Hesham Selim
Known for: Acting
Hesham Saleh Selim (January 27, 1958 - September 22, 2022) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He graduated from the High Institute of Tourism and Hotels in Cairo and later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Hesham was the son of Saleh Selim, an Egyptian football legend and former president of Al Ahly Sporting Club. His sister-in-law was the iconic actress and singer Yousra. He began his acting career at the age of 12, playing one of Faten Hamama’s children in Empire M (1972). Four years later, he played a lead role in Youssef Chahine’s Return of the Prodigal Son (1976), which embedded in him a passion for acting for the rest of his life. Selim acted in many TV shows, among them El Helmeya Nights (1987-1995), Arabesque (1994), and The White Flag (1988). He has appeared in many known films such as Alexandria Again and Forever (1989), The Puppeteer (1989), and Land of Dreams (1993). In the wake of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Selim became the host of the talk show Hiwar Al Qahira (Cairo Dialogue), a weekly program featuring live discussions with guests on political, social, and economic issues on Sky News Arabia in 2012. On May 5, 2020, he spoke on television about having a transgender son, in a rare public show of support for LGBT+ rights in Egypt. This segment and Selim’s acceptance of his son Nour in a country where gender issues remain taboo have won praise on social media, with many applauding Selim for his position and his decision to speak about it on Egyptian television. Hesham Selim passed away at 64 after a long battle with lung cancer. He is survived by two daughters and a son.
Filmography
Series
El Helmeya Nights
Adel Selim El-Badry
1987
Series
Kalabsh
Akram Safwan
2017
Series
Critical Moments
2007
Series
We Have Further Comments
2018
Series
المصراوية
فتح الله الحسيني
2007
Series
Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh
شمس الدين
1998
Series
Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh
شمس الدين عاشور الناجي
1998
Series
Hawanem Garden City
محسن الشاذلي
1997
Series
Tayee
2018
Series
Vanished
2018
Series
In Amina's Hands
2008
Series
Animal Stories in the Qur'an
2011
Series
Mahmoud Al-Masri
2004
Series
Counterattack
2021
Series
The White Flag
1988
Series
A Woman from the Time of Love
1998
Series
Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany
1994
Series
Temporary Name
2013
Series
Spies War
2009
Series
My Soul Malak
2003
Series
Disappearance
2018
Series
Our Families
وجية سيد صالح
1997
Series
Between Two Worlds
Nadir
2017
Series
Places in the heart
Bakr
2005
Series
Password
آدم هارون
2016
Series
The Warrior's Shadow
2008
Film
Alexandria Again and Forever
Magdy
1989
Film
Mousa
2021
الكومي
2001
Film
The Headmaster
Hussien
2000
Film
45 Days
2007
Film
Return of the Prodigal Son
Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly
1976
Film
Blood call
1987
Film
Talking About Love
Ibrahim
2004
Film
Land of Dreams
1993
Film
The servant
علاء شاهين
1990
Film
Atshanh
1987
Film
Al Awbash
1986
Film
First Time in Love
2007
Film
Playing with demons
1991
Film
Mohamad Ali's Street
Hamouda
1991
Film
I Want a Solution
1975
Film
Ragab EL Wahsh
1985
Film
Granita
Hassan
2001
Film
The Pasha's daughter
Amr
1991
Film
Gamal Abdel Nasser
1998
Film
O Lovely Life
1996
Can You Please?
1986
Film
Al Haggama
سيد الكومي
1992
Film
The Storm
Mahmud
2001
Film
The Puppeteer
Bahloul
1989
Film
You Are My Life
Hesham
2004
Film
Empire M
Medhat
1972
Film
Ragol lehaza alzaman
alaa
1986
Film
Ragol lehaza alzaman
1986
Film
Crystal
Ahmed
1993
Film
Justified Betrayal
Magdy
2006
Film
Too Little Love.. Too Much Violence
1995
Film
Don't Ask Me Who I Am
Adel
1984
Film
ساعات الفزع
1987
Film
Tazweer Fe Awraq Rasmia
1984
Film
Sanawat Al Khatar
Wael Ahmed
1985
Film
All Good
Kamal
1996
Film
Attempted Murder
حسن
2000
Film
El-Gabalawy
Hussain
1991
Film
Revenge
1986
Film
Satrak Ya Rab
Mohamed Kamal
1986
Film
Assassination of a Teacher
Issam Abdel-Ghani Al-Sharqawi
1988
Film
Qesma W Nasib
Rgaay
1990
Film
El-Saflah
1986
Film
Alziyarat al akhira
1986
Film
O, Mehalabeya
مليم / أحمد
1991
Film
Searching For Freedom
2005
Film
Fingerprints On Water
Dr. Omar
1985
Film
Scandal of a Lifetime
عادل
1989
Film
اختفاء سعيد مهران