

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

53 titles

An Egyptian actor whose beginning was through theatrical performances in the palaces of culture, before he moved to work on television in 2005 in the series The Harbor and the Sailor, then his roles continued between cinema and television, most notably in The Oracle, A Good Guy, and The Island.

Known for

Tamer & Shawkeya poster
8.2

Tamer & Shawkeya follows posh lawyer Tamer who marries Shawkeya, a simple working‑class teacher. Their cultural and social differences lead to hilarious situations as they navigate family expectations, everyday life, and in‑laws in this classic Egyptian comedy of mismatched marriage and domestic chaos.

Tamer & Shawkeya

2006

Kalabsh poster
6.0

Selim al-Ansary is a morally-conscious police officer who is talented at his job. He is constantly criticized by those around him, even his mother, and is perceived as an evil person. When a murder inside the police station unjustly points to him as a suspect, he gets arrested, but he decides to escape to prove his innocence.

Kalabsh

2017

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

Professor and Head of Department poster
4.5

A college professor rebelling on political situations, holds a big governmental position after the revolution, but he gets shocking surprises.

Professor and Head of Department

2015

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

Photography & Proximity Are Prohibited poster
NR

A drama thriller about a rising artist who reaches the top of stardom, gradually turning into one of the celebrities of society. But there is always a price for fame that have to be paid, when a murder takes places and she gets involved.

Photography & Proximity Are Prohibited

2018

Film credits

2010s · 8 titles

The Blue Elephant poster
7.1

After a five-year hiatus, psychiatrist Yehia returns to work at Abbasiya Hospital. He’s assigned to evaluate a patient who turns out to be his old friend. As events unfold, Yehia uncovers dark secrets that challenge his understanding of reality.

The Blue Elephant

2014

18 Days poster
6.6

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

Qet And Far poster
5.9

Hamada gets involved in a furious conflict with the minister of interior affairs with all the power he has, as he searches for his mother, who does simple daily jobs to provide for her family. Through the conflict, Hamada discovers how big the gap between him -and others of his social status.

Qet And Far

2015

The Island 2 poster
6.5

Following the events of the first part, Mansour Al-Hefni escapes from prison and reunites with his son Ali and brother to return to the island to recover what they have lost. Mansour must stand against his old love Karima while the leader of the travelers tribe Sheikh Jaafar enters the conflict for rulership

The Island 2

2014

Born to a Man poster
6.1

An aspiring boxer Adham is thriving to become a successful professional. He falls in love with a girl, Mai, living in a slum, who suffers from her thug brother's possessive personality. Adham and his dad's lives turn torrid when Mai's brother knows of their affair.

Born to a Man

2016

Incantation 2 poster
4.0

Three young men create fake profiles on Facebook and they all befriend the same girl, which leads to a series of endless comic paradoxes.

Incantation 2

2017

The Night of the Carnival poster
6.5

Spanning one day, the film takes place in a “Muled” (An Islamic saint's day celebration), following the curious and intertwined stories of a variety of different characters living nearby, working invisiting the Muled.

The Night of the Carnival

2015

Gun Racking poster
5.6

Police officer Omar al-Attar which is exposed to the position turns over his career and personal upside down, when the killing of his wife verse at the hands of a gang, seeks to avenge her, something that enters into a series of cascading problems with his superiors, it becomes chased by security forces.

Gun Racking

2015

2000s · 5 titles

Series credits

Tamer & Shawkeya poster
8.2

Tamer & Shawkeya follows posh lawyer Tamer who marries Shawkeya, a simple working‑class teacher. Their cultural and social differences lead to hilarious situations as they navigate family expectations, everyday life, and in‑laws in this classic Egyptian comedy of mismatched marriage and domestic chaos.

Tamer & Shawkeya

2006

Kalabsh poster
6.0

Selim al-Ansary is a morally-conscious police officer who is talented at his job. He is constantly criticized by those around him, even his mother, and is perceived as an evil person. When a murder inside the police station unjustly points to him as a suspect, he gets arrested, but he decides to escape to prove his innocence.

Kalabsh

2017

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

Professor and Head of Department poster
4.5

A college professor rebelling on political situations, holds a big governmental position after the revolution, but he gets shocking surprises.

Professor and Head of Department

2015

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

Photography & Proximity Are Prohibited poster
NR

A drama thriller about a rising artist who reaches the top of stardom, gradually turning into one of the celebrities of society. But there is always a price for fame that have to be paid, when a murder takes places and she gets involved.

