Ahmed Mazhar

Biography

Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (October 8, 1917 – May 8, 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938 and his colleagues included Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat. His acting career started in 1951 when he was picked for a role in Zehour Al-Islam because of his riding skills and his proper pronunciation of classical Arabic. In 1957, he retired as commander of the special cavalry units and decided to explore his acting talents. Mazhar's breakthrough in the world of acting came after he succeeded in playing the role of an evil prince in the famous movie Roda Qalbi (Return My Heart) which was his third movie. Other roles soon followed, including Al-Tarik Al-Masdood (1958), Al-Ataba Al-Khadraa (1959), Doaa al-Karawan (1959), Wa Islamah (1961), Al-Dowa Al-Khafet (1961) and Ghadan Youm Akhar (1961). He starred in an American movie, Cairo (1963), starring George Sanders and Faten Hamama. More than four years later, Mazhar appeared in Shafika and Metwali alongside Soad Hosny. Other films like Al-Nemr Al-Aswad, Demoue Sahebat El-Galalah, Al-Gasousa Hekmat Fahmy, and The Guns and the Fury soon followed.

Most Known For

Al Helmeya Nights

as Ahmed Hasanein Basha

Saladin

as Saladin

One Thousand and One Nights: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Conscience of Teacher Hekmat

ألف ليلة وليلة: علي بابا والأربعين حرامي

as السلطان عليش

Nadia

as د. مدحت

الليل الطويل

as رشدي

شهيرة

as حسين

Bardis

as أحمد علوان

Wa Mashait Tareq Al Akhtar

أيام معه

as زياد

لا إله إلا الله

Jamila, the Algerian

as يوسف

Cairo

as kerim

Return My Heart

as الأمير علاء

Black Tiger

as Costa

Oh Islam

as Mahmoud/Qutz

City Lights

as عادل صبري

Soft Hands

as البرنس شوكت حلمي

The Women Union