Said Elassal

Acting

Said Elassal

Born

1962-09-16 (64)

Place of birth

Cairo Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

47 titles

Full Name: Said Abdel Moneim Abdel Gawad Morsi El Assal. Born on September 16, 1962 in Shubra, Cairo, Egypt. He is the eldest among his siblings. His father, Abdel Moneim Abdel Gawad, was one of the biggest traders of truck spare parts in Egypt. He had a weak physique in his childhood, so his father sought the help of Dr. Sayed El Gendy to build his strength. From a young age, he managed his father's shops and warehouses and traveled abroad to import spare parts. He began practicing martial arts and self-defense at the age of 11. While in Italy with his father to resolve an issue with a shipping company, he joined a local sports club. After returning to Cairo, he trained for 4 years and th…

Known for

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

Freezer's Campaign poster
4.5

When Egypt's climate changes , turning the country into a frozen state, a group of intelligence officers travel to Italy to get a device that can stop the frost, posing as a movie crew.

Freezer's Campaign

2016

The Gang of El Max poster
4.5

El Maxiky is accustomed to carrying out theft and smuggling operations alone without help. However, he gets embroiled in a major operation that requires outside assistance but eventually discovers that those he chose for help are implicating him in problems that threaten the operation's success.

The Gang of El Max

2024

Abu Shanab poster
5.4

Esmat Abu Shanab (Yasmin Abdul Aziz) is a female police officer who works in an administrative position and tries in various ways to work on field assignments.

Abu Shanab

2016

Monopoly (The Bank of Luck) poster
6.0

Fueled by anger after getting fired from his bank job, a lazy banker (Mohamed Saleh) joins forces with his co-worker (Amr) and their weird friend (Ze'ro) by turning to robbery in order to fulfill their dreams. But, when they turn their master scheme to rob the bank into action, things take an unexpected turn. Little did they know that a plan is only as clever as the brains behind it.

Monopoly (The Bank of Luck)

2017

Scarecrow poster
4.6

The story revolves around a grandfather who stole a rare masterpiece belonging to the late singer (Umm Kulthum) in his youth, but after years passes, he finds himself chased by those who want to have this piece, which makes him resort to the help of his only grandson.

Scarecrow

2019

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

The Gang of El Max poster
4.5

El Maxiky is accustomed to carrying out theft and smuggling operations alone without help. However, he gets embroiled in a major operation that requires outside assistance but eventually discovers that those he chose for help are implicating him in problems that threaten the operation's success.

The Gang of El Max

2024

A Stand Worthy of Men poster
6.8

A comedy about a group of friends as they get reunited to help one of their own find his way out of major trouble. As the situation gets more complicated, they are forced to take a trip to a coastal town.

A Stand Worthy of Men

2021

Their Uncle poster
5.6

The story follows Sultan, a boxer and trainer who works with his friend Saeed in a sports center. They find themselves in trouble when they stumble upon a printing press for counterfeit money.

Their Uncle

2022

Mako poster
5.3

Eight documentary makers decide to go to the location of Elsalam Ship which sunk years ago to make a new documntary where they face unforseen dangers.

Mako

2021

Maqsoom poster
5.6

Hind, Emy and Rania can’t really stand each other. In the 90s, during their university years, they used to sing together in a band in before personal differences tore them apart. When they receive an invitation to sing together in Aswan, the three women reunite and are forced to work together on one last show. As they come together for this surprise reunion, they find themselves in a mix of challenges and comedic moments, remembering their past and rediscovering their present.

Maqsoom

2024

Who Would Believe It? poster
8.2

Nadine gets rid of the state of emptiness in which she lives, by meeting a fraudulent young man named Bassem, who offers her the kind of love and attention that she is missing. Nadine Bassem participates in fraud operations through which they get involved in many problems, which puts their love story and other matters at stake.

Who Would Believe It?

2024

Grapes poster
NR

Two days before his wedding, a young millionaire playboy goes to celebrate with his fiancée, his friend, and his friend's fiancée, only to wake up the next day and discover that he married both his fiancée and his friend's fiancée, and that he also gave up his wealth to a complete stranger, so he sets off to find out what happened the night before.

Grapes

2024

2010s · 29 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

Freezer's Campaign poster
4.5

When Egypt's climate changes , turning the country into a frozen state, a group of intelligence officers travel to Italy to get a device that can stop the frost, posing as a movie crew.

Freezer's Campaign

2016

Abu Shanab poster
5.4

Esmat Abu Shanab (Yasmin Abdul Aziz) is a female police officer who works in an administrative position and tries in various ways to work on field assignments.

Abu Shanab

2016

Monopoly (The Bank of Luck) poster
6.0

Fueled by anger after getting fired from his bank job, a lazy banker (Mohamed Saleh) joins forces with his co-worker (Amr) and their weird friend (Ze'ro) by turning to robbery in order to fulfill their dreams. But, when they turn their master scheme to rob the bank into action, things take an unexpected turn. Little did they know that a plan is only as clever as the brains behind it.

