Acting
Mar 14, 1957
Cairo, Egypt
Shaaban Abdel Rahim
Acting
Biography
Sha’ban was born in al-‘Assal, an area in al-Shurabiyah. He worked with his father on laundry by day while singing at weddings by night. He realized fame by singing to Ahmed Helmy’s “Atgawiz ‘Aydah”. He also became well known for singing songs that had a political air, songs such as “Bakrah Israel” (“I Hate Israel”) which caused significant clamor. Sha’ban also worked on several musical plays and on series such as “Samhooni Makansh Asdee” (“Forgive Me, I Did not Mean to”). He also sang on the film “’Afareet al-Asfalt” (“Spirits of the Asphalt”).
Feature Films (14)
Two down-on-their-luck singers set out to marry wealthy women but not everyone is happy to have them climb the social ladder.
It's Okay, Buddy
Salmawi and Mima dream of joining the Acting Institute, but they are faced with impossible admission exams. They try to enter the world of acting through any other door, but with every attempt, they are accompanied by bad luck, which leads them several times to the police station. Despite the troubles, they insist on completing the journey and achieving their dream at any cost.
A Generous Gesture
The show is lyrical, exposed to social problems that have a political dimension, including that, with the love of people, we can fulfill all our dreams without the need for a chair or position, and this appears from the "Morsi" figure that Ahmed Badir embodies in a comic framework.
Morsi Wants a Chair
Tata (Sherif Negm) works as a bartender in a nightclub, and since he lives in dreams and not in reality, he is fired from work. He goes to work for his cousin Maghawri (Shaaban Abdel Rahim), a wedding singer and cinema extras, to help him get a job and discovers that he has a supernatural ability.
Tata Fell asleep, Tata woke up
A thief falls in love with a cop,and gets caught while searching for a Pharaonic treasure. The Intelligence service recruits him to do a special mission and because of his love to the cop,he goes through an inner struggle between duty and conscience.
Ashraf, The Thief
A farmer leaves his village with his wife to escape injustice. He starts his journey in the city,and makes a fortune by fraud. He becomes the target of a conman who runs away with his money to the US,and he follows him there to get his money back
A Farmer in Congress
A raucous and amazingly irreverent look at contemporary Cairo, THE ASPHALT KING centers on Sayed, a swaggering cabdriver and (to his mind) born womanizer. Embroiled in a torrid affair with a buxom neighbor, Sayed pays his best friend Ringo to keep the neighbor's barber husband busy -- but the husband, as well as Ringo, Sayed's mother, father, sister and grandfather, have their own amorous intrigues brewing. Director Oussama Fawzi has been hailed as the brightest young director to have recently emerged in Egyptian cinema.
The Asphalt Kings
Selim, a handsome and successful writer triggers an elaborate chain of events when he visits police headquarters to report his car stolen. There he runs into the bumbling Sergeant Fathy Abdel Ghafour, an old family friend who now works as a detective. When the meddlesome Sergeant Fathy insists on hiring a live-in housekeeper for his old friend, Selim’s life becomes inextricably intertwined with that of his beautiful new housemaid, her thieving husband and the well-meaning detective.
A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief
A comedy about a food delivery guy who experiences numerous awkward situations every time he delivers an order.
Hassan Delivery
Television & Series (3)
Tamer & Shawkeya follows posh lawyer Tamer who marries Shawkeya, a simple working‑class teacher. Their cultural and social differences lead to hilarious situations as they navigate family expectations, everyday life, and in‑laws in this classic Egyptian comedy of mismatched marriage and domestic chaos.
Tamer & Shawkeya
A lighthearted comedy series about a quirky satellite TV channel and its eccentric owner, exploring the chaotic behind-the-scenes world of Arab talk shows.
Two on Air
When three friends, Cono, Horus, and Bacteria, who live in a local neighborhood, try to find a way out of the problems they encounter, they get themselves into much bigger problems.