
Hussein Fahmy
Department: Acting
Biography
An Egyptian actor of Circassian descent. He was born in Cairo to an aristocratic family, as his grandfather, Muhammad Pasha Fahmy, was the head of the Shura Council, his father, Mahmoud Pasha Fahmy, was the secretariat of the Shura Council, and his grandmother was Amina El Manasterly, the owner of the Manasterly Palace. He graduated from the High Cinema Institute in 1963, and studied directing in the USA at the University of California. Among his films: My Blood, My Tears and My Smile, The Estranged Brothers and The Shame.
Known For

Women Market
1994

Mokalmet Baa'd Montasaf Elleil
1978

Women in the City
1977

Sons of the Devil
2000

Al-Nasabin
1984

امرأة بلا قيد
1978

Big Guys' Game
1987

The Fugitive
1974

The Devils
1977

الكلمة الأخيرة
1978

Rebellious woman
1986

Thy Lord Is Ever Watchful
1983

The Road of Lovers
1978

Layl waraghba
1977

Raghba wa hiqd wa intiqam
1986

رجال لا يعرفون الحب
1979

Save Whatever is Possible
1985

The Priest
2021

Lahzat daef
1981

Min yajnn myn?
1981

The Shame
1982

Al'unthaa
1986

Bahr Al Awham
1984

Even after a while
1988

Asyad Wa Abeed
1978

Shaaytan Men Assal
1985

Guard Dogs
1984

My Wife and the Wolf
1992

A Night When the Moon Cried
1980

Allaeiba
1987

women in print
1976

مسرحية سحلب
—

Alexandria Again and Forever
1989

Looking for Tutankhamun
1997

the Atheist
2025

Fares
2022

Mafia
2002

Lovers' Scraps
2003

Aietida'
1982

A Woman Deceived Me
1979

A Dinner Date
1981

صراع العشاق
1981

La waqt lil-demoue
1976

Dalal Al-Masria
1970

The Alexandrian
2024

Thousands Kisses
1977

Nagham Fi Hayaty
1975

My Beautiful Teacher
1971

A woman is a woman
1978

Soul lover
1973

Viva Zalata
1976

Strangers
1973

بداية ونهاية
1985

قصة الحي الغربي
1979

Hob Fauq Al-Burkan
1978

Laiali Yasmeen
1978

Al-Waratha
1986

حلوة يا دنيا الحب
1977

A Trip of Terror
1981

Your Wisdom, God!
1976

The Pasha's Palace
2025

آسفة أرفض الطلاق
1980

El-Halal Yksab
1985

The Bloody Encounter
1992

Wa Menel Hob Ma Qatal
1978

The Disappearance of Jaafar Al-Masri
1998

Before the farewell
1986

Monsters Run
1987

Watch Out for Zuzu
1972

The Bullet is Still in My Pocket
1974

The Sinners
1976

The Hot Tears
1976

The Kowess Family
2018

Playing with Giants
1991

The Glimpse
2012

The Lady of the Black Moons
1971

Albarnas
1984

Beware, Gentlemen
1978

Mean yekdar al-aziza
1975

Nutshells
1995

Walls of Tanneries
1983

My blood, My Tears and My Smile
1973

The Spy Hikmat Fahmi
1994

Alhajar alddayir
1992

Tears Without Sins
1980

Farewell to Torment
1981

Lial
1982

The Hallucination Kingdom
1983

The Beauty and The Scoundrel
1974

Love Comes Before Bread Sometimes
1977

Nar Elshouq
1970

Madness of Love
1977

Amira.. My Love
1975

Raghabat Mamnou'aa
1972

The Most Beautiful Days of My Life
1974

الأخوة الأعداء
1974

أمواج بلا شاطئ
1976

Sin of an Angel
1979

Rescue This Family
1979

Love & Pride
1972

Ahla Ayam Al Omr
1978

Let me avenge
1979

Behold How Bold Is Sokkar
1977

El'Ersh
1981

Challenge the strong
1980

Shouq
1976

A woman in love
1974

Beyond Love
1976

عضة كلب
1983

Shahd Al-Maleka
1985

A Deal With a Woman
1985

Barefoot on the Gold Bridge
1976

Suicide of a High School Teacher
1989

Groom's bath
—

Anbar and the Colors
2001

Welcome, Beys
2006

Alhajar alddayir
1992

Breakdown
1982

85 Genayat
1993

Thousand Kisses and kiss
1977

ملكة الحب
1973

يا رب توبة
1975

غراميات عازب
1976

الجوازة دي مش لازم تتم
1988

Your Eyes Shining
1982

بنت بديعة
1972

Wild Flowers
1972

Queen of the Night
1971

The Excavator
1996

Taealaa nahlum bibakrih
2003

Unpaid Killer
2009

Muatin bidarajat wazir
2006

الحب وسنينه
1989

عطفة خوخة
1983

Men of the World Come Together
2000

ألف ليلة وليلة
1984

His All-Knowing Secret
2023

The Doubt
2013

The Oracle
2013

كلمات
1999

صراع الأقوياء
2001

Garden city ladies
1997

Al Nesaa2 Qademoon
2001

The Other Face
2015

The wife is first to know
1987

Full Count
2023

The Beginning Road
2025

Empty State
—

Khat Sakhen
2020

Edge Of Anger
—

The Absentminded
2005