Ahmed Mekky
{{Short description|Egyptian actor, writer, director, and rapper}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Ahmed Mekky 2017.jpg
| caption = Mekky after Al-Ahram Press conference, December 2017
| name = Ahmed Mekky
| native_name = {{lang|ar|أحمد مكي}}
| occupation = {{hlist | Actor | rapper | director | writer }}
| yearsactive = 2003–present
| status = Married
| children = 1
| education = Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|06|19}}
| birth_place = Oran, Algeria
| citizenship = Egypt {{flagicon|Egypt}}
}}
Ahmed Mekky ({{langx|ar|أحمد مكي}}; born June 19, 1980){{cite web|url=https://www.dostor.org/2677386|title=أحمد مكي يحتفل بـ"عيد ميلاده" بطريقة غريبة|website=dostor.org|language=Arabic|date=19 June 2019}} is an Egyptian{{cite news|title=اغنية احمد مكي مصر بلدي|url=https://www.masreat.com/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88/|quote= وقال احمد مكي في بداية اغنية مصر بلدي :رغم ان انتمائي و حياتي وطفولتي وجنسيتي مصري . عشان قدام ربنا مايجيش يوم ابقى فيه مساهم ولو بواحد في المية في الفتنة بين بلدين اخوات ، لكن الحقيقة بعد الاهانة والغدر اللي شافوه اهلي وبلدي خصوصا ان الجزائر مردتش باي اعتذار حتى الان انا لا احترم من لا يحترم بلدي واغنية مصر بلدي اقل حاجة ممكن اقدمها لمصر.}} actor, writer, director and rapper.{{cite news|url=http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/egypt-and-algeria-bring-soccer-war-to-sudan/?_r=0|title=Egypt and Algeria Bring Soccer War to Sudan|last=Mackey|first=Robert|work=The New York Times|date=2009-11-18|access-date=2016-11-04}}{{citation|title=Egyptian comedy actor and rapper to release his first album|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/0/39451/Arts--Culture/0/Egyptian-comedy-actor-and-rapper-to-release-his-fi.aspx}}
Personal life
Ahmed Mekky was born in Oran, Algeria{{Cite news|url=https://alarab.co.uk/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7|title=أحمد مكي من أم مصرية وأب جزائري مطلقان، الذي أصبح "الكر" في أم الدنيا {{!}} فادي بعاج {{!}} صحيفة العرب|work=صحيفة العرب|access-date=2018-10-29|language=ar}} as a son of an Egyptian mother and an Algerian father. He was raised as a boy in the Talbia of Haram District, Giza, Egypt, where he filmed his Egyptian patriotic song clip "Wa'fet Nasyt Zaman".{{Citation|last=Mekky Music|title=Ahmed Mekky - Wa'fet Nasyt Zaman (Exclusive Music Video) {{!}} أحمد مكى - وقفة ناصية زمان|date=2017-12-14|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjLpLaGPANM|access-date=2018-10-29}} His sister is {{ill|Enas Mekky|ar|إيناس مكي}}, an Egyptian actress.{{Cite web|url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/11228.aspx|title=أحمد مكي : صرتُ نجمًا بالمصادفة .. ولا أخاف الحسد|website=بوابة الأهرام|language=ar|access-date=2018-10-29}}
Mekky paused his career for a period of time{{when|date=October 2018}} after suffering from Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infection. He caught the virus after sharing water bottles with his fellow boxing trainees.{{Citation|last=Akram Shaban Abdou|title=Egypt Time.. بتوقيت مصر علي بي بي سي عربي..الفنان أحمد مكي يتحدث مع آكرم شعبان عبده|date=2018-05-31|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZJR-MGJJw0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/SZJR-MGJJw0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-10-28}}{{cbignore}}
Mekky married an Egyptian businesswoman, with whom he has one son, Adham.{{cite web|url=https://www.hiamag.com/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1/%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8/733016-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%88%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9|title= خاص:بعد حديثه عن ابنه للمرة الأولى..تعرفوا على زوجة أحمد مكي سيدة الأعمال الناجحة|website=hiamag.com|language=Arabic|date=23 December 2017}} They divorced in 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ahram.org.eg/News/202790/151/673887/%D9%81%D9%86/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%83%D9%89-%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89-%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%89-%D8%A3%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%89-%C2%AB%D8%A3%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%82.aspx|title=احمد مكى: وصيتى كتبتها لابنى أدهم فى "أغلى من الياقوت"|website=الأهرام اليومي|language=ar|access-date=2018-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028225906/http://www.ahram.org.eg/News/202790/151/673887/%D9%81%D9%86/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%83%D9%89-%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89-%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%89-%D8%A3%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%89-%C2%AB%D8%A3%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%82.aspx|archive-date=2018-10-28|url-status=dead}}
Career
Mekky began his career after graduating from the directing division at Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema. Mekky started out directing several short films such as Yabanee Asly (An Original Japanese) before directing El Hassa El Sab'a (The Seventh Sense), which starred Ahmed El-Fishawy, in 2005. That work was adapted from a short film that Mekky had previously directed in 2003. Mekky has collaborated with his sister Enas Mekky in directing several television productions, including Lahazat Hariga (Crucial Moments) and Tamer Wa Shaw'eyyah (Tamer and Shaweiyah) in which he also played the role of Haitham Dabour.
