Mohamed Henedi
Egyptian actor
Mohamed Henedi (Arabic: محمد هنيدى أحمد, [mæˈħæmmæd heˈneːdi ˈæħmæd]) is an Egyptian actor born in Giza, Egypt, on 1 February 1965. Yasmin Elrashidi of The Wall Street Journal said that Henedi was "considered the Robert De Niro of the Middle East."
Career
After completing a bachelor's degree from a film institute, Henedi began his career with short appearances in theaters and cinemas.
A prominent figure in Egyptian comedy since the 1990s, Mohamed Henedy initially gained recognition through brief appearances in theatre and film before receiving wider acclaim for his more substantial roles in the 1997 films Ismailia Rayeh Gay and Al-Batal. Mohamed Henedy rose to stardom following the success of his breakthrough film Saidi Fi El-Gamaa El-Amrikiya (1998).
Following his rise to prominence, he starred in a series of successful films, including Hamam fi Amsterdam (1999), directed by Said Hamed; Belya we Demagho El-Alya (2000), directed by Nader Galal; and Saheb Sahbo (2002), in which he appeared alongside Ashraf Abdel-Baky.
Over the following two decades, Henedy established himself as one of the region’s leading comedic actors, appearing in numerous successful films, including Gaana Al-Bayan Al-Taly (2001), Askar fil Muaskar (2003), Foul El-Seen El-Azeem (2004), Ya Ana Ya Khalty (2005), Wesh Egram (2006), Andaleeb El-Dokki (2007), Ramadan Mabrouk Abou El-Alamin Hammouda (2008), Amir Al-Bahar (2009), Tita Rahiba (2012), and Yom Malosh Lazma (2015), among others.
Henedy has also appeared in several successful television series, including Ard El-Nefaq, one of his more recent works. His theatrical career includes popular plays such as Hazemny Ya, Alabanda, and Afrotto early in his career. After an absence of more than 15 years, he returned to the stage with Talat Ayam Fil Sahel in 2019.
He has also made a significant contribution to Egyptian dubbing, providing the voices of Timon in The Lion King, Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc., and Homer Simpson in the Egyptian versions of The Simpsons.
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