Youssef El Sherif

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Youssef El Sherif
Yousuf Alsharif.jpg
El Sherif in an interview with Akhbar el-Yom TV
Born
Mohamed Ismail Nagy

(1978-09-14) 14 September 1978 (age 43)
Cairo, Egypt
Other namesYoussef ElSherif
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Works
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse(s)
​
(m. 2009)​
Children
  • Abdallah
  • Abdelrahman
  • Jana

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

El Sherif began his career in 2003 in 7 Playing cards. Then he played roles in Open your eyes (2005), On low heat (2005), Agent 1001 (2005), Cinderella (2006) and Halim (2006). He has starred in The End of The World in 2006. In 2007, Director Youssef Chahine chose El Sherif to participate in his last movie before his death Le Chaos. El Sherif played major roles in 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 and 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]

El Sherif collaborated with the writer Amr Samir Atef and the director Ahmed Nader Galal in several works. He collaborated with Atef in Private Number, The Hunter, The Cesar, The Devil's Game, Kafr Delhab, Sons Of Adam and The End. He collaborated with Galal in Private Number, Temporary Name, The Hunter, The Cesar, The Devil's Game, Kafr Delhab and Sons Of Adam. He also the owner of the idea of several works like The Hunter, Kafr Delhab and The End. In 2009, El Sherif married , which wrote the story of The Devil's Game. She also the main fashion designer in most of his works.

Personal life[]

His birth name is Mohamed Ismail Nagy. He was born in Cairo, in September 14 1978, to a father who works in the army.[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. Then he went to work in the advertising field and graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Department of Mechanics in 2002.[6] In 2009, Youssef El-Sherif married the editor-in-chief of Euphoria magazine, , and they have three children: the twins "Abdul Rahman & Abdullah" and Jana.[7]

Career[]

In 2004, the director Sharif Sabry chose him to act at first time in 7 Playing cards and he chose an artistic name for him, "Youssef El Sherif".[7] After that, he participated in Open your eyes, 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 51th session of the London International Film Festival.[11]

Youssef El Sherif 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[]

  • COVID-25 (2021)
  • 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]
  • The End of The World (2006)
  • Open your eyes (2005)
  • 7 Playing cards (2004)

Writer[]

  • COVID-25 (2021) (idea)
  • The End (2020) (idea)[3]
  • Sons Of Adam (2018) (idea)
  • Kafr Delhab (2017) (idea)
  • The Cesar (2016) (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. ^ Jump up to: a b "Youssef El Sherif - Actor Filmography، photos، Video". elCinema.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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. ^ Jump up to: a b "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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