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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 27, 1958
Died
September 22, 2022
Place of Birth
Alexandria, Egypt
Also Known As
- هشام سليم
- Hisham Selim
- Хишам Селим
Hesham Selim
1.0 Popularity
Biography
Hesham Saleh Selim (January 27, 1958 - September 22, 2022) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He graduated from the High Institute of Tourism and Hotels in Cairo and later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Hesham was the son of Saleh Selim, an Egyptian football legend and former president of Al Ahly Sporting Club. His sister-in-law was the iconic actress and singer Yousra. He began his acting career at the age of 12, playing one of Faten Hamama’s children in Empire M (1972). Four years later, he played a lead role in Youssef Chahine’s Return of the Prodigal Son (1976), which embedded in him a passion for acting for the rest of his life. Selim acted in many TV shows, among them El Helmeya Nights (1987-1995), Arabesque (1994), and The White Flag (1988). He has appeared in many known films such as Alexandria Again and Forever (1989), The Puppeteer (1989), and Land of Dreams (1993). In the wake of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Selim became the host of the talk show Hiwar Al Qahira (Cairo Dialogue), a weekly program featuring live discussions with guests on political, social, and economic issues on Sky News Arabia in 2012. On May 5, 2020, he spoke on television about having a transgender son, in a rare public show of support for LGBT+ rights in Egypt. This segment and Selim’s acceptance of his son Nour in a country where gender issues remain taboo have won praise on social media, with many applauding Selim for his position and his decision to speak about it on Egyptian television. Hesham Selim passed away at 64 after a long battle with lung cancer. He is survived by two daughters and a son.
Known For
Credits
Mousa
2021
6.7
Counterattack
2021
7.2
Vanished
2018
0.0
We Have Further Comments
2018
6.0
Tayee
2018
6.0
Disappearance
2018
0.0
Between Two Worlds
as Nadir
2017
0.0
Kalabsh
as Akram Safwan
2017
5.7
كلمة سر
as آدم هارون
2016
0.0
Temporary Name
2013
6.0
Animal Stories in the Qur'an
2011
0.0
Spies War
2009
0.0
In Amina's Hands
2008
0.0
ظل المحارب
2008
0.0
45 Days
2007
4.6
المصراوية
as فتح الله الحسيني
2007
0.0
Critical Moments
2007
8.0
First Time in Love
2007
4.3
Justified Betrayal
as Magdy
2006
5.9
Places in the heart
as Bakr
2005
0.0
Searching For Freedom
2005
2.0
You Are My Life
as Hesham
2004
6.3
Mahmoud Al-Masri
2004
0.0
Talking About Love
as Ibrahim
2004
5.7
My Soul Malak
2003
0.0
🎬
الكومي
2001
0.0
The Storm
as Mahmud
2001
5.0
Granita
as Hassan
2001
0.0
The Headmaster
as Hussien
2000
7.7
Attempted Murder
as حسن
2000
6.0
A Woman from the Time of Love
1998
0.0
Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh
as شمس الدين
1998
0.0
Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh
as شمس الدين عاشور الناجي
1998
0.0
Gamal Abdel Nasser
1998
6.0
Garden city ladies
as محسن الشاذلي
1997
0.0
Our Families
as وجية سيد صالح
1997
0.0
All Good
as Kamal
1996
0.0
O Lovely Life
1996
7.0
Too Little Love.. Too Much Violence
1995
0.0
Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany
1994
8.0
Land of Dreams
1993
6.8
Crystal
as Ahmed
1993
0.0
Al Haggama
as سيد الكومي
1992
0.0
El-Gabalawy
as Hussain
1991
0.0
Mohamad Ali's Street
as Hamouda
1991
7.0
The Pasha's daughter
as Amr
1991
5.0
O, Mehalabeya
1991
1.0
Playing with demons
1991
0.0
Qesma W Nasib
as Rgaay
1990
0.0
The servant
1990
0.0
The Puppeteer
as Bahloul
1989
9.0
Alexandria Again and Forever
as Magdy
1989
4.4
Scandal of a Lifetime
as عادل
1989
0.0
Assassination of a Teacher
as Issam Abdel-Ghani Al-Sharqawi
1988
0.0
The White Flag
1988
0.0
Al Helmeya Nights
as Adel Selim El-Badry
1987
8.1
Atshanh
1987
0.0
Blood call
1987
0.0
Ragol lehaza alzaman
as alaa
1986
6.0
Ragol lehaza alzaman
1986
6.0
Alziyarat al akhira
1986
0.0
Revenge
1986
0.0
Al Awbash
1986
0.0
Satrak Ya Rab
as Mohamed Kamal
1986
0.0
El-Saflah
1986
0.0
Sanawat Al Khatar
as Wael Ahmed
1985
0.0
Fingerprints On Water
as Dr. Omar
1985
0.0
Ragab EL Wahsh
1985
0.0
Don't Ask Me Who I Am
as Adel
1984
6.5
Tazweer Fe Awraq Rasmia
1984
5.5
Return of the Prodigal Son
as Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly
1976
6.3
I Want a Solution
1975
7.0
Empire M
as Medhat
1972
6.1
اختفاء سعيد مهران
N/A
0.0