Actor

Nour El-Sherif

Egyptian actor

1946 - 2015

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His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nour El-Sherif is the 4,283rd most popular actor, the 492nd most popular biography from Egypt and the 15th most popular Egyptian Actor.

Nour El-Sherif was a legendary Egyptian actor most famously known as one of the greatest stars of Arab cinema's Golden Age and beyond, starring in over 170 films and dozens of TV series with six entries in the Top 100 Egyptian films list—including acclaimed roles in The Palace of Desire (1967, his breakthrough), Karnak Café (1975), An Egyptian Story (1982), Destiny (1997), and The Yacoubian Building (2006)—where his versatility shone in dramatic, social, historical, and romantic parts that often tackled societal issues. He became an enduring icon of Ramadan television through powerful performances in historical-religious dramas like portraying the just Caliph in Omar bin Abdul Aziz, blending solemnity and humanity to captivate millions across the Arab world. Surprisingly, despite a prolific career spanning nearly 50 years and founding his own production company with ex-wife actress Poussi (with whom he had two daughters in the industry), he switched from a promising soccer career with Zamalek Club to acting, battled lung cancer in his final years, and reconciled with Poussi shortly before his death at age 69.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Nour El-Sherif ranks 4,282 out of 13,578. Before him are Kim Sae-ron, Maggie Grace, Mr. Lawrence, Linda Lavin, Lothaire Bluteau, and Valérie Lemercier. After him are Franchot Tone, Amanda Abbington, Fred Williamson, Richard Lewis, Ryūsei Nakao, and Han Hyo-joo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Nour El-Sherif ranks 476. Before him are Colette Besson, Gailard Sartain, Galina Starovoytova, Zinaida Turchyna, John Piper, and Dieter Herzog. After him are Kim Yong-chol, Im Shung-hwi, Giuseppe Furino, René Pijnen, José Guilherme Baldocchi, and Ernesto Pérez Balladares. Among people deceased in 2015, Nour El-Sherif ranks 293. Before him are Roger Rees, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Mary Ellen Trainor, Peter Gay, Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, and Jimmy Murray. After him are Lynn Anderson, Edward Natapei, Jaroslav Holík, Ali Treki, Helmut Dietl, and Nurlan Balgimbayev.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Nour El-Sherif ranks 492 out of NaN. Before him are Gamal Al-Ghandour (1957), Andrée Chedid (1920), Ahmad Ismail Ali (1917), Majida El Roumi (1956), Pope Primus of Alexandria (100), and Ad-Diba (1927). After him are Pope Markianos of Alexandria (100), Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed (1872), Al-Hakim II (null), Pope Eumenes of Alexandria (100), Sotion (-250), and Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1838).

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Among Actors In Egypt

Among actors born in Egypt, Nour El-Sherif ranks 15. Before him are Rushdy Abaza (1926), Taheyya Kariokka (1915), Nadia Gamal (1937), Salah Zulfikar (1926), Mena Massoud (1991), and Julian Fellowes (1949). After him are Georges Guétary (1915), Naima Akef (1929), Yousra (1955), Amr Waked (1973), Nelly Karim (1974), and Mohamed Ramadan (1988).

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