Mohamed Karim

Mohamed Karim is an Egyptian actor who built a career in film and television across Egypt and the United States. He finished high school in Los Angeles, where Hollywood filmmaking inspired him early, and he later studied acting at the Acting Corps in North Hollywood. His breakthrough came with the lead in the television series Bent Afandina, which earned him a Best Actor award in 2004 and made his name across Egypt and the Middle East. Egyptian films followed, among them Shahata's Store and Stolen Kisses, and he won a Best Actor prize at the Monaco International Film Festival for the British film Facebook Romance. He also hosted the Arabic version of The Voice in 2012 and starred in the American independent film Storm. He trained as a doctor in Cairo, graduating from the faculty of medicine at Ain Shams University.