Sarhan was born in El Sharqiya, Egypt on 12 March 1925. He graduated from the "High Institute of Acting in Egypt" in 1947. In 1949, Sarhan acted in his first movie, Lahalibo. His rise to stardom was in 1951 when Youssef Chahine, a famous Egyptian film director, chose him for the lead role in the movie Ibn El-Nile "Son of the Nile". Sarhan had earned the title "The young man of the screen". He received several awards throughout his career. President Gamal Abdel Nasser honored Sarhan with the Order of the Republic. In 1984, he received a Best Actor's award for his lead role, with Faten Hamama, in the movie Lelt El abd Ala Fatema "The Night of Fatima's Arrest". which was directed by Henry Barakat. During the celebrations of the centennial of cinema, he was nominated by Egyptian critics as the best actor of the century in Egypt, having participated more than any other actor in The Greatest 100 Egyptian films. Sarhan's last movie was El-Gablawi in 1991. He died in 1997.
Movie | El-Gabalawy | factory owner | 1991-08-26 |
Movie | Waraa Al-Shams | Dr. Hossam د. حسام | 1978-09-03 |
Movie | Return Of The Prodigal Son | Tolba Mohamed Madbouly | 1976-09-24 |
Movie | Visitor at Dawn | Shafiq Ibrahim | 1975-03-03 |
Movie | The Name Caller | Hamed | 1975-09-29 |
Movie | Strangers | Unknown | 1973-04-09 |
Movie | Something in my Chest | Muhammad Efendi ElSayed | 1971-08-30 |
Movie | College Girls | murad | 1971-01-11 |
Movie | The Rebels | الدكتور عزيز | 1968-01-02 |
Movie | Om Hashim's Lamp | Dr. Ismail Rajab | 1968-11-04 |
Movie | The Postman | Abbas | 1968-04-15 |
Movie | The Second Wife | Abu el Ela أبو العلا | 1967-10-14 |
Movie | Son of Cleopatra | Akro | 1964-12-31 |
Movie | Prisoner of the Night | كمال | 1963-09-16 |
Movie | Almaz And Abdo El Hamouly | Unknown | 1962-01-14 |
Movie | Salwa fi mahab el rih | 1962-04-23 | |
Movie | The Thief and the Dogs | سعيد مهران | 1962-11-12 |
Movie | Al safira Aziza | أحمد | 1961-01-30 |
Movie | Why Am I Living | صلاح درويش | 1961-01-23 |
Movie | Dearest Beloved | مختار | 1961-04-03 |
Movie | A Man in My Life | Unknown | 1961-06-21 |
Movie | The Sun Will Never Set | Ahmed | 1961-12-25 |
Movie | In Your Hands | Unknown | 1960-01-27 |
Movie | Lovers' Call | Unknown | 1960-10-20 |
Movie | We the Students | حسنين | 1959-01-02 |
Movie | Bufakkar filli nassini | Unknown | 1959-01-01 |
Movie | I Am Free | عباس صفوت | 1959-01-02 |
Movie | El Murra El Maghoula | Abbas | 1959-12-07 |
Movie | Hob Min Narr | أحمد | 1958-02-24 |
Movie | I Love you Hassan | Hassan | 1958-04-14 |
Movie | The Barred Road | Ahmed | 1958-04-22 |
Movie | A woman on the Road | حسنين فرج الصعيدي | 1958-12-22 |
Movie | Port Said | Fathy | 1957-07-08 |
Movie | Leila Raheeba | Unknown | 1957-12-26 |
Movie | Return My Heart | علي | 1957-12-10 |
Movie | The Leech | Imam Beltagy | 1956-01-09 |
Movie | The Sky Devils | Farghaly | 1956-04-02 |
Movie | God Is on Our Side | محسن | 1955-01-02 |
Movie | The Fools Alley | طة - صبى العجلاتى | 1955-01-02 |
Movie | Araess fil mazad | Unknown | 1955-01-22 |
Movie | Anklet Ring | Unknown | 1955-07-25 |
Movie | Women Can’t Lie | Kamal | 1954-10-11 |
Movie | Pity My Tears | Adel Amin | 1954-10-31 |
Movie | Appointment with Life | Ahmed | 1953-01-02 |
Movie | Life when it smiles | Unknown | 1953-01-01 |
Movie | The Bread Seller | Medhat Hammad Al-Minyawi | 1953-08-17 |
Movie | Rayya and Sekina | أمين | 1952-02-23 |
Movie | Son of the Nile | حمدان / حميد | 1951-01-10 |
Movie | Children Of The Streets | Unknown | 1951-02-19 |
Movie | El avocato Madiha | Unknown | 1950-04-10 |
Movie | Daddy as a Bridegroom | Unknown | 1950-12-31 |
Movie | Lahalibo | Unknown | 1949-01-02 |
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