Ahmed El Sakka
Ahmed El Sakka | |
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أحمد السقا | |
El Sakka in 2012 | |
| Born | Ahmed Mohamed Salah El Din El Sakka March 1, 1973 |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Other names | The Knight of Egyptian Cinema |
| Alma mater | Academy of Arts, Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Spouse |
Maha Al-Saghir (m. 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
Ahmed Mohamed Salah El Din El Sakka (Arabic: أحمد محمد صلاح الدين السقا; born 1973) is an Egyptian actor. The son of theatre director Salah El Sakka, he began his career with uncredited roles in a lot of films and television series, until he made his breakthrough role in the Egyptian comedy films An Upper Egyptian at the American University (1998) and Hamam in Amsterdam (1999).
El Sakka is known for action roles and doing dangerous scenes without any stunt double. He starred in the romantic comedy Short, Fanelah & Cap (2000), the adventure film Africano (2001) and the action films Mafia (2002), Tito (2004) and Italia's War (2005). He also starred in the romantic drama About Love and Passion (2006), the biographical film The Island (2007), the actions Taymour and Shafika (2007), Ibrahim Labyad (2009) and The Dealer (2010), and the comedy drama The Consul's Son (2010).
El Sakka also starred in the comedy film Papa (2012), the action film The Deal (2012), The Island 2 (2014), the thriller film 30 Years Ago (2016), the action film Forced Escape (2017) and the drama film 200 Pounds (2021).
El Sakka starred in a lot of television series, including the drama Red Lines (2012), the actions Roundtrip (2015) and The Black Horse (2017), and the dramas Son of the Poor (2019) and Offspring of Strangers (2021).
El Sakka made his debut theatre role in Khodlak A'leb and participated in Alabanda (1998), Afroto (2000) and That's Ok (2003).