Profile

• Name: Sabry 'Abdel Mon'em
• Nationality: Egyptian
• Profession: Actor (Cinema – TV drama – Theatre)
• Date of birth: Not known precisely
• Place of birth: Not known precisely
• A veteran Egyptian actor, renowned for his television, film, and stage work since the 1970s.
• Known for portraying fathers, officials, legal professionals, and calm, socially grounded characters with a dignified presence.

Career Overview

• Began his artistic career in the 1970s and has worked for decades across theatre, television, and cinema.
• His roles span social and dramatic genres; he frequently delivers pivotal supporting characters that add weight to scenes and strengthen long-form narratives.
• Holds a substantial TV résumé alongside notable film and theatre appearances, maintaining active work into the new millennium with roles suited to his experience and age.

Artistic Traits

• An understated, disciplined performance style that conveys the character’s inner details without exaggeration.
• Versatile in moving between roles such as father, official, security officer, government employee, and dignified popular characters.

Selected Works

• Cinema:
• Zanqat Sittat (Women's Alley)
• Shadd A'gza' (often marketed as an action “crackdown” thriller)
• Jawab I'tiqal (Arrest Warrant)
• Al-Jasusah Hekmat Fahmi (The Spy Hekmat Fahmi)
• Al-Bayda wal-Hagar (The Egg and the Stone)
• Al-Bidaya (The Beginning)
• Shafiqa wa Metwally (Shafiqa and Metwally)

• Shader al-Samak (The Fish Market)

• TV Series:

• Ra'fat al-Haggan — an iconic espionage drama about a real Egyptian spy
• Naseebi wa Qismatak (My Share and Your Fate) — a popular anthology-style social drama
• Zizinia
• Layali al-Hilmiya (The Hilmiya Nights) — a landmark multi-season social saga
• Al-Ikhtiyar (The Choice)
• Kid al-Nisa' (Women's Wiles) — a comedy-drama centered on gender dynamics

• Al-Liqa' al-Thani (The Second Meeting)

• Theatre:

• Fares Bani Khayban — a satirical stage play (the title puns on “khayban,” meaning inept)

Note: “TV drama” here refers to mosalsalat—long-form serialized television series that are highly popular in the Arab world.

Facts and Trivia

• Among the most prolific in Egypt, with approximately 500 works across cinema, television, and theatre.
• Due to the sheer volume of his output, Wikipedia maintains a dedicated list of Sabry 'Abdel Mon'em’s works in addition to his main biography page.