Karim Kassem
# Karim Kassem

Karim Ahmed Kassem (Arabic: كريم أحمد قاسم, Kareem Ahmad Qassem, Egyptian Arabic:, also spelled Karim Assem; born 8 October 1986) is an Egyptian actor.

## Biography

Karim was born on 8 October 1986 in Cairo, Egypt. He is a Muslim himself though had a multi-faith religious upbringing celebrating all Jewish, Christian and Muslim holidays as a child. His late mother was Jewish and his father is a Muslim and is from both Islamic and Christian faith heritage. His paternal grandfather was Muslim and his paternal grandmother was a Christian. His maternal grandfather was a Jewish anti-Zionist who refused to immigrate to Israel, believing Zionism to be a "racist" movement. His maternal grandfather was a prominent Egyptian nationalist.

He is a graduate of the American University in Cairo, where he studied theatre and acted in many of the university's plays. He is trilingual in Egyptian Arabic (also Standard Arabic), French and English.

Discovered in 2006 while taking an acting workshop, he had his cinematic breakthrough in the teen drug film Awqat Faragh meaning "Spare time". Kassem has co-starred with colleague Amr Abed in three of his films.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Translation | Role | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | أوقات فراغ Awqat Faragh | Leisure Time | Amr | |
| 2007 | الماجيك el-Magic | The Magic | Mustafa | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | | Young Youssef Chahine | In 47 ans après (47 Years Later) |
| 2009 | بالألوان الطبيعية Bel-Alwan el-Tabe'eya | True Colors | Youssef | |
| 2011 | إي.يو.سي E.U.C | E.U.C | Omar | |
| 2012 | مصور قتيل Mosawar Qatil | Snapshot | Guest appearance | |
| 2014 | The First Line (Promakhos) | | Amit | |
| 2014 | بتوقيت القاهرة Bi-Tawqit al-Qahira | Cairo Time | Wael | |
| 2015 | أولاد رزق Awlad Rizq | Sons of Rizk | Ramadan | |
| 2016 | كدبة كل يوم Kedbet Koll Youm | A Lie for Everyday | Seif | |
| 2017 | سمكة وصنارة Samaka we Senara | | Mostafa | |
| 2018 | ليل/خارجي Leil/Karegy | Night/Ext | Mohamed Abdel El-hady (Mo) | |
| 2019 | أولاد رزق ٢: عودة أسود الأرض Awlad Rizq 2: Awdet Eswood El-Ard | Sons of Rizk 2: The Return of the Lions of Earth | Ramadan | |
| 2019 | Sawah | | | |

## Television

| Year | Show | Translation | Role | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | خاص جدا Khas Geddan | Top Secret | Moataz | |
| 2010 | الجماعة Al-Gama'a | The Brotherhood | Teymur | |
| 2012 | الهروب el-Horoub | The Escape | Ahmed Abd El-Naser | |
| 2014 | كلام علي ورق Kalam Ala Waraq | Words on Paper | Marawan | Starring Haifa Wehbe |
| 2015 | الكابوس el-Kabous | The Nightmare | Faris | |
| 2015 | البيوت اسرار el-Beyout Asrar | Houses of secrets | Seif | |
| 2017 | شاش في قطن Shash X Qotn | Gauze in Cotton | Dr. Jean | |
| 2017 | The State | | Abu Akram | Broadcast in Britain by Channel 4 |

## Theatre

| Year | Show | Translation | Role | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | قالولي هنا Qalouli Hena | They Told Me Here | | Mime play |