Mekky stars in the Ramadan Egyptian comedy series El Kabeer Awy in which he plays both main characters, two brothers vying for the inheritance of their deceased father. In 2013, the third season of El Kabeer Awy introduces a third brother, also played by Mekky. Besides his career in cinema, Mekky has also continued to write rap songs that he performs in films or uploads to the internet.
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" |Film | |
| Year
! Film ! Role | |
|---|---|
| 2001
|Ibn Izz (Rich) |Cameo | |
| 2004
|Tito{{Citation|title=Tito|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417202/|access-date=2018-10-28}} | Driver | |
| 2007
| Dabour | |
| rowspan=2 | 2008
| Zaghloul | |
| H-Dabbour
|Haythem Dabbour | |
| 2009
|Teer enta (you Fly!) |Dr. Baheeg | |
| 2010
|La Tarago' Wala Istislam (Al-Qabda Al-Dameya), (No Retreat, No Surrender: The Bloody Fist) | Hazal'om, Adham | |
| 2011
|Cima Ali Baba (Ali Baba's Cinema) | | |
| 2013
| Samir Abou Alneil | Samir | |
| colspan="3" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" |Television | |
| Year
! Title ! Role | |
| N/A
|Shabab Online (Online Teens) | | |
| N/A
|Lahazat Harega (Critical Moments) | | |
| 2006–2008
|Haythem Dabbour | |
| 2010
|El Kabeer Awy (The Big Boss) |El-Kabeer, El-Kabeer Awy, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy | |
| 2011
|El Kabeer Awy 2 (The Big Boss 2) |El-Kabeer, El-Kabeer Awy, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy | |
| 2013
|El Kabeer Awy 3 (The Big Boss 3) |El-Kabeer, El-Kabeer Awy, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy, Hazal'om El-Kabeer Awy | |
| 2014
|El Kabeer Awy 4 (The Big Boss 4) |El-Kabeer, El-Kabeer Gedan, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy, Hazal'om El-Kabeer Awy | |
| 2015
|El Kabeer Awy 5 (The Big Boss 5) |El-Kabeer, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy, Hazal'om El Kabeer Awy, Naeem El Kabeer Awy | |
| 2022
|El Kabeer Awy 6 (The Big Boss 6) |El-Kabeer, Johnny El-Kabeer Awy, Hazal’om El Kabeer Awy, Ahmed Mekky | |
| 2017
|Khalsana B Sheyaka (Ending so Gently; also known as The Last of the Schmucks on Netflix) |Sultan |Elekhteyar 2 (the choice) | |
| colspan="3" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" |Writer | |
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
|Year |Film | |
| 2005 | Al Hassa Al Sab'a (The Seventh Sense) |
| 2009 | Fo'sh, (Fo'sh) |
| 2009 | Teer enta (You Fly!) |
| 2010 | El Kabeer Awy (The Big Boss) |
| colspan="3" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" |Director | |
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
|Year |Film | |
| 1998 | Yabani Asli (short film) (An Original Japanese) |
| 2005 | Al Hassa Al Sab'a (The Seventh Sense) |
| 2007 | Lahazat Harega (Critical Moments) |
| colspan="3" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" |TV Appearances/Interviews | |
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
|Year |Show |Role | |
| rowspan="1" | 2012
|Bassem Youssef Barra el Bernameg (Bassem Youssef Outside "El Bernameg"){{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7764A4FC4E631FF0|title=أحمد مكي وباسم يوسف بره البرنامج - YouTube|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2018-10-29}} | As himself |
Music
Ahmed Mekky has achieved recognition for his work in the rap genre. He released successful songs like "Masr Baldy" and "Wa'fet Nasyt Zaman" in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/36978/Mekky-presents-old-values-in-‘Wa’fet-Nasyet-Zaman’-song|title=Mekky presents old values in 'Wa'fet Nasyet Zaman' song, Akhret el shakawa (2018)and Aghla mn el yaqout(2018)|last=Egypt Today|author-link=Egypt Today|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/33/39451/Arts--Culture/Music/Egyptian-comedy-actor-and-rapper-to-release-his-fi.aspx|title=Egyptian comedy actor and rapper to release his first album|last=Ahram Online|author-link=Al-Ahram|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} His 2012 album Asloh Araby includes the track "Atr Al Hayah," which samples Galt MacDermot's "Coffee Cold".
References
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External links
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