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 | طريق الأبطال | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | The Next-Door Girl | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | El-Gabalawy | factory owner | 1991-08-26 |
Movie | الأب الشرعي | Unknown | 1988-02-13 |
Movie | The Upper Egyptian Man | أبو شنب | 1987-03-16 |
Movie | The Night of Fatima's Arrest | Elsayed | 1984-03-26 |
Movie | كلاب الحراسة | Unknown | 1984-04-30 |
Series | The man who lost his memory twice | Unknown | 1981-09-09 |
Movie | صراع العشاق | Unknown | 1981-10-15 |
Series | محمد رسول الله | إليعازر | 1980-07-15 |
Movie | Desire and Price | Unknown | 1978-09-03 |
Movie | Al-Mashrabiya | Unknown | 1978-01-01 |
Movie | Waraa Al-Shams | Dr. Hossam | 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 | The Divorcées | Adel | 1975-04-21 |
Movie | A Woman from Cairo | Unknown | 1973-01-08 |
Movie | Strangers | Unknown | 1973-04-09 |
Movie | رجل زائد عن الحاجة | Hafez Abdel-Maboud | 1972-08-24 |
Movie | Eashiqat nafsiha | Dr. Mukhtar | 1972-01-24 |
Movie | شياطين البحر | ضابط المباحث | 1972-01-24 |
Movie | College Girls | murad | 1971-01-11 |
Movie | Something in my Chest | Muhammad Efendi ElSayed | 1971-08-30 |
Movie | Houses Secrets | Unknown | 1971-12-13 |
Movie | Incident of Dishonor | Unknown | 1971-09-06 |
Movie | Three Women | Youssef | 1969-01-27 |
Movie | Sweet Aziza | أحمد رأفت | 1969-09-01 |
Movie | A Tale from the Country | Unknown | 1969-02-24 |
Movie | The Postman | Abbas | 1968-04-15 |
Movie | The Rebels | Unknown | 1968-01-02 |
Movie | El-sit el-nazra | Dr. Farid | 1968-09-09 |
Movie | the student and the teacher | وحيد فريد | 1968-11-04 |
Movie | Om Hashim's Lamp | Dr. Ismail Rajab | 1968-11-04 |
Movie | The Rain Stopped | Unknown | 1967-09-04 |
Movie | The Second Wife | Abu el Ela | 1967-10-14 |
Movie | Goodbye, Night | Unknown | 1966-08-24 |
Movie | Stillness of the Storm | Unknown | 1965-08-16 |
Movie | Fleeing from life | Dr. Mahmoud Jalal | 1964-04-20 |
Movie | Al-Lahb | Unknown | 1964-04-26 |
Series | لا شيء يهم | Unknown | 1964-01-15 |
Movie | Alhaqibat alsawda | Unknown | 1964-04-29 |
Movie | Son of Cleopatra | Akro | 1964-12-31 |
Movie | Hekayet Gawaz | Mohammed | 1964-10-18 |
Movie | قصة ممنوعة | Unknown | 1963-03-13 |
Movie | A Bachelor’s Life | عمر | 1963-01-07 |
Movie | Serr el hareba | Ahmed | 1963-08-04 |
Movie | Prisoner of the Night | كمال | 1963-09-16 |
Movie | ثمن الحب | Unknown | 1963-10-13 |
Movie | El ashkiaa el talata | حسين | 1962-01-29 |
Movie | Struggle of the Heroes | Unknown | 1962-01-02 |
Movie | Almaz And Abdo El Hamouly | Unknown | 1962-01-14 |
Movie | Salwa fi mahab el rih | Unknown | 1962-04-23 |
Movie | Baqaya eadhra' | Unknown | 1962-05-02 |
Movie | The Thief and the Dogs | Said Mahran | 1962-11-12 |
Movie | Kollohom Awlady | Amin | 1962-09-23 |
Movie | Why Am I Living | Unknown | 1961-01-23 |
Movie | El safira Aziza | أحمد | 1961-01-30 |
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 | Qayes Wi Laila | Qayes | 1960-01-18 |
