Actor Ahmed Ezz Celebrates His 50th Birthday

The renowned actor Ahmed Ezz is celebrating his birthday today, and wishes are pouring on him from all around.

Ezzis is one of the finest actors that the Egyptian and Arab film industry could ever have, turned 50 on Friday. With fans across the Arab world, Ezz is also one of the most loved and adored celebs.

One of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, Ezz is known for his wide range of roles across blockbusters, patriotic films, and on the stage. 

Ezz is known for appearing in over 40 films and acting in over 20 series. The actor was also awarded the Beirut Film Festival, Cairo Arab Media Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, and Damascus International Film Festival Award during his career, which spanned over two decades.

His Last breakthrough role was as an Egyptian intelligence agent in the action TV series' 'Hagma Mortda' (Counter Attak 2021).

On Ezz’s birthday, let’s take a look at the three box office hits that earned him a chair amongst the A-listers.

1-The Cell:

The cell is one of Ezz's best films, and it marked his first collaboration with a famous Syrian actor Samer Elmasry. The entertaining crime thriller is intriguing, and it made the audience revisit the film in theatres multiple times. The film was the only blockbuster of the year 2017, and Ezz started getting a massive fan following.

The significant events revolve around a special operations officer who deals with more than one terrorist operation and is hunting down terrorist cells. The patriotic movie shows security forces' efforts to combat and vanish terrorism and shows the barriers they face during their partonic missions.

2- The passage:

EZZ again donned the khaki uniform for Sherif Arafa's directorial (The Passage), and the film received rave reviews and became a blockbuster.

The film's remarkable success made the duo join hands for sequels, and the film was also introduced in several languages. 'Passage'is one of the best entertaining cop dramas in Egyptian cinema, and the film reportedly grossed close to  100,00000 L.E at the box office.

This movie is the first blockbuster war movie released in domestic cinemas since 1993’s 'Al-Tariq Ila Eilat' (The Road to Eilat) showcasing an Egyptian military ‘behind enemy lines’ operation during the War of Attrition 1967-1973, according to Egyptian movie makers.

3-  The Benefit:

The movie tells a story of a very serious and strict officer who goes after a dangerous drug dealer to take revenge for his brother, in an attempt to try and stop the drug and weapon dealing business in the Sinai peninsula.

It became one of the top-grossing films of that year, and it was Ezz's first big hit at the box office.