| Intro | Actor |
| Is | Actor |
| From | Egypt |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
8 October 1986, Cairo |
| Age | 34 years |
Karim Kassem (Arabic: كريم قاسم, IPA: [kæɾˈiːm ʔæːsem] also spelled Karim Qassem, born 8 October 1986) is an Egyptian actor.
Biography
Kassem was born to a father of French and Arab ancestry a Jewish mother in Cairo. He is a graduate of the American University in Cairo, where he studied theater and acted in many of the university’s plays. He is trilingual in Arabic, French and English.
Discovered in 2006 while taking an acting workshop, he had his cinematic breakthrough in the teen drug film Awqat Faragh. Kassem has co-starred with colleague Amr Abed in three of his films.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Translation | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 |
أوقات فراغ Awqat Faragh |
Leisure Time | Amr | |
| 2007 |
الماجيك el-Magic |
The Magic | Mustafa | |
| To Each His Own Cinema | Young Youssef Chahine | In 47 ans après (47 Years Later) | ||
| 2009 |
بالألوان الطبيعية Bel-Alwan el-Tabe’eya |
True Colors | Youssef | |
| 2011 |
إي.يو.سي E.U.C |
E.U.C | Amr | |
| 2012 |
مصور قتيل Mosawar Qatil |
Snapshot | ||
| 2015 |
أولاد رزق Awlad Rizq |
Ramadan | In post production |
Television
| Year | Show | Translation | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |
خاص جدا Khas Geddan |
Top Secret | Moataz | |
| 2010 |
الجماعة el-Gama’a |
The Brotherhood | Teymur | |
| 2012 |
الهروب el-Horoub |
The Escape | Ahmed Abd El-Naser | |
| 2014 |
كلام علي ورق Kalam Ala Waraq |
Words on Paper | Marawan | Starring Haifa Wehbe |
| 2015 |
الكابوس el-Kabous |
The Nightmare | Faris | In post production |
|
البيوت اسرار el-Beyout Asrar |
Houses of secrets | Seif | In post production |
Theatre
| Year | Show | Translation | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |
قالولي هنا Qalouli Hena |
They Told Me Here | Mime play |