Amr Youssef

Youssef studied International Law at the Faculty of Law and holds a bachelor's degree in Law. He made his acting debut in season one of El Daly TV series when producer Mohamed Fawzy introduced him to Nour El Sherif and he played the role of the journalist, Adham Fares, and continued until season three in 2011. In 2011, Youssef got his big break when he landed the role of Karim George in the TV hit El Mowaten X, which gained him wide audience acclaim. Throughout his career, Youssef has collaborated with internationally recognized directors, including Egyptian director Hadi Elbagoury in his films Wahid Saheeh (The Right One) (2011) and Hepta: The Last Lecture (2016), the highest-grossing romantic film in the history of Egyptian cinema, Egyptian director Khaled Marei in his TV hit Niran Sadeeqa (Friendly Fire) (2013), and Egyptian-American director Hisham El Essawy in his 2015 film Al-Thaman (The Price). Amr Youssef also collaborated with the internationally acclaimed director Amr Salama, director of Sheikh Jackson that screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and played one of his most successful TV roles in the 2018 TV series Tayea', co-starring Saba Mubarak and Amr Abdel Gelil. Youssef played a man from upper Egypt for the first time in his career. Tayea' received wide critical and audience acclaim across the Arab world. Youssef's performance in Tayea' won him the Best Arab Actor in a TV role at the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival. In 2015, Youssef starred in the box-office hit Welad Rizk (Sons of Rizk) by Tarek Alarian, where he played the charcter of Rabea'. The film co-stars Ahmed Ezz, Ahmad Al Fishawy, Ahmed Dawood, and Karim Kassem. Welad Rizk made huge success and gained wide audience acclaim. In 2019, Youssef starred in Welad Rizk 2: Awdat Osoud Al-Ard (Sons of Rizk 2) with the same cast of the first film. Welad Rizk 2 made more than EGP 100 million in the box-office. Amr starred in many TV hits, including Zarf Eswed (A Black Envelope) (2015), Grand Otel (Grand Hotel) (2016) directed by Mohamed Shaker Khodeir and written by Tamer Habib, the first egyptian series to show on Netflix. His role in Grand Otel won him the Best Actor award at the 17th Murex D'Or in Lebanon. In 2017, he starred in the TV series Asham Iblis (Devil's Wish) and the radio series Tom w Sherry (Tom and Sherry) with Syrian actress Kinda Alloush.