Ahmed Fouad Selim

Acting

Ahmed Fouad Selim

Born

1957-02-06 (69)

Place of birth

Sharquia, Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

87 titles

Known for

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

Raafat Al Haggan poster
7.8

Based on the true story of Egyptian spy Refaat Al-Gammal, Raafat Al Haggan follows a young Egyptian Muslim recruited by intelligence to assume a false Jewish identity and embed himself deep within Israeli society for over a decade. Starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and Yusra, the series charts his dangerous double life, his sacrifices, and his pivotal role in gathering intelligence ahead of the 1973 October War.

Raafat Al Haggan

1988

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

I want to get married poster
7.9

The story of a pharmacist who wants to settle down and get married before reaching the age of thirty, and her family's insistence that she accepts the first groom who proposes, as well as her hilarious stories and experience with the men who propose to her.

I want to get married

2010

Counterattack poster
7.2

Based on records of the Egyptian intelligence agency, the story follows Saif and Dina who carry out a series of secret operations to expose terrorist plots that seek to divide the Arab region and spread Al-Qaeda’s influence in the world.

Counterattack

2021

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

2010s · 13 titles

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

Hide and Seek poster
6.0

Aly Hassan, a five-year old child, gets arrested while playing a hide-and-seek game called Khalawees with his neighbors. His father, Hassan (played by Ahmed Eid), who is a taxi driver in Cairo hurries to join his son who is about to be imprisoned in a name mix-up with another wanted escaped criminal. Hassan faces humorous situations in prison due to the presence of his son, Aly, and is torn between his female attorney trying to prove Aly's innocence and a talk-show media presenter convincing the public that Aly is the wanted criminal.

Hide and Seek

2018

Ms. Mammy poster
5.4

A successful advertising agency executive falls asleep on an airplane and wakes up in an alternate universe as a stay-at-home mom with three kids.

Ms. Mammy

2012

Al Qashash poster
2.8

The events take place in a dramatic framework; where a child gets lost from his family, and one of the employees of the shelter adopts him and raises him until he becomes a young man, and then he is accused of a murder case, so he tries to escape to prove his innocence, and his life turns upside down, then he meets the popular dancer (Horeya Farghaly) who helps him escape, and during his journey he gets to know many people who help him prove his innocence.

Al Qashash

2013

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

EUC poster
6.9

A group of youngsters establishes a private university after failing to get high grades in high school. They reveal through this university a lot of errors and constraints in the educational system in Egypt, which affect even their personal lives.

EUC

2011

30 Years Ago poster
7.4

"Omar" is back from abroad to divide his fortune to his family of nine members equally, but he tells them that his money is cursed, and the curse haunt who get the money wherever he goes, and has already convinced his cousin "Emad" about it after the occurrence of the victims in a strange way between family individuals in a row, trying to uncover the mystery behind the curse

30 Years Ago

2016

The Boat poster
5.6

The film is a thrilling drama about a group of young men and women who decide to spend a vacation on a boat and head out to sea. Unable to return, they try to adapt until help arrives. During this time, their internal conflicts and their struggles with one another emerge, shedding light on the lives and personal problems of each of them.

The Boat

2011

Warda poster
4.1

Walid, a video blogger, returns to his Egyptian countryside home to document and investigate strange happenings that have been disturbing his family since the death of his father.

Warda

2014

King Lear poster
NR

The events of the play decided about King Lear, who decided to distribute his possessions to his three daughters, and because his youngest daughter consented to him, he deprived her of his blessings, and another for his distribution of property stipulated that one of his numbers in choosing specific constructions for everything and expelling their father

King Lear

2019

Mickey's Family poster
3.9

A family participates in a competition to win the title of the “Ideal Family” as a solution to their problems.

Mickey's Family

2010

Welcome Ramadan poster
NR

The events of the play revolve around the guard of one of the palaces, called Ramadan, who finds himself the only owner of this palace after the death of his companions.

Welcome Ramadan

2016

Saeid Claquette poster
1.0

On a film set, one of the workers encounters a dilemma when his daughter is kidnapped and the kidnappers ask him to kill the film's lead actor in order to get his daughter back.

