| Intro | Actor, Writer, Director and Rapper |
| A.K.A. | Ahmed Mekky |
| Is |
Actor Rapper Film director Television actor |
| From | Egypt |
| Type |
Film, TV, Stage & Radio Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
1978, Giza, Egypt; Oran, Algeria |
| Age | 43 years |
| Star sign | Gemini |
Ahmed Mekky (Arabic: أحمد مكي; born June 19, 1980) is an Egyptian Algerian actor, writer, director and rapper.
Personal life
Ahmed Mekky born in Oran Algeria, he is a son of an Egyptian mother and an Algerian father. He was raised as a boy in El-Talbia of El-Haram District, Giza, Egypt, where he filmed his Egyptian patriotic song clip “Wa’fet Nasyt Zaman“. His sister is Enas Mekky, an Egyptian actress. He divorced in 2013 and has a son named Adham.
Mekky paused his career for a period of time after suffering from Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infection. He caught the virus after sharing water bottles with his fellow boxing trainees.
Career
Mekky began his career after graduating from the directing division at Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema. Mekky started out directing several short films such as Yabanee Asly (An Original Japanese) before directing El Hassa El Sab’a (The Seventh Sense), which starred Ahmed El-Fishawy, in 2005. That work was adapted from a short film that Mekky had previously directed in 2003. Mekky has collaborated with his sister Enas Mekky in directing several television productions, including Lahazat Hariga (Crucial Moments) and Tamer Wa Shaw’eyyah (Tamer and Shaweiyah) in which he also played the role of Haitham Dabour.
Mekky stars in the Ramadan Egyptian comedy series El Kabeer Awy in which he plays both main characters, two brothers vying for the inheritance of their deceased father. In 2013, the third season of El Kabeer Awy introduces a third brother, also played by Mekky. Besides his career in cinema, Mekky has also continued to write rap songs that he performs in films or uploads to the internet.
| Film | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role |
| 2001 | Ibn bizz (Rich) | Cameo |
| 2004 | Tito | Driver |
| 2004 | Morgan Ahmad Morgan | Dabour |
| 2008 | The Baby Doll Night | Zaghloul |
| H-Dabbour | Haythem Dabbour | |
| 2009 | Teer enta (you Fly!) | Dr. Baheeg |
| 2010 | La Tarago’ Wala Istislam (Al-Qabda Al-Dameya), (No Retreat, No Surrender: The Bloody Fist) | Hazal’om, Adham |
| 2011 | Cima Ali Baba (Ali Baba’s Cinema) | |
| 2013 | Samir Abou Alneil | Samir |
| Television | ||
| Year | Title | Role |
| N/A | Shabab Online (Online Teens) | |
| N/A | Lahazat Harega (Critical Moments) | |
| 2006–2008 | Tamer Wa Shaw’eyyah | Haythem Dabbour |
| 2010 | El Kabeer Awy (The Big Boss) | El-Kabeer, El-Kabeer Awy, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy |
| 2011 | El Kabeer Awy 2 (The Big Boss 2) | El-Kabeer, El-Kabeer Awy, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy |
| 2013 | El Kabeer Awy 3 (The Big Boss 3) | El-Kabeer, El-Kabeer Awy, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy, Hazal’om El-Kabeer Awy |
| 2014 | El Kabeer Awy 4 (The Big Boss 4) | El-Kabeer, El-Kabeer Gedan, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy, Hazal’om El-Kabeer Awy |
| 2015 | El Kabeer Awy 5 (The Big Boss 5) | El-Kabeer, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy, Hazal’om El Kabeer Awy, Naeem El Kabeer Awy |
| 2017 | Khalsana B Sheyaka (Ending so Gently) | Sultan |
| Writer | ||
| Year | Film | |
| 2005 | Al Hassa Al Sab’a (The Seventh Sense) | |
| 2009 | Fo’sh, (Fo’sh) | |
| 2009 | Teer enta (You Fly!) | |
| 2010 | El Kabeer Awy (The Big Boss) | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Film | |
| 1998 | Yabani Asli (short film) (An Original Japanese) | |
| 2005 | Al Hassa Al Sab’a (The Seventh Sense) | |
| 2007 | Lahazat Harega (Critical Moments) | |
| TV Appearances/Interviews | ||
| Year | Show | Role |
| 2012 | Bassem Youssef Barra el Bernameg (Bassem Youssef Outside “El Bernameg”) | As himself |
Music
Ahmed Mekky is also well known and popular figure in Egyptian rap, he released many successful hits such as Masr Baldy and Wa’fet Nasyt Zaman in 2017.
Mekky’s Atr Al Hayah from the album Asloh Araby Album (2012) samples Galt MacDermot’s Coffee Cold