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Adel Emam (Arabic: عادل إمام; born 17 May 1940 is an Egyptian film, television, and stage actor.[1] He is primarily a comedian, but he has starred in more serious works and, combined comedy with romance especially in his earlier films, which included My Wife, the Director General, My Wife's Dignity and My Wife's Goblin with Salah Zulfikar and Shadia.

Adel Emam
عادل إمام
Born	Adel Mohamed Emam (1940-05-17) May 17, 1940 (age 82) Mansoura, Kingdom of Egypt ((present-day Egypt)
Nationality	Egyptian
Other names	Al-Zaeem, El Wad Sayyed el Shaghal, shahed ma shafsh haga
Occupation	Actor, Comedian
Years active	1962–present
Known for	Acting comedian philanthropist
Spouse	Hala Al Shalaqani
Children	3

Emam earned a bachelor's degree in Agriculture from Cairo University. Since then he has appeared in over 103 movies and 10 plays. He is one of the most famous actors in Egypt and the in the Arab world.

His contributions to the stage and film industries through addressing social and political issues in film and television earned him a cult following and a worldwide reputation that made him one of the most influential arab public figures in the 80’s and 90’s. Adel Imam is considered by a huge mass of cult followers as a cultural icon in the history of modern Egypt.

In January 2000, the United Nations appointed Emam as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR.

Career

Emam launched his career in theater in Ana w Howa w Heya (1962) with Fouad El-Mohandes and Shwikar and in cinema he acted in My Wife, the Director General (1966), My Wife's Dignity (1967), and My Wife's Goblin (1968) with leading actors Salah Zulfikar and Shadia. In early 1970s, he co-starred in Virgo (1970) with Salah Zulfikar, and in Find a scandal (1973) alongside Mervat Amin. Later, he started to act in starring roles in the 1980s and 1990s including The Suspect (1981), and Love in a Jail Cell (1983), both films alongside Soad Hosny.

He was an important national figure in Egypt largely because of the Egyptian political roles he took on in many of his films and plays, he always focused on Egypt's politics and religious problems. These roles, whether he intended it or not, often put him in a critical position vis-à-vis the president or the government, such as The Terrorist (1994) alongside Salah Zulfikar in Zulfikar's final film role. He has been cast several times by the producer Emad Adeeb in movies like Morgan Ahmed Morgan (2007), and Hassan and Marcus (2008) alongside Omar Sharif.

In 2005, he starred in The Embassy in the Building, playing a Cairene everyman inconvenienced when the Embassy of Israel moves into his apartment building. In the following year, Emam was one of the ensemble cast of The Yacoubian Building, a film reputed to be the highest-budgeted in Egyptian cinema and adapted from the novel of the same name. The story is a sharp look at contemporary Egyptian life through the prism of a faded downtown Cairo apartment building. Emam portrays an aging roué whose misadventures form a central strand of the film's complex narrative.[2][3]

Personal life

Adel Emam was married and has three children: the director Rami Imam, Sarah Emam, and Mohamed Emam, who also starred in the movie The Yacoubian Building as Taha ElShazli. He waq the brother of Esam Imam and Iman Imam. His brother-in-law was actor Mustafa Metwalli.

Adel Emam stated on a talk show hosted by Hala Sarhan that Amin Shalaby and the late Younes Shalaby as well as Saeed Saleh were his best friends since university.

In February 2012, Emam was sentenced (in absentia) to three months in jail for offending Islam.[4] Imam said he would appeal the sentence.[5] On September 12, 2012, Emam won his appeal when a Cairo misdemeanours court cleared him of defaming Islam in his films.[6]

Awards

Adel Emam received numerous awards through his five decades career. He won "Horus" Award twice for his leading roles in Omaret Yakobean and Al-irhabi at Cairo International Film Festival.[7] He won the Honorary Award of the Festival at 2014 Marrakech International Film Festival.[8] He won International Jury Award at São Paulo International Film Festival.[9] In 2005 and 2008 Dubai International Film Festival awarded Adel Emam the Lifetime Achievement Award. He received the first Career Achievement Award in El-Gouna Film Festival in 2017.[10]

Honours

•  Egypt: Commander of the Order of Merit (Egypt)
•  Algeria: Knight (Achir) of the National Order of Merit (Algeria)
•  Lebanon: Commander of the National Order of the Cedar
•  Morocco: Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite
•  Tunisia: Grand Officier of the National Order of Merit of Tunisia[11]

