Acting
Oct 5, 1944
Al-Basta Al-Fawqa, Beirut
Ahmed Al Zain
Acting
Biography
Ahmad Al Zein is a Lebanese actor whose career spans more than five decades in film, television, theater, and radio. He began performing onstage, appearing in productions such as Bilal, the Prophet's Muezzin and The Return of the Devil. He later worked with prominent figures in Lebanese theater, including director Yacoub Al-Shadrawi and comedian Hassan Alaa Eddin, better known as Shoushou. His early television credits include Mosaher Ramadan (1967) and Moghamarat Nader (1969). During the 1970s, Al Zein expanded his career into film while continuing to perform in theater. His early work included the stage production Al-Muharrij and the Egyptian-Lebanese film Sayidaty Al-Gamila (1975). He became known for his performances in action films and dramas produced in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War and later appeared in the Egyptian film Naji Al-Ali (1992). He also hosted the radio program Ibn Al-Balad, which reflected his longstanding interest in everyday life and working-class experiences. Al Zein went on to become a familiar presence in Lebanese and Syrian television, appearing in productions such as Bab Al-Hara (2006), Siret Al-Hob (2007), Al-Ghaliboun (2011), Sayein Dayein (2011), Al Hayba: The Return (2018), and all three seasons of Lil Mawt (2021–2023). His later credits include Nafas (2025). Throughout his career, he has portrayed a wide range of characters in social dramas, historical productions, and comedies, building a body of work across several generations of Arab television.
Feature Films (5)
In the aftermath of the 1967 defeat, four young Lebanese try to figure out their places in a society whose rules seem to have changed. It proved to be an extraordinary anticipation of the civil war that would engulf the country while the film was being edited.
Beirut, Oh Beirut
Set against the backdrop of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the film explores themes of land, honor, and survival through the story of a family caught between fleeing their homeland or submitting to life under occupation.
Territory of Rose
Madeleine Tabar, a young Christian university woman, wants to marry (Abdul Majeed Majzoub), a professor at the university where she studies, but her brother refuses this engagement... The film also deals with the Lebanese war at the time of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
El Infijar
After the assassination of the Palestinian artist Naji Al-Ali in London in 1987, the film flashes back to the stops that he went through in his life, starting from his displacement with his family to Lebanon, to his work in Kuwait, to his return to Lebanon during the Lebanese civil war.
Nagi El-Ali
Television & Series (5)
Al Ghadr "The Treachery" is a Syrian TV series with a detective theme, consisting of 31 episodes, based on the novel “The Bread Peddler” by Xavier de Montépin.
The Treachery
Fed up with his mysterious and unpredictable wife, Hadi’s business trip takes an unexpected turn when he meets a spontaneous and captivating woman who reignites his sense of freedom. As their connection deepens, secrets begin to unravel, exposing manipulation, obsession, and hidden motives. Torn between desire and loyalty, Hadi becomes entangled in a dangerous emotional web where love, control, and revenge collide with life-altering consequences.
Till Death
Jawad Ibrahim, a member of the resistance, and his wife, Dr. Kawthar Ali, are looking for their real son and the family of the child, Ali, who got switched with their real son because of a hospital error, this is in parallel with the conflict between enemy's intelligence and the resistance.
Bouh Al-Sanabel
Love comes in many forms, bringing happiness, heartbreak, and unexpected surprises. Through a collection of stories about romance and relationships, the series explores the challenges of falling in love, the complications of marriage, and the choices that can change people's lives forever.