Ramez Mohamed Galal Ahmed Tawufik ( ar, رامز محمد جلال أحمد توفيق; born 20 April 1973) is an Egyptian
prankster, actor and singer. He graduated from the
Egyptian Academy of Arts.
Biography
Ramez Galal is the son of the theater director Galal Tawfik
and the younger brother of Yasser Galal. He studied at Kasr Al Tefl primary school and then moved to El Orman preparatory school. His secondary school was El Giza. After graduating, Galal decided to join the institute for dramatic arts, the acting and directing section. Galal entered military service after graduating, then returned to acting. In his early career, he got the chance to act alongside the prominent actor
Salah Zulfikar in the 1993 TV special "Al-Rajul Al-Tayeb". In 2014 he appeared in a TV advertisement for
Zain.
Television
In his prank show episodes, which are aired during Ramadan,
Galal's guests are seen in fear for their lives. He has pranked famous Egyptian people and international stars like
Paris Hilton,
Steven Seagal, and
Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan (; born 2 November 1965), also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. Referred to in the media as the " Baadshah of Bollywood", "King of Bollywood" ...
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The reaction by Shah Rukh Khan during the ''punked'' show, was the fourth most trending YouTube video during the first week of Ramadan 2017.
Despite the wild popularity of his shows, Galal has met with criticism. A person speaking for animal rights complained that a lion was sedated for the show. Another critic said the "insults" that fly when his guests are punked ruin Egypt's reputation.
In 2020,
Zamalek president
Mortada Mansour filed a lawsuit demanding that ''Ramez Magnoon Rasmy (Ramez is Officially Crazy)'' prank show be suspended.
Filmography
Interviews
In an interview discussing the
2017 Minya attack
On 26 May 2017, masked gunmen opened fire on a convoy carrying Copts from Maghagha in Egypt's Minya Governorate to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor, killing at least 28 people and injuring 22 others.
Background
Copts have fa ...
where 29 Christians, including children, on their way to a monastery in Minya were killed, Galal burst into tears describing his feelings about the tragedy.
References
External links
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Ramez Galal YouTube Channel
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1973 births
Living people
Egyptian male film actors
Male actors from Cairo
Egyptian Sunni Muslims
Egyptian male television actors
Entertainers from Cairo