Monopoly (The Bank of Luck)

2017

Scarecrow poster
4.6

The story revolves around a grandfather who stole a rare masterpiece belonging to the late singer (Umm Kulthum) in his youth, but after years passes, he finds himself chased by those who want to have this piece, which makes him resort to the help of his only grandson.

Scarecrow

2019

My Painful Debt poster
2.8

(Hani Ramzi) lives a simple life, working as a bill and installments collector for electrical appliances, where he faces many comic paradoxes during his work due to the high prices in Egypt.

My Painful Debt

2018

Ocean 14 poster
4.3

As Ta’oun plots to rob the famous singer Ahlam, he recruits his fiancée and her brother to accompany him to Sharm El-Sheikh to carry out the heist. But he is unaware that he is being followed by the police officer who was terminated because of him.

Ocean 14

2016

Titanic: The Arabic Version poster
3.8

A parody of James Cameron's Titanic

Titanic: The Arabic Version

2016

Memory Card poster
NR

The film follows several separate stories, which are all connected by a young lawyer who re-opens some cases in which a final judgment was thrown, including death penalties. The lawyer thinks that suspected criminals are not the real ones, and submits a request to re-investigate the cases to the attorney general, with the help of some information stored on a memory card.

Memory Card

2016

The Preacher poster
6.7

A seemingly traditional journey of a young sheikh in a governmental mosque who moves from leading prayers to becoming a TV celebrity issuing "fatwas" that are accepted by millions who have become fans of his as a result of his courage and his attempts to deviate from the usual religious rhetoric in a society heavily influenced by fundamentalism. From Behind the scenes that exposes religion and authority struggle - Mawlana is a movie that defy boundaries.

The Preacher

2017

Induced Labor poster
6.4

Some people will do anything to secure an American visa, as hard as that might be. Some enter lotteries, others beg friends and families to invite them. Others still, just sneak in and hope Mr Trump doesn’t notice they are there. But in this raucous comedy, one Egyptian couple come up with a splendid wheeze. With twin babies due any minute, and all other efforts to secure citizenship fail, the couple decide to storm the US Embassy in Cairo and give birth there. Surely that will mean the babies are born as Americans, right? Well, er, no. As you might expect, things don’t quite go according to plan…

Induced Labor

2018

The Fourth Pyramid poster
5.1

This suspense-thriller looks into the hidden world of online hacking through several methods, such as social media, different forums, and so on. Yusuf, a brilliant engineering student, is behind a lot of the operations that are being talked about.

The Fourth Pyramid

2016

The Fourth Pyramid poster
5.1

This suspense-thriller looks into the hidden world of online hacking through several methods, such as social media, different forums, and so on. Yusuf, a brilliant engineering student, is behind a lot of the operations that are being talked about.

The Fourth Pyramid

2016

Monkey Talks poster
5.1

Two magician brothers, Taha and Rashad El-Shenawy, prepare to pull off a magic trick to free their wrongfully imprisoned father.

Monkey Talks

2017

Born to a Man poster
5.6

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

Gedo Nahnooh poster
8.0

A group of young men whose grandfather dies, and upon distributing the inheritance, they discover that their grandfather did not leave money for them, while he left a will asking them to search for a buried treasure, and to search for the location of the treasure it becomes clear that it is inside the madhouse. They plan to enter the Hospital of the Crazies in pursuit of this treasure, and there they have a lot of comedic ironies.

Gedo Nahnooh

2018

The Night of Hana and Sorour poster
4.5

The film revolves around Sorour, a businessman who loves a girl called Hannah, but gets involved with a gang and has to run away from them.

The Night of Hana and Sorour

2018

Hassan and Boklos poster
3.9

The story of the two conjoined brothers, whom are exposed to funny situations, along with their cousin who got involved in their problems.

Hassan and Boklos

2016

Everyday's Lie poster
6.1

Hisham and Hadia, who work at the same advertising agency, an invitation to spend a vacation in Marsa Alam, in a resort owned by Sherihan. Hisham takes his wife, Aida, and Hadia takes her husband, Adel, and the four of them go on a vacation that will put their marriages to the test.

Everyday's Lie

2016

Shantet Hamza poster
5.0

A professional con man (Hamada Hilal) falls in love with a powerful woman who used to work for a well-known roguery gang.

Shantet Hamza

2017

The Womanizer poster
1.0

A romantic comedy about a playboy who gets in serious trouble with four different girls when they discover that he is seeing them all at the same time over the course of his journey to find his dream girl.

The Womanizer

2015

Egypt's Exchange Cafe poster
5.0

In this modern real-life drama, the intertwined lives of a group of regulars in a popular downtown café highlight the inner conflicts of their different personalities, and how they reflect the changes in the traditions and values of the Egyptian society.

