Hesham Selim
Acting • Born 1958-01-27 – Died 2022-09-22
Biography
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
74 credits
First Time in Love
Movie • 2007
Revenge
Movie • 1986
Alziyarat al akhira
Movie • 1986
El-Saflah
Movie • 1986
The Pasha's daughter
Movie • 1991
Amr
Atshanh
Movie • 1987
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Movie • 1998
45 Days
Movie • 2007
Ragol lehaza alzaman
Movie • 1986
alaa
Mousa
Movie • 2021
Scandal of a Lifetime
Movie • 1989
عادل
Qesma W Nasib
Movie • 1990
Rgaay
Al Awbash
Movie • 1986
اختفاء سعيد مهران
Movie
You Are My Life
Movie • 2004
Hesham
Tazweer Fe Awraq Rasmia
Movie • 1984
The Storm
Movie • 2001
Mahmud
Justified Betrayal
Movie • 2006
Magdy
Crystal
Movie • 1993
Ahmed
Return of the Prodigal Son
Movie • 1976
Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly
Too Little Love.. Too Much Violence
Movie • 1995
Talking About Love
Movie • 2004
Ibrahim
Mohamad Ali's Street
Movie • 1991
Hamouda
O Lovely Life
Movie • 1996
Al Haggama
Movie • 1992
سيد الكومي
Empire M
Movie • 1972
Medhat
Alexandria Again and Forever
Movie • 1989
Magdy
Land of Dreams
Movie • 1993
The servant
Movie • 1990
Attempted Murder
Movie • 2000
حسن
Ragab EL Wahsh
Movie • 1985
The Headmaster
Movie • 2000
Hussien
O, Mehalabeya
Movie • 1991
All Good
Movie • 1996
Kamal
Don't Ask Me Who I Am
Movie • 1984
Adel
The Puppeteer
Movie • 1989
Bahloul
Playing with demons
Movie • 1991
Fingerprints On Water
Movie • 1985
Dr. Omar
El-Gabalawy
Movie • 1991
Hussain
Searching For Freedom
Movie • 2005
Assassination of a Teacher
Movie • 1988
Issam Abdel-Ghani Al-Sharqawi
Sanawat Al Khatar
Movie • 1985
Wael Ahmed
Satrak Ya Rab
Movie • 1986
Mohamed Kamal
Ragol lehaza alzaman
Movie • 1986
Granita
Movie • 2001
Hassan
Blood call
Movie • 1987
I Want a Solution
Movie • 1975
Counterattack
TV • 2021
Animal Stories in the Qur'an
TV • 2011
Critical Moments
TV • 2007
Spies War
TV • 2009
Between Two Worlds
TV • 2017
Nadir
Temporary Name
TV • 2013
We Have Further Comments
TV • 2018
Tayee
TV • 2018
Vanished
TV • 2018
Places in the heart
TV • 2005
Bakr
In Amina's Hands
TV • 2008
My Soul Malak
TV • 2003
المصراوية
TV • 2007
فتح الله الحسيني
Kalabsh
TV • 2017
Akram Safwan
Mahmoud Al-Masri
TV • 2004
Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh
TV • 1998
شمس الدين
Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh
TV • 1998
شمس الدين عاشور الناجي
Our Families
TV • 1997
وجية سيد صالح
Garden city ladies
TV • 1997
محسن الشاذلي
Disappearance
TV • 2018
The White Flag
TV • 1988
A Woman from the Time of Love
TV • 1998
Al Helmeya Nights
TV • 1987
Adel Selim El-Badry
Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany
TV • 1994
الكومي
TV • 2001
Password
TV • 2016
آدم هارون
ظل المحارب
TV • 2008