Saeid Claquette

2014

2000s · 15 titles

September 11 poster
6.4

Eleven directors from eleven countries each contribute an eleven-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001: A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students what's happened; city kids in Burkina Faso think they've spotted Osama bin Laden; a deaf Frenchwoman in Manhattan writes a Dear John letter to a man who left that morning for work at the World Trade Center; a Chilean remembers Allende; events recall other deaths; a mother endures more than her son's death. Tones vary, as do the locales. Most concern coming to terms with the events of the day, but at least one confronts the viewer with tragedy and death.

September 11

2002

Sorry For Disturbance poster
7.6

Hassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his very exceptional project.

Sorry For Disturbance

2008

One of the People poster
6.9

Mahmoud is a man with simple dreams. His life turns into agony, when he witnesses a murder in the garage where he works as a security guard and he testifies against the murderer.

One of the People

2006

Volcano of Rage poster
NR

Smuggled from the West Bank abroad and during his presence in Egypt a love story is established between him and an Egyptian girl and her family

Volcano of Rage

2002

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story poster
6.3

Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story

2009

45 Days poster
4.8

Admitted to a psychiatric hospital after being accused of murdering his parents, a young man makes a vow of silence weeks away from his trial.

45 Days

2007

Replacement poster
6.8

The film's events revolve around twins separated by days, each of them raised in a different environment. One was adopted by a dancer and lived with her in a poor, marginalized life in a slum area, and the other was adopted by a good, high-ranking family, and the first became a drug dealer and the second a police officer.

Replacement

2009

Abu Ali poster
6.8

When a young man on the run crosses paths with a woman escaping her own troubles, the two become unlikely fugitives. Hunted by the law and framed by the media, they must fight to prove their innocence and survive the chase.

Abu Ali

2005

Days of El Sadat poster
7.8

A biopic depicting the life of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, following his early life, his political and military achievements, and his assassination during the Cairo annual victory parade.

Days of El Sadat

2001

The Pleasure Market poster
6.8

He was jailed for 20 unfair years - a gang set up as a scapegoat for one of his operations. When he got out of prison, the gang decided to compensate him for the time he spent 6 million pounds in prison and despite the huge money he owned he could not adapt to his new situation. His imprint was imprinted with indelible imprint He decided to take revenge on those who caused his anomaly

The Pleasure Market

2000

Chaos, This Is? poster
7.0

Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force.

Chaos, This Is?

2007

Omar 2000 poster
4.4

Omar decides to emigrate to America as his 30th birthday approaches, but first he wants to get revenge on the people who have gotten in his way.

Omar 2000

2000

Shorom Borom poster
NR

The film revolves around a fantasy framework surrounding them and what they face in order to achieve their dreams, as the young man (Abdo) is surprised by the appearance of fairies trying to help him with his problems.

Shorom Borom

2001

Alexandria... New York poster
6.7

An enthralling look at the relationship between America and the Arab World from an Arab perspective. It tells the story of Yehia, a renowned Egyptian filmmaker whose life has been shaped by a pair of disrupted love affairs, one with an American woman named Ginger, the other with America itself.

Alexandria... New York

2004

Hell Underground poster
NR

Zaki Dawoud is a Jewish merchant who trades in leftover WWII weapons in El-Alamein and smuggles them to Israel with the help of the English Colonel Collins. Ghazy is a member of the resistance against the English occupation who is trying to stop the smuggling operation.

Hell Underground

2001

1990s · 8 titles

The Emigrant poster
5.8

The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.

The Emigrant

1994

Destiny poster
6.8

In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.

Destiny

1997

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

The City poster
7.4

Ali, an aspiring actor, works in a government-aided butchery and takes part in a cheap play. Defying his father's wishes, he moves to Paris to fulfill his dreams and starts living illegally alongside many other Arabs. Ali has a life-changing experience there that he won't fully remember until he returns to Egypt.

