# Mohamed Sobhi (actor)

Mohamed Mahmoud Sobhy (Arabic: محمد محمود صبحي; born March 3, 1948) is an Egyptian film, television and stage actor and director, known for several Egyptian movies.

## Early life and education

Mohamed Mahmoud Sobhi was born in Cairo. He graduated from the Institute of Drama in 1970 and continued to teach until 1984.

## Awards

* Doctor Soaad ElS abbah for intellectual creativity (1991)
* Honorary Certificate in the Arabic theatre ceremony (1994)
* Best Egyptian Actor (1996,1998)
* Best Egyptian Theatre Actor (1998)
* The Best Actor Golden Lion award (1999-2001)
* The Best Director Golden Lion Award (1999-2001)
* Middle East Best Director (2001)
* Honorary PhD degree from the American University of California (2013)
* Honorary master's degree from the British University of Cambridge (2013)

## Filmography
### Plays

* Hello Shalaby
* Comparse El-Mosem (The extra of the season)
* Al-Tha3lab (The Fox)
* Entaha El-Dars Ya Ghabi (The Lesson is Over, Stupid)
* Hamlet
* Ali-Beih Mazhar (Mr. Ali Mazhar)
* Enta Horr (You are free)
* El-Mahzooz (The unstable)
* El-Joker (The Joker)
* El-Hamagy (The Barbarian)
* Takhareef (Superstitions)
* El-Baghbaghan (The Parrot)
* Weg'het Nazar (A Point of View)
* Bel-Araby El-Fasi7 (In Plain Arabic)
* Tabeeb Raghm Anfoh (Doctor Despite His Will)
* Mama America (Mother America)
* A'alat Wanees (The Wanees Family)
* Le'bet El-Set (A Woman's Plaything)
* Sekket El-Salama 2000 (The Road to Safety 2000)
* Carmen/ With a Different Perspective Of Mohammed Sobhy
* Amir Rafik
* Ghazal Al-Banat (Girls Flirting)
* Khebitna (Our Discomfiture)
* nagoum el zohr ( stars in the middle of the day)

### Selected films

* Al Gareeh (The Injured)
* Ali Beih Mazhar (Mr. Ali Mazhar)
* Uncle Zizou Habibi (1977) (My Beloved Uncle Zizou)
* Houna Al-Qahira (Here is Cairo)
* Al Karnak (The Karnak)
* Al-Ameel Rakam 13 (Agent 13)
* Al-Shyatana Alty Ahabatny (The Devil Who Loved Me)
* El Moshagheb 6 (The 6th trouble-maker)
* Batal Mn Al Sa'eed (A Champion from The South)
* Elfloos wel Wohoosh (The Money and The Monsters)
* Moohamy Taht Eltamreen (A Trainee Lawyer)
* Ela'abqary Khamsa (The Genius Number Five)

### TV series

* Ali Beih Mazhar (Mr. Aly Mazhar)
* Rehlet el Melyoon (The Million Journey)
* Sonbol ba3d el Melyoon (Sumbul After the Million)
* Yomyat Wanees (Wanees's Diaries)
* Faris bila Gawad (Cavalier Without A Steed)
* Mal7 el Ard (Salt of the Earth)
* 'Ayesh Fe Al Ghaibooba (Living In A Coma)
* Ana wa Ha'ola' (Me And Those)
* Ragol Ghany Faqeer Giddan (A Very Poor Rich Man)
* Al Nems
* Alam Ghareeb Gedan
* Shamlool
* Kimo

## Controversy

In an interview which aired on the Egyptian Dream 2 TV on March 8, 2014 (as translated by Israeli founded MEMRI), Sobhi stated that "Benjamin Franklin delivered a speech [in 1787], which became very well known. I myself used it in “Horseman without a Horse.” [The Americans] saw that a catastrophe was imminent, due to the Satanic ideas of that terrorist group. That was when Franklin delivered his speech to the American people. He said: “I warn you that if these terrorist groups of Jews flock to America, they will control American decision-making within a hundred years. They will control America itself, and will trample us underfoot." Sobhi also argued "You’ll see when you read the Protocols of the Elders of Zion."