Selected works

Year	Film/TV Series/Play	Name Translation	Role
2020	Valentino (TV Series)	Valentino	Noor Valentino
2018	Awalem Khafyah (TV Series)[12][13][14]	Hidden Worlds	Helal Kamel
2017	Afareet Adly Alam (TV Series)	Adly Alam's Ghosts	Adly Alam
2016	Ma'amoon wa shorakaah (TV Series)	Ma'amoon and his partners	Ma'amoon Mobasher
2015	Ostaz wa rayees kesm (TV Series)	Professor and Head of Department	Fawzy Gomaa
2014	Saheb El Saada (TV Series)	His Majesty	Bahgat Abou-Kheir
2013	Al Aaraf (TV Series)	The Fortune-teller	Abd-El-Hamid El-Bakry / Hazem Ghorbal / Mostafa Zahran / Araby El-Kahky / Sobhy Abou-El-Fadl / Abou-El-Haggag El-Masry
2012	Firqit Naji Atallah (TV Series)	Naji Atallah's Team	Naji Atallah
2010	Zahaimar	Alzheimer's	Mahmoud
2009	Bobbos	Bobbos	Mohsen Hendawi
2008	Hassan w Morqos	Hassan and Marcus	Boules
2007	Morgan Ahmad Morgan	Morgan Ahmad Morgan	Morgan
2006	Emaret Yaqubian	The Yacoubian Building	Zakki
2005	El-Sefara fi El-Omara	The Embassy Is In The Building	Shereef
2004	Arees Menn Gehha Amneya	A Security Service Groom	Khattaab
2003	Al-Tagroba Al-Danemarkeya	The Danish Experiment	Qadri
2002	Ameer Al-Zalaam	Prince of Darkness	Saeed Al-Masri
2000	Bekheet Wa Adeela 3: Hello America	Bekheet And Adeela 3: Hello America	Bekheet
1999	El-Wad Mahroos Betaa El-Wazeer	Mahroos; The Minister's Guy	Mahroos
	Body Guard (play)	Body Guard	Adham
1998	Ressala Ila Al-Wali	A Message to the Governor	Harfoosh
1997	Bekheet Wa Adeela 2: El-Gardal wel-Kanaka	Bekheet and Adeela 2: The Pail and the Coffeepot	Bekheet
1996	Al-Nom Fil-Assal	Sleeping In The Honey - Fast asleep	Colonel Magdi
1995	Bekheet Wa Adeela	Bekheet And Adeela	Bekheet
	Toyoor Al-Zalaam	Birds Of Darkness	Fathy Nofal
1994	Al-Erhabi	The Terrorist	Ali[15]
1993	El Mansy	The Forgotten	Youssef El Mansy
	Al-Zaeem (play)	The Leader
1992	El Erhab Wal Kabab	Terrorism and Kebab	Ahmed
1991	Shams Elzanaty	Shams Elzanaty	Shams Elzanaty
1987	Al-Nemr Wal-Ontha	The Tiger And The Female	Waheed
1985	Al Halfout		Arafa
1984	Hatta La-Yeteer Al-Dukhan	So that smoke won't fly	Fahmi
	Al Ins wa Algen	Humans and The Devil	Jalal (The Devil)
	El-Wad Sayyed El-Shaghghal (play)	The Boy Sayyed The Servant	Sayyed
1983	El Harrif	The Professional	Fares
	Al-Motasawel	The Beggar	Hasanin
	El Avocato	The Advocate	Hasan Sabanekh
1982	Dumu Fi Uyun Waqeha	Tears In Insolent Eyes	Gomaa El-Shawwan
1981	Al-Mashbouh	The Suspect	Maher
1979	Ihna Bitua' al-Autobis	We are the Bus people	Jabir
1978	Ahlam Al fata Al ta2r	Dreams Of The Fugitive Boy	Ibrahim El-Tayer
1975	Shahed Ma Shafsh Haga (play)	The Witness Who Didn't See Anything	Sarhan Abdelbaseer
	Gharameyat Afifi (play)
1973	Madrast Al-Mushaghebeen (play)	The School of Mischievous	Bahgat
1970	Borj El-Athraa	Virgo
1965	Ana Feen W Enti Feen (play)
1968	Afreet Mirati	My Wife's Goblin
1967	Karamat Zawgaty	My Wife's Dignity
1967	Dhat Al-Bijama Al-Hamraa (play)
1966	Mirati Modeer Aam	My Wife, the Director General
1966	3 Losoos	Three Thieves
1966	Al-Nassabeen (play)
1963	Ana Wa Howa Wa Heya (play)

References

External links

• Adel Emam at IMDb 
• All Adel Imam films online in English, Arabic and French

На других языках

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[de] Adel Imam

Adel Imam (arabisch عادل إمام, DMG ʿĀdil Imām‎; * 17. Mai 1940, nach anderen Quellen 17. Dezember 1946 in al-Mansura) ist ein ägyptischer Schauspieler.

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[ru] Адель Имам

Адель Имам (араб. عادل إمام ‎; 17 мая 1940) — египетский актёр театра и кино. По своей актерской сущности, он, в первую очередь комик, но участвовал и в серьезных работах — например, его ранние фильмы объединяют комедию с романтикой[1].

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