The City

1999

The Other poster
5.8

Adam is the son of a wealthy Egyptian-American family who is studying at UCLA and returns home for a brief vacation. Upon his arrival he meets beautiful reporter Hanane, with whom he begins an intense love affair, and eventually they marry. Trouble arises when Hanane' s journalistic interests lead her to the corrupt business affairs of Adam's parents, who are interested in building an American tourist compound that would allow Americans further control of Egypt's tourist industry, and make them a whole lot richer.

The Other

1999

Closed Doors poster
5.6

During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who's having an affair with Fatima, taking advantage of her difficult circumstances. Mohammad gets drawn to extremist religious world led by Sheikh Khalid.

Closed Doors

1999

The Day Demon poster
NR

A corrupt minister sends his men to kill his mistress's husband to look like a suicide, but the forensic doctor sees otherwise and is kidnapped in order to change the report. A gym teacher witnesses the kidnapping and tries to save her in spite of the dangerous confrontation.

The Day Demon

1997

Kolha Khatwa poster
NR

A Vision on Landmines Still Present in Egypt – Through a Satirical Attack on the Government and Its Perception of Human Life

Kolha Khatwa

1998

Series credits

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

Raafat Al Haggan poster
7.8

Based on the true story of Egyptian spy Refaat Al-Gammal, Raafat Al Haggan follows a young Egyptian Muslim recruited by intelligence to assume a false Jewish identity and embed himself deep within Israeli society for over a decade. Starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and Yusra, the series charts his dangerous double life, his sacrifices, and his pivotal role in gathering intelligence ahead of the 1973 October War.

Raafat Al Haggan

1988

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

I want to get married poster
7.9

The story of a pharmacist who wants to settle down and get married before reaching the age of thirty, and her family's insistence that she accepts the first groom who proposes, as well as her hilarious stories and experience with the men who propose to her.

I want to get married

2010

Counterattack poster
7.2

Based on records of the Egyptian intelligence agency, the story follows Saif and Dina who carry out a series of secret operations to expose terrorist plots that seek to divide the Arab region and spread Al-Qaeda’s influence in the world.

Counterattack

2021

Raised in His Wealth poster
10.0

The series discusses the character of Hamada Ezzo, the reckless polygamous man. He's unable to take responsibility,because of his mother's excessive spoiling. He's confronted with the reality of life and its problems as he gets older, while his cousin Nawal tries to make him an organized person.

Raised in His Wealth

2007

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

The Seven Commandments poster
8.3

After discovering their ailing elderly father has 28 million in his bank account, seven siblings conspire to end his life, but the story takes a mysterious turn when his body vanishes from his room following the crime.

The Seven Commandments

2014

Bab Al Khalq poster
NR

After the Arabic language teacher travels outside Egypt in despair, he returns after a while to his hometown in Bab Al Khalq to be surprised by many changes that foretell a possibly mysterious future, whereupon he tries to coexist and keep pace with them to ensure the continuation of life.

Bab Al Khalq

2012

Monk Hill poster
NR

The events of the series revolve around a dramatic context about phobia, by highlighting a number of people who suffer from this disease, the most important problems they face, and how they interact with them.

Monk Hill

2024

King Farouk poster
NR

The biography of King Farouk I of Egypt, the penultimate king of the Muhammad Ali dynasty. Succeeding his father, Fuad I, to the throne, Farouk's reign ended when the Egyptian revolution of 1952 broke out, and he was overthrown and exiled.

King Farouk

2007

Ground/Air poster
NR

When a flight attendant faces an unpleasant problem, she decides to avenge, but as luck would have it, her situation gets even worse when she is accused of hijacking a plane. Has she hijacked it in retaliation? Or is it just a scheme against her?

Ground/Air

2017

The Frenchman poster
7.2

An exceptional lawyer is accused of murder and enters his most dangerous game to rewrite the truth.

The Frenchman

2026

The Excavator poster
NR

As the Israeli forces occupy Sinai prior to the War of Attrition, they use an excavator to dig deep in the land, under the pretext they're searching for oil. When the Egyptian authorities discover their true intentions, they try to stop the excavator from reaching Bab El-Mendab.

The Excavator

1996

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

The Master poster
6.5

Within the framework of the social drama, the fish merchant Hamed lives a simple, quiet life with his family, until he finds himself in the middle of bitter conflicts among the big market traders, and he must confront them, otherwise he will perish among the whales.

