Sameer Ghanem

Actor

January 15, 1937 (84 years)

† May 20, 2021

Asyut, Egypt

Biography

Samir Youssif Ghanem graduated from the faculty of agriculture in 1967. He became friends with George Seydhom and al-Deyf Ahmed and the three formed “Adwaa al-Masrah” (Theater Lights), which was a singing and acting trozupe. Ghanem had outstanding stage performances in the productions “Tabeekh al-Malayka” (Angelic Cuisine), “Romeo wa Juliet,” among others. Ghanem also had an outstanding performance in “Fawazir Ramadan” – Ramadan Trivia Shows – where he assumed the character Fatouta. Among his mo…

Filmography

5.0

Diary of a Very Angry Wife

Samir

Engi is a sharp-tongued journalist who happens to work at the same newspaper as her husband Ali — a recipe for endless conflict. Clashing over politics, gender roles, and the realities of modern Egyptian marriage, the series blends sharp social commentary with warm domestic comedy. Starring Dalia El Behairy and Khaled Sarhan, it ran for five seasons and became one of Egypt's most beloved female-led comedies.

7.2

Fi El La La Land

Salim

A group of people travel to Indonesia, but a failure in the engines of the plane forces the pilot to change its course and land them in one of the islands of Thailand. They try to get out of the island in any way, exposing them to many problems and comedic situations.

4.0

Saturday Night Live Arabia

The Arabic version of the popular, late-night comedy sketch show features celebrity guests, parodies, and a variety of laugh-out-loud antics.

N/A

The Search for Happiness

A series with a dramatic character that deals with an issue that is important in Arab societies in its own way. The events of the series revolve around marital life, with its dramatic situations presented by the series in the framework of a satirical comedian

8.0

Three Stories

Bella's Father / Al-Halawani / Grandpa

A series divided into 3 stories (10 episodes each) with different characters and events in each story.

N/A

ألف ليلة وليلة

شهريار

The story is adapted from the famous Arabic fantasy novel of the same name.

7.0

Lahfa

El-Halawany

A comedy about an aspiring actress who enlists the help of her uncle, a casting agent, in order to land her breakthrough role, because the last thing she wants is to end up being an extra like her father.

N/A

حكاية غريبة

صابر

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7.0

Sharbat Louz

Hakim

The series tells the story of (Sharbat) who is a divorced seamstress. She lives in a humble area and supports her younger brothers. She then marries a rich fashion designer and events escalate.

N/A

Captain Gouda

كابتن جوده

A physical education teacher moves to work in a remote area of the Egyptian countryside, where education is not considered a priority or sport in general, as he tries to advance the children of the village and work to adapt to the new environment.

3.0

Super Miro

Amira Taftaf is a social media specialist at the "Affirmed News" website. As she suffers with her father who regards her as a child, and the intransigence of her bosses, she enlists the help of a friend who seeks to show her where her true potential lies.

6.0

Dala' Banat

This comedy series addresses the issue of class distinctions from the perspective of two sisters. One of the sisters is working class while the other is part of the bourgeoisie which creates a variety of comical and ironic scenarios.

8.0

Bakiza and Zaghloul

عفت العشماوي - ضيف شرف

The series tells the story of Bakiza, who was surprised after the death of her rich elderly husband - Ashmawi - with Maji, his daughter, Zaghloul, who was raised in poverty away from her rich father. Ashmawi, the father of Zaghloul, tried at the end of his days to search for his daughter through advertisement in the newspapers, but the result is the arrival of his daughter Zaghloul late after his death to find his widow "Bakiza" - Suheir Al-Babyloni - arrogant and poor at the same time. The series is exposed to the paradoxes that result from the difference between the two characters and the way they deal with the difficulties they face after the death of Ashmawi, after discovering that he died penniless and that they share a legacy from which he remains after paying his debts except home.

N/A

Cafeccino

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4.3

Tattah

This satirical comedy revolves around Tatah, a maladjusted, poor man from Abdeen who befriends a woman online with help from his nephew. Just as his life starts to change, the woman is kidnapped and he sets out to save her.

N/A

Chi Tutu Restaurant

نجاتي

Where one of the restaurants owned by Adel and his friend Nagaty, after Adel returns from abroad deciding to start a small business that generates income for him, his friend Nagaty offers him a stay.

6.0

Azmy & Ashgan

The comedic story of two criminals who get into funny situations while trying not to get arrested by the police.

N/A

It's Still Too Early

ضيف شرف

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6.5

The Tender Gender

Samir

3 young men aims older women for financial gains by working as gigolos,during a summer vacation,one of them targets a strict unmarried woman by making her fall in love with him to win her trust,meanwhile,his two friends struggles with their plans too before end of summer.

7.0

World War III

السيد اللواء

Khamis is a terrible football player, while playing football with his friends he shoots the ball away and broke an abandoned museum's window. After entering the museum he finds that statues become alive at 17:00.