Yehia Chahine

Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film.

He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world.

Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director Youssef Chahine's Ibn al-Nile (Son of the Nile) along with Faten Hamama in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film Gaalouni Mujriman (I Have Been Made a Murderer), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in La Anam (Sleepless), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film Kul Hatha al-Hub (All This Love).

Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994

شارع المواردي

محمد المواردي

The Days

Alexandria… Why?

British Ambassador

The Land

Sheikh Hassouna

Doubt, My Love

عبدالرحيم

Rawaat El Hob

محمود سالم

Bloody Destinies

Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا

Sleepless

Ahmed Lutfy

Salamah

عبد الرحمن القس

The sad countryside

The People Inside

رفاعي

The Barrier

Salah صلاح

Isalu kalbi

A Bit of Torment

الرسّام أحمد خالد

All That Love

ناصف الليثي

Son of Cleopatra

Safar

They Made Me a Criminal

الشيخ حسن

Mansion of Longing

Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad

Dahaya el madania

A Plot

مراد

الأخوة الأعداء

El-Armany الأرماني

Pity My Tears

Mamdouh Salem - ممدوح سالم

Dawn of Islam

Ashiaa La Tushtra

Three Thieves

judge

A man and two women

Kahraman

Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool

بلال بن رباح

Soultanat al-sahra

Hassan

Dananeir

زياد

Al Sokkareya

Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad

Lady of The Train

Farid

Laila Al Amriya

Qais bin Al-Malouh

Scandal monger

Ahmed

The Female Boss

Abbas

Bit of Fear

الشيخ إبراهيم

The Landlord

I Am Love

Lovers Village

عبد الكريم

Son of the Nile

الشيخ إبراهيم

فتنة

باسم الحب

عبد الغفار

The Little Doll

She was an angel

Some Live Twice

Ahmed

زيزيت

Marret El-ayam

Between Two Mansions

السيد أحمد عبدالجواد

Boys and Girls

Life is Love

Adel

Elham

The Stranger

Tofahet Adam

Youssef Bey

The Lights

مراد

The Silent Love

If I Was Rich

كمال خطيب وهيبة

Nisaa Fi Hayaty

Ahmed Awad

For Love

الضوء الأخضر

The Pasha's daughter

ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly

انتقام الحبيب

This is Love

Hussein

Zeinab

إبراهيم

الملاك الصغير

Bint Al-Sheikh

The Man I Love

Solomon's Ring

Mahmoud

Kisma wa Nassib

Asem Shaker, Engineer

مخلب القط

حمدي

Lovers of the Night

Where Did My Life Go?

د. خالد

رجل بلا قلب

جلال

El taisha

The black knight

Essam

Farewell at dawn

The Teenagers

Shams شمس

The Confession

Ibrahim

Al-Ans station

Hababa

Samra Sinai