The Master

2024

Vertigo poster
7.0

Farida, a photographer, goes to a hotel to meet her friend and husband, who works at the hotel's Vertigo bar. She finds herself the only witness to the murder of two businessmen and their guards, as well as the lives of her close friends.

Vertigo

2012

Al Refaee's House poster
NR

In an action setting, the events revolve around a doctor who enters into several conflicts with those around him, due to the antiquities trade

Al Refaee's House

2024

Hakim Basha poster
7.0

Hakim works in antiquities excavation and trade, then his uncle puts all the family’s property in his hands due to his extreme intelligence and his support in managing his business. Thus, he becomes the patriarch of the family and controls all its affairs, but soon his enemies multiply, and conspiracies surround him from every direction, even from his closest relatives.

Hakim Basha

2025

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

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

Citizen X poster
6.2

Ahmed Qasim, famously named Aix, is killed in a heinous accident, then the events before his death were exposed to show the relationship of the hero with his family, friends and all influencers in his life until he was exposed to this incident, and investigations are ongoing into the issue of his death to try to find out who killed X.

Citizen X

2011

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

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

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

Darsh poster
5.5

The story revolves around twins, one of whom suffers an accident that causes him to lose his memory, prompting him to embark on a difficult journey to find his identity and past amidst successive conflicts and situations full of surprises.

Darsh

2026

ألف ليلة وليلة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ألف ليلة وليلة

1991

The Witch of the South poster
5.0

Set in Upper Egypt, the series follows Rouh, a girl connected to the world of Jinn and demons, who stirs a lot of trouble and tension between the locals with her spells.

The Witch of the South

2015

No artwork available
NR

The series sheds light on how injust parents can get as they differentiate between their children and favor some over the others, the thing that makes the children emotionally unstable and allows for unpleasant feelings like hatred and envy, feelings that are so extreme they can lead to revenge.

Horses Sleep Standing

2009

The Alleys of Bucharest poster
NR

Sayed Gad Allah is a professional judo player, living with his four siblings. He's forced to use his skills in criminal acts, exposing him to many dangerous situations. He also loves a girl since childhood but the circumstances are always against him.

The Alleys of Bucharest

2015

The Killer Who Loved Me poster
NR

The criminal painter who hates blood "Moataz" works in the detectives. Everyone tries to get close to him due to the reputation that Moataz is famous for, which is “the death of everyone who hates them or those who anger him.” He is neither a murderer nor a magician, but it is rumored that everything that angers Moataz dies.

The Killer Who Loved Me

2022

وحلقت الطيور نحو الشرق poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

وحلقت الطيور نحو الشرق

2002

Al-Ameera: Thill Haita poster
5.5

After getting married to charming lawyer Osama, Zeinab's life is turned upside down when she starts really knowing him.

Al-Ameera: Thill Haita

2025

The First Lady poster
NR

When Hashem divorces his first wife, he marries the ambitious Maryam who supports his run for the presidency and tries to seize control of the government when he is hospitalized after an assassination attempt.

The First Lady

2014

Spies War poster
NR

The series revolves around an attempt to recruit a girl named Samia Fahmy (Mena Shalaby) for the Israeli intelligence, but the opposite happens, she informs the Egyptian intelligence and decides to cooperate with them.

Spies War

2009

يخلق من الشبح أربعين poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

يخلق من الشبح أربعين

2015

Ana Shahira ... Ana Al-Kha'in poster
NR

A two-part story through which we look at a successful marital relationship that turns into a tragedy, told in two parts, each consisting of 30 episodes; the first tells the story from Shahira’s point of view, and the second tells it from Raouf’s point of view.

Ana Shahira ... Ana Al-Kha'in

—

No artwork available
NR

three young men whose dreams are hindered by a divorce request, but they become more determined to achieve them. Fate leads them to meet the general, who forms them into a team to reclaim their rights. They discover that they only receive crumbs, so they decide to leave the general and fight.

Taraf Talet

2012

The Peacock poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Peacock

2021