Portrait of Hesham Selim

Acting

Hesham Selim

Career

Active from 1972 to 2021, busiest in 1991 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
31
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for El Helmeya Nights
El Helmeya Nights
GoodWatch score81/100

Characters

1

The characters Hesham Selim played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hesham Selim Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    0.8, average 1.7
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.9, average 1.6
  • Scare
    2.0, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Egyptian Cinema 4
  • Egyptian Drama 3
  • High Stakes 3
  • Social Realism 3
  • Cultural Insight 3
  • Psychological Intrigue 2
  • Emotional Depth 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Showbiz Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Counterattack
Counterattack (2021)

TV show

2010s

9 titles ยท average score 68
Disappearance
Disappearance (2018)

TV show

Tayee
Tayee (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

We Have Further Comments
We Have Further Comments (2018)

TV show

Vanished
Vanished (2018)

TV show

Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds (2017)

TV show ยท as Nadir

Kalabsh
Kalabsh (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Akram Safwan

Password
Password (2016)

TV show ยท as ุขุฏู… ู‡ุงุฑูˆู†

Temporary Name
Temporary Name (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

Animal Stories in the Qur'an
Animal Stories in the Qur'an (2011)

TV show

2000s

16 titles ยท average score 61
Spies War
Spies War (2009)

TV show

Critical Moments
Critical Moments (2007)

TV show

ุงู„ู…ุตุฑุงูˆูŠุฉ
ุงู„ู…ุตุฑุงูˆูŠุฉ (2007)

TV show ยท as ูุชุญ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุญุณูŠู†ูŠ

Justified Betrayal
Justified Betrayal (2006)
GoodWatch score 56

as Magdy

Places in the heart
Places in the heart (2005)

TV show ยท as Bakr

You Are My Life
You Are My Life (2004)
GoodWatch score 60

as Hesham

Talking About Love
Talking About Love (2004)
GoodWatch score 52

as Ibrahim

Granita
Granita (2001)

as Hassan

The Storm
The Storm (2001)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mahmud

ุงู„ูƒูˆู…ูŠ
ุงู„ูƒูˆู…ูŠ (2001)

TV show

The Headmaster
The Headmaster (2000)
GoodWatch score 79

as Hussien

Attempted Murder
Attempted Murder (2000)

as ุญุณู†

1990s

14 titles
A Woman from the Time of Love
A Woman from the Time of Love (1998)

TV show

Our Families
Our Families (1997)

TV show ยท as ูˆุฌูŠุฉ ุณูŠุฏ ุตุงู„ุญ

Hawanem Garden City
Hawanem Garden City (1997)

TV show ยท as ู…ุญุณู† ุงู„ุดุงุฐู„ูŠ

All Good
All Good (1996)

as Kamal

Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany
Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany (1994)

TV show

Crystal
Crystal (1993)

as Ahmed

O, Mehalabeya
O, Mehalabeya (1991)

as ู…ู„ูŠู… / ุฃุญู…ุฏ

El-Gabalawy
El-Gabalawy (1991)

as Hussain

Mohamad Ali's Street
Mohamad Ali's Street (1991)

as Hamouda

The Pasha's daughter
The Pasha's daughter (1991)

as Amr

The servant
The servant (1990)

as ุนู„ุงุก ุดุงู‡ูŠู†

Qesma W Nasib
Qesma W Nasib (1990)

as Rgaay

1980s

11 titles ยท average score 79
The Puppeteer
The Puppeteer (1989)
GoodWatch score 78

as Bahloul

Alexandria Again and Forever
Alexandria Again and Forever (1989)
GoodWatch score 78

as Magdy

Scandal of a Lifetime
Scandal of a Lifetime (1989)

as ุนุงุฏู„

The White Flag
The White Flag (1988)

TV show

Assassination of a Teacher
Assassination of a Teacher (1988)

as Issam Abdel-Ghani Al-Sharqawi

El Helmeya Nights
El Helmeya Nights (1987)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Adel Selim El-Badry

Ragol lehaza alzaman
Ragol lehaza alzaman (1986)

as alaa

Satrak Ya Rab
Satrak Ya Rab (1986)

as Mohamed Kamal

Sanawat Al Khatar
Sanawat Al Khatar (1985)

as Wael Ahmed

Fingerprints On Water
Fingerprints On Water (1985)

as Dr. Omar

Don't Ask Me Who I Am
Don't Ask Me Who I Am (1984)

as Adel

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 67
Return of the Prodigal Son
Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly

Empire M
Empire M (1972)
GoodWatch score 66

as Medhat