Photography & Proximity Are Prohibited

2018

On Tipping Point poster
NR

In the wake of the 25th of January revolution, Fadel Abu El-Rous surrounds himself with wealthy and powerful businessmen that he appeals to using his intelligence and cunning.

On Tipping Point

2013

Saraya Abdeen poster
6.5

A period drama about the time of Khedive Isma'il Pasha's reign, focusing on the inside world of Abdeen palace, where competitive conflict develops between the Harem in order to win the Khedive's heart, against a backdrop of political tension and unrest.

Saraya Abdeen

2014

Amount of Light poster
5.0

Lail 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

The People of Cairo poster
7.0

A dramatic police investigation by chief detective Colonel Hassan, the task entrusted to him is to look into a bomb report in a luxury hotel in downtown Cairo on the wedding night of the scandalous businesswoman Belle Safi, who will be attended by important community figures at various levels, but each carrying Inside is much worse than what people show.

The People of Cairo

2010

Baraka poster
5.5

The show tells the story of Baraka, a man coming from South Egypt who lives in Cairo with his mother. With time, he starts borrowing lots money and gets into trouble with prominent people. His mother and his neighbor, who is also his lover, are the only ones who help him.

Baraka

2019

The Oracle poster
7.6

A crook manages to evade capture for a long time as he switches between various identities that make it difficult for the police to catch him. As he is finally caught by the police officer who has spent his life chasing him, both of them are changed forever by a series of events.

The Oracle

2013

The Balance poster
NR

A suspenseful thriller about what goes on behind the scenes of criminal activities, court and lawyers, with an unexpected twist at the peak.

The Balance

2016

Ferqet Naji Atallah poster
7.3

A retired Egyptian officer working at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv decides to plot revenge against Israel for freezing his bank accounts when he objected to its monstrous conduct in Palestine. In Egypt, he recruits five of his former students to rob Israel’s largest bank.

Ferqet Naji Atallah

2012

Heatwave poster
7.0

The story of the Al-Agaty family that consists of a mother and her two sons, one of whom is a police officer who faces a lot of problems as a result of his violent behavior, while the other son is a young revolutionary leftist often at odds with his brother and his family.

Heatwave

2013

Al Waseya poster
7.9

When Ebbo's father dies, he leaves behind a will that compels Ebbo to complete a list of tasks to be able to get his inheritance. Ebbo enlists his friend Semsem's help to complete the tasks.

Al Waseya

2018

Without Mentioning Names poster
7.0

The series revolves around several intertwined events, different Aisha. The series deals with the story of Rabih al-Halawani, and his son Rabie al-Halawani. The magazine and its partner in extortion operations, ill-informed. On the other hand, there is a reason to spend the protection and care of a purebred (ewe) and closer to her on the other side, as she escapes to work for Karawana and then becomes a beach dancer. He exploits the need for a job as an engineer by one of the sons of the Egyptian countryside, in order to exploit him and his father to implement private and suspicious deals.

Without Mentioning Names

2013

The Covenant (The Permissible Speech) poster
7.9

The story of the Covenant (العهد) unfolds in a fantasy world in an unset time and place, in an atmosphere of excitement, crime, horror and drama blended with magic and fantasy. The story of 3 small neighbouring villages and the struggles among the members of Aldiabh family to gain control over the villages and the Covenant which sets the rules of the land. The Family do not hesitate at anything in order to reach their goals, lying, ploting, stealing and even killing the people closest to them.

The Covenant (The Permissible Speech)

2015

Third party poster
NR

The events of the series revolve around three young people who stand in the face of their dreams, so fate increases in their determination to achieve them, and fate pushes them to meet the general, so he forms a team from them to regain the rights, and they discover that they only get the crumbs, so they decide to separate from the general and the conflict begins.

Third party

2012

May God Bear Witness to My Fasting poster
NR

The events revolve around Ali who gets unjustly fired from his job, so he starts earning money in various ways, including fraud and scam, but this road only gets him to face more troubles and challenges.

May God Bear Witness to My Fasting

2017

The Cesar poster
5.0

Al-Kaiser is a member in an extremist Islamic Takfiri group, in one of their terrorist operations, the police blocks them in one of the tunnels in Rafah and demolishes it. Al-Kaiser is the only survivor and is imprisoned.

