Youssef El Sherif

Youssef El Sherif (Arabic: يوسف الشريف‎; born September 14, 1978);[1] is an Egyptian actor and author. His birth name is Mohamed Ismail Nagy (Arabic: محمد إسماعيل ناجي‎).[2]

Youssef El Sherif
يوسف الشريف
El Sherif during his interview with Akhbar el-Yom
Born
Mohamed Ismail Nagy

(1978-09-14) 14 September 1978
Cairo, Egypt
Alma materAin Shams University
Occupation
  • Actor
  • author
Years active2003–present
Notable work
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse(s)
Engy Alaa
​
(m. 2009)​
Children3

He played several TV Series Since 2011, firstly Citizen X in 2011, then Private Number in 2012, Temporary Name in 2013, The Hunter in 2014, The Devil's Game in 2015, The Cesar in 2016, Kafr Delhab in 2017. he returned to the cinema in 2018 with the movie Sons Of Adam.[2] then he missed three years of television drama, but he returned with first Egyptian Science fiction television drama series The End in Ramadan in 2020, which Israel's Foreign Ministry condemned the series, because it predicts Israel's destruction.[3][4]

Personal life

His birth name is Mohamed Ismail Nagy. He born in Cairo in September 14 1978.[5] He played football in the junior team of Al-Ahly, but was injured before his moving to the first team, which kept him out of the field. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Department of Mechanics in 2002.[6] In 2009, Youssef Al-Sharif married the editor-in-chief of Euphoria magazine, Engy Alaa. And they have three children: Abdul Rahman, Abdullah and Jana.[7]

Career

In 2004, the director Sharif Sabry chose him to act at first time in Sabaa warakat kotshina. and he chose an artistic name for him, "Youssef El Sherif".[7] After that, he participated in Fattah eneek, Agent 1001, and Cinderella in 2005, in which he personified the character of director Ali Badrakhan. Until the director Youssef Chahine chose him in 2007 to participate in His last movie before his death Le Chaos.[8] he participated in the Venice Film Festival,[9][10] and in the 51st session of the London International Film Festival.[11]

Youssef Al-Sharif stated more than once in several television interviews that he places conditions in his business contracts by not providing "steamy scenes". He said: "I don’t feel comfortable at all, or find it to be right for me, to have ‘steamy scenes’, for example, with kissing or holding, I don’t feel like it’s right from my point of view, I enforce this in my life and on myself only."[12]

Works

TV series
  • The End (2020)[3]
  • Kafr Delhab (2017)[13]
  • The Cesar (2016)
  • The Devil's Game (2015)
  • The Hunter (2014)
  • Temporary Name (2013)
  • Like Roses (2012)
  • Private Number (2012)
  • Citizen X (2011)

Films
  • Sons Of Adam (2018)[14]
  • The International Player (2009)
  • Le Chaos (2007)[15]
  • Akher eldonia (2006)
  • Fattah eneek (2005)
  • Sabaa warakat kotshina (2004)

Writer
  • The End (2020) (idea)[3]
  • Sons Of Adam (2018) (idea)
  • Kafr Delhab (2017) (idea)
  • The Hunter (2014) (idea)

References
  1. يوسف الشريف لـFilFan.com: فقدت روح المخاطرة بسبب "هي فوضى" .. ورسالة الفيلم وصلت كاملة إلى الجمهور رغم الرقابة!، في الفن، دخل في 17 فبراير 2013 Archived 2017-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Youssef El Sherif - Actor Filmography، photos، Video". elCinema.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  3. Holmes, Oliver (2020-05-01). "Egyptian TV show about Israel's destruction opens real world rift". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  4. "Israel decries Egyptian TV show 'The End' for predicting its destruction".
  5. "يوسف الشريف نجم أعمال الغموض والتشويق". Elfann News (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  6. "يوسف الشريف". مجلة هي (in Arabic). 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  7. "تعرف على اسم ومهنة الفنان يوسف الشريف قبل احترافه التمثيل". اليوم السابع. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  8. "ما لا تعرفه عن يوسف الشريف .. من هو؟ سيرته الذاتية، إنجازاته وأقواله، معلومات عن يوسف الشريف". أراجيك (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  9. "بالفيديو: ما هو السؤال الذي أحرج يوسف الشريف في مهرجان فينيسيا السينمائي؟ وماذا كان رده؟! - بوابة الشروق". www.shorouknews.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  10. ""هى فوضى" من إخراج يوسف شاهين وخالد يوسف!". www.filfan.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  11. "«هي فوضى» في مهرجان لندن السينمائي - الاقتصادي - البيان". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  12. "Egyptian actor Youssef El Sherif clarifies 'steamy scenes' contract clause". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  13. "Youssef el-Sherif: supernatural themes grabbed my attention". EgyptToday. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  14. Movie - Bani Adam - 2018 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 2020-07-05
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