Sarhan was born in El Sharqiya, Egypt on 12 March 1925. He graduated from the "High Institute of Acting in Egypt" in 1947. In 1949, Sarhan acted in his first movie, Lahalibo. His rise to stardom was in 1951 when Youssef Chahine, a famous Egyptian film director, chose him for the lead role in the movie Ibn El-Nile "Son of the Nile". Sarhan had earned the title "The young man of the screen". He received several awards throughout his career. President Gamal Abdel Nasser honored Sarhan with the Order of the Republic. In 1984, he received a Best Actor's award for his lead role, with Faten Hamama, in the movie Lelt El abd Ala Fatema "The Night of Fatima's Arrest". which was directed by Henry Barakat. During the celebrations of the centennial of cinema, he was nominated by Egyptian critics as the best actor of the century in Egypt, having participated more than any other actor in The Greatest 100 Egyptian films. Sarhan's last movie was El-Gablawi in 1991. He died in 1997.
Movie | Waraa Al-Shams | Dr. Hossam | 1978-09-03 |
Movie | Return Of The Prodigal Son | Tolba Mohamed Madbouly | 1976-09-24 |
Movie | Visitor at Dawn | Shafiq Ibrahim | 1975-03-03 |
Movie | Strangers | Unknown | 1973-04-09 |
Movie | College Girls | murad | 1971-01-11 |
Movie | Something in my Chest | Muhammad Efendi ElSayed | 1971-08-30 |
Movie | The Postman | Abbas | 1968-04-15 |
Movie | Om Hashim's Lamp | Dr. Ismail Rajab | 1968-11-04 |
Movie | The Second Wife | Abu el Ela | 1967-10-14 |
Movie | Son of Cleopatra | Akro | 1964-12-31 |
Movie | Prisoner of the Night | كمال | 1963-09-16 |
Movie | The Thief and the Dogs | Said Mahran | 1962-11-12 |
Movie | Salwa fi mahab el rih | Unknown | 1962-04-23 |
Movie | A Man in My Life | Unknown | 1961-06-21 |
Movie | The Sun Will Never Set | Ahmed | 1961-12-25 |
Movie | In Your Hands | Unknown | 1960-01-27 |
Movie | Lovers' Call | Unknown | 1960-10-20 |
Movie | We the Students | 1959-01-02 | |
Movie | I Am Free | Unknown | 1959-01-02 |
Movie | El Murra El Maghoula | Abbas | 1959-12-07 |
Movie | The Barred Road | Ahmed | 1958-04-22 |
Movie | A woman on the Road | Hassanein Faraj Al-Saidi | 1958-12-22 |
Movie | Port Said | Fathy | 1957-07-08 |
Movie | The Leech | Imam Beltagy | 1956-01-09 |
Movie | The Fools Alley | taha | 1955-01-02 |
Movie | Araess fil mazad | Unknown | 1955-01-22 |
Movie | Pity My Tears | Adel Amin | 1954-10-31 |
Movie | Appointment with Life | Ahmed | 1953-01-02 |
Movie | Rayya and Sekina | Amin | 1952-02-23 |
Movie | Son of the Nile | Hemaida | 1951-01-10 |
Movie | Children Of The Streets | Unknown | 1951-02-19 |
Movie | Daddy as a Bridegroom | Unknown | 1950-12-31 |
Movie | Lahalibo | Unknown | 1949-01-02 |
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