The Cesar

2016

No artwork available
NR

The series shows how the leaders of the former regime used thugs in their illegal business, one of those thugs is Hamza, who works as a mechanic as a cover for his dubious activities.

The Thug

2012

Abdul Kader the Foreigner poster
NR

Herbert Doperfield is desperate after his brother and his brother in law die during the Second World War, he regains hope again when he goes to Sudan and embraces Islam and changes his name to Abdul Kader. He then moves to Upper Egypt and falls in love with a girl from the big families there.

Abdul Kader the Foreigner

2012

Dead Right poster
7.0

Young lawyer Nader becomes accused of kidnapping and killing four women, and with the police investigating whether he's the culprit or not, and constant pressure from the media, he recalls behind bars the story of his sad love with Hanin.

Dead Right

2015

The Escape poster
7.5

Mahmoud is a young engineer who misses on a job at his university due to corruption. As he stands up to a businessman, the latter frames him for murder and Mahmoud is forced to flee in an attempt to prove his innocence. But another tragedy awaits him when his brother gets killed.

The Escape

2012

Kafr Delhap poster
7.4

Set in a remote, cursed village in an ancient era, Kafr Delhab follows a doctor named Saad who arrives to find no children have been born for years — women miscarry, villagers are possessed by jinn, and all speak of a vengeful woman's spirit seeking retribution against the entire hamlet. Starring Youssef El Sherif, the series is a rare foray into horror-mystery for Egyptian drama, filmed on location in the haunting landscape of Siwa Oasis.

Kafr Delhap

2017

Red Sulfur poster
NR

The events revolve around Officer Mo'taz who is assigned to investigate sudden frequent fire cases at a local neighborhood. There, he quarrels with the sorcerer Shams, after which his life goes from bad to worse.

Red Sulfur

2016

The Scale poster
6.0

While defending a businessman on trial for murder, Noha uncovers some hard-hitting truths that put her in danger in this suspenseful legal drama.

The Scale

2016

Ibn Halal poster
9.5

A young man (Mohammed Ramadan) travels from Qena to Cairo for work, but the only job he can find is as a painter. He is constantly running into trouble, as he deals both with his extreme poverty and his desire to live a decent life for his mother. His world gets turned upside down when he finds himself way in over his head, and it becomes clear that he must find a way out before it is too late.

Ibn Halal

2014

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

Going and Coming Back poster
6.7

Businessman Khaled's son, Yassin, gets kidnapped by an organ trafficking organization. Joined by his wife, he travels searching for his son and decides to infiltrate the criminal organization by working with them. Eventually, he faces several shocks and surprises involving his closest friends.

Going and Coming Back

2015

The Preacher poster
7.0

When a conservative Islamic preacher meets a beautiful violin player, they get close to each other and mutual romantic feelings build. As he comes to believe in the value of art and its influence on society, he finds himself torn between his love and his conservative beliefs.

The Preacher

2013

The Harbor and the Sailor poster
NR

The story of the struggle of El Araby who owns a fleet of fishing boats in Alexandria but he faces repeated financial crises, and Fares who dreams of traveling to Europe and rejects the idea of ​​marrying his cousin who loved him since she moved in with his family after her father died.

The Harbor and the Sailor

2005

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

Younis, Son of Fadda poster
5.0

The series follows one of the emperors of Upper Egypt Younis Shehab, who achieves everything he wants from the arms trade to the sale of antiquities, to have influence and power that no one can stop, while his uncles are trying to uncover his truth and that of his mother Fadda after questioning his lineage.

Younis, Son of Fadda

2016

Good Mood poster
8.0

The drug dealer, Afandina, tries to monopolize the drug trade in his neighborhood, but he has a tough rival in Al-Noah and his son Bara'a, who want to take revenge on Afandina for killing Gharib Al-Noah.

Good Mood

2013

Asia poster
NR

Asia (Mona Zaki) works in painting and fine arts. She always fights with her husband, making it impossible for them to communicate. Asia gets into an accident that causes her to lose her memory, which changes her life completely. She starts working at a nightclub as a dancer.

Asia

2013

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's the Culprit? poster
NR

A suspense anthology series airing weekly, in each episode a different crime is being investigated by examining clues and evidence to identify the perpetrator.

Who's the Culprit?

2015

The Singer poster
NR

The movie depicts the life story of famous singer Mohamed Mounir, and the milestones of his professional and personal life, as well as the impact of his Nubian origins on his profession.

The Singer

2016