Ahmed Malek

About Ahmed Malek

Ahmed Malek Mostafa (born 29 September 1995) is an Egyptian actor. His first audition came at the age of eight when his uncle took him to perform in a commercial. In 2005, Malek had his first role in the TV series "Ayamna el helwa" (Our Good Days). A few years later, he played a small role in "Mafish Fayda", starring Mustafa Qamar and Basma. Shortly after, executive director Osama Farid asked Malek to perform the role of young Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the TV series El-Gamaah (2010) (The Brotherhood), which is considered the then-15-year-old's first breakthrough role.After the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, Malek disappeared for a short time, as he decided to focus on political and revolutionary activism. When director Gamal Abdel Hameed offered him the role of a young Egyptian revolutionary activist in the TV series "Al-shaware'a al-khafiya" (The Backstreets) - starring famous actors Gamal Soliman, Layla Olwi, Sami El-Adl and Gihan Fadel - he could not resist.In 2012, director Mohamed Samy offered Malek the role of Ahmed, a stammered teenage addict in his series Ma'a Sabq Alesrar (2012). With his newfound success in the role, Samy nominated Malek to play the role of a troubled teen in his new TV series Hekayet Hayah (2013) for which he won a DG award for Best Young Actor in 2013. Seeing Malek's impressive performance, renowned Egyptian director Sharif Arafah asked him to audition for a pivotal role in the much-anticipated sequel of his movie The Island (2007). The sequel, The Island 2 (2014), propelled Malek towards regional stardom in the Middle East and after which he become one of the most successful and sought-after Egyptian actors of his generation. He would later find international fame with roles in critically acclaimed films such as Clash (2016), Sheikh Jackson (2017) and Exterior/Night (2018) - all of which have been selected to represent Egypt in international film festivals and award circuits.::pody abazaa
During his rising career, Ahmed Malek has been known to choose diverse roles and characters, which distinguished him from his peers in front of filmmakers when they needed to cast someone his age. Among his notable works in film and TV are Sheikh Jackson, Clash, Hepta: The Last Lecture which was a resounding success at the box office and at film festivals, and La Tottfea Al Shams TV series that was among the most-watched TV series in Ramadan 2017.Ahmed Malek is a young actor who constantly wants to improve and explore new things, and entering the entertainment industry came from this constant desire. When he was still a first-grader, his uncle took him to audition for a TV commercial, and ever since, acting in front of the camera and appearing on TV became this little boy's favorite game. He started appearing in one TV commercial after another until he made his acting debut in Ahlamna Al-Hilwa (2005) TV series by director Ali Abdel-Khalek. Three years later, he made his big-screen debut with a small role in the film Mafish Fayda (2008) by Hatem Farid.The little boy's serious career move began with director Mohamed Yassin who picked him after auditioning many children for playing young Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the TV hit El-Gama'a (2010), where Malek won the audiences' attention playing the role. While he still thinks he's playing pretend when he is actually discovering his talent as an actor, he took part in Al Shawarea Al Khalfeya (Back Streets) (2011) TV ser...

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