Egypt's Exchange Cafe

2019

Downtown Shaking poster
NR

The film is set in the span of eight hours in the region of downtown Cairo, exploring the variety of characters present in the busy town, and several problems they face in their daily lives, in addition to the economical crisis the whole country is facing.

Downtown Shaking

2015

My Mother-In-Law Loves Me poster
4.4

A plastic surgeon gets into trouble because of his extreme passion with women, so he decides to visit a shrink, who eventually discovers that he is in a relationship with her daughter, so she decides to stop him in every way possible.

My Mother-In-Law Loves Me

2014

The Other Mainland poster
6.8

A group of young men who live in a poverty-stricken village aspire to migrate to Italy seeking a better life. In their journey towards their dream life, they are faced with the treacherous waves of the Mediterranean Sea while boarding an old, worn-out boat and carrying no legal documents.

The Other Mainland

2016

Misunderstanding poster
5.0

Omar is trying to reclaim the inheritance of his father from his uncle. He uses his colleague Rauof, who turns out to be a crook and then flees to Lebanon and Omar goes to jail. Lina the Lebanese girl falls in love with Raouf, and they agree to marry, but he escapes to Cairo.

Misunderstanding

2015

The Walls of the Moon poster
5.5

Zeina wakes up from a faint to find herself blind and unable to remember anything. She ends up with Ahmed on his boat, who enters into a frantic chase with Rashid. After sitting alone in one of the boat's rooms, she tries to recall everything that happened to her through its recordings, including the details of the love triangle in which she herself was one of the sides.

The Walls of the Moon

2015

No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed poster
2.5

A social comedy film about Thuraya Abdeen al-Entebli (Mervat Amin) receives a court order to obtain her grandfather's villa, Entebble Pasha, which was nationalized during the period of the conventions and when she goes to receive it, she found it was transformed into a police department ... Thuraya and her family live in the police department to obtain her right, Then the events follow.

No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed

2017

The Master of Ceremonies poster
3.0

The film follows a master of ceremonies who introduces singers and dance numbers on stage in local weddings, and who aspires of gaining wealth to escape his poor town and marry the girl he loves, but on his way he faces a lot of difficulties.

The Master of Ceremonies

2014

2000s · 9 titles

The Night Baghdad Fell poster
5.8

After the US invasion of Iraq, an Egyptian headmaster sponsors a young inventor to create a deterring weapon out of fear his country will be next.

The Night Baghdad Fell

2005

The Seventh Sense poster
5.9

A young man wants to be a professional Kung-Fu player but figures out that the game is not popular in Egypt. He meets a fortuneteller who helps him to read and hear other’s thoughts.

The Seventh Sense

2005

The Promise poster
4.6

Sahrawi ,the leader of a gang decides to get rid of Yousef, one of his old men after he has cancer and taking money belonging to the gang. He entrusts Adel to eliminate him, as well as Farah to follow Adel, but they fall in love. Then Yousef and Adel become friends.

The Promise

2008

A Cultural Film poster
7.0

Three sexually-frustrated friends are determined to watch a porno video but have no private place, no VCR, and no TV, so they go on a misadventure in which their group constantly increases, taking on more and more sexually-frustrated people and falling into one mishap after another, all because of the restrictions of society.

A Cultural Film

2000

Halim poster
7.3

The film displays the life of legendary singer(Abd Alhalim Hafez) in various stages. Depicting many sides of his artistic and personal life since his early childhood.

Halim

2006

Taimour & Shafi'aa poster
6.1

Taymour and Shafika have grown up together as next door neighbours and are deeply in love. However, their love is put to the test when he is assigned to protect her as her personal body guard when she is promoted to the level of Minister.

Taimour & Shafi'aa

2007

A Generous Gesture poster
5.8

Salmawi and Mima dream of joining the Acting Institute, but they are faced with impossible admission exams. They try to enter the world of acting through any other door, but with every attempt, they are accompanied by bad luck, which leads them several times to the police station. Despite the troubles, they insist on completing the journey and achieving their dream at any cost.

A Generous Gesture

2001

Private Lesson poster
4.0

Khososy a young who is living in the fifties of the 20th century in Egypt, one day he is mistaken for a man who wants to fight the British soldiers occupying Egypt, his father tries to smuggle him out of Egypt but the ship gets caught in Bermuda triangle and Khososy finds himself in the year 2005 of Egypt, trying to fit in the new time, he encounters many problems, he finds out that his children are now grown up and they in worse shape it can be, he tries to bring the back to the right way.

Private Lesson

2005

Cinderella in Arabic poster
2.7

A gentle and dreamy girl who works as a costume assistant in a theater group faces troubles at work as the band's director and his son both love her, and at home as her stepmother prefers her own daughter to her and treats her unjustly. Can she find the balance her life lacks?

Cinderella in Arabic

2006