Amr Saad (born November 26, 1977) is an Egyptian actor.

Biography

Amr Saad was born on November 26, 1977 in

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, Syria, and grew up in the

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district of

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, Egypt. He is the second son to his parents after his older brother, the chemist Sameh Saad, and before his younger brother, the singer Ahmed Saad. He graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts at

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. He began his artistic career in 1999 by starring in the films '' The Other'' and '' The City''. In 2007, he appeared in the movie ''Dikan Shehata'', which was praised by critics. He then starred in films such as ''The Big'', ''Iron'', ''Rijata'', ''The Walls of the Moon'', ''Molana'' and ''Karma''. He presented the first series in the drama in 2010, entitled ''Kingdom of the Mountain'' and then presented the series ''Abdul Aziz Street'' in 2011 and in 2012 presented the series ''Khirm needle'', and then presented a second part of the series ''Abdel Aziz Street'', and in 2016 presented the series ''Younis Born Silver'', and in 2017 presented the series ''Security Situation''. He won the Best Actor Award for his lead role as Sheikh Hatem in the film '' Mawlana'' from the 33rd Alexandria Film Festival and was also awarded by the

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as well as the 66th

Egyptian Catholic Center for Cinema Festival The Egyptian Catholic Center for Cinema Festival is an annual film festival held in Cairo, Egypt. Started in 1952, it is the oldest film festival in Egypt, Africa, and the Middle East The Middle East (term originally coined in English la ...

. He also won the Best Actor Award from the 23rd Mediterranean Film Festival of

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for his role in ''Mawlana''.

Personal life

His son Raby Saad is also an actor.

Filmography

Films

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saad, Amr Cairo University alumni Egyptian male film actors Egyptian male stage actors Egyptian male television actors Egyptian Muslims Living people Male actors from Cairo Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 1977 births