Movie | Bridge of Immortals | Unknown | 1960-03-28 |
Movie | Lovers' Call | Unknown | 1960-10-20 |
Movie | صائدة الرجال | Unknown | 1960-10-15 |
Movie | رجل بلا قلب | كمال- ضيف شرف | 1960-10-17 |
Movie | Kiss Me in the Dark | Unknown | 1959-01-01 |
Movie | We the Students | Unknown | 1959-01-02 |
Movie | Bufakkar filli nassini | Unknown | 1959-01-01 |
Movie | El Murra El Maghoula | Abbas | 1959-12-07 |
Movie | Ahlam Al-Banat | Unknown | 1959-06-04 |
Movie | سجن العذارى | Unknown | 1959-02-09 |
Movie | Hob Min Narr | Unknown | 1958-02-24 |
Movie | I Am Free | Unknown | 1958-01-02 |
Movie | Habibi El Asmar | Unknown | 1958-06-26 |
Movie | The Barred Road | Ahmed | 1958-04-22 |
Movie | The Fugitive | Dr. Mamdouh | 1958-10-20 |
Movie | A woman on the Road | Hassanein Faraj Al-Saidi | 1958-12-22 |
Movie | I Love you Hassan | Unknown | 1958-07-07 |
Movie | Port Said | Fathy | 1957-07-08 |
Movie | The Crime and The Punishment | Unknown | 1957-04-03 |
Movie | Lover's Walk | Unknown | 1957-03-17 |
Movie | House of Forbidden Pleasures | Unknown | 1957-09-29 |
Movie | A Sinful Life | Unknown | 1957-05-14 |
Movie | نهاية حب | Unknown | 1957-11-09 |
Movie | Eghraa | Hussein | 1957-12-23 |
Movie | Return My Heart | Ali | 1957-12-10 |
Movie | Tarek Al Amal | Unknown | 1957-11-28 |
Movie | Leila Raheeba | Unknown | 1957-12-26 |
Movie | The Leech | Imam Beltaji | 1956-01-09 |
Movie | The Sky Devils | Farghaly | 1956-04-02 |
Movie | Our Green land | Unknown | 1956-10-23 |
Movie | نداء الحب | حماده | 1956-04-30 |
Movie | The Fools Alley | taha | 1955-01-02 |
Movie | God Is on Our Side | محسن | 1955-01-02 |
Movie | مملكة النساء | Unknown | 1955-01-01 |
Movie | The Shore of Memories | Unknown | 1955-11-21 |
Movie | Araess fil mazad | Unknown | 1955-01-22 |
Movie | Anklet Ring | Unknown | 1955-07-25 |
Movie | Hassan, Morcos and Cohen | احمد منصور | 1954-05-31 |
Movie | الناس مقامات | Unknown | 1954-07-05 |
Movie | علشان عيونك | فوزى | 1954-04-29 |
Movie | Qolob El Nas | Qassim | 1954-02-01 |
Movie | Assaad El Ayam | Fathy | 1954-07-19 |
Movie | دلوني يا ناس | Unknown | 1954-10-14 |
Movie | Aziza | Unknown | 1954-11-01 |
Movie | Pity My Tears | Adel Amin | 1954-10-31 |
Movie | April Fool | حسني شركس | 1954-08-08 |
Movie | Women Can’t Lie | Kamal | 1954-10-11 |
Movie | شريك حياتى | مدحت | 1953-03-23 |
Movie | Appointment with Life | Ahmed | 1953-01-02 |
Movie | Life when it smiles | Unknown | 1953-01-01 |
Movie | Albi Ala Waldi | Rauoof | 1953-03-23 |
Movie | بين قلبين | وهيب | 1953-01-01 |
Movie | طريق السعادة | محمد | 1953-04-16 |
Movie | Afreet Am Abdo | Unknown | 1953-12-16 |
Movie | في شرع مين | Unknown | 1953-10-15 |
Movie | Millione Guinee | Unknown | 1953-12-07 |
Movie | The Bread Seller | Medhat Hammad Al-Minyawi | 1953-08-17 |
Movie | Rayya and Sekina | Amin | 1952-02-23 |
Movie | الأم القاتلة | مجدى | 1952-01-01 |
Movie | Ghadab El Waledain | Unknown | 1952-03-17 |
Movie | Hayati Inta | Rushdy | 1952-09-29 |
Movie | أموال اليتامى | Unknown | 1952-04-01 |
Movie | El Zuhur El Fatina | Unknown | 1952-08-28 |
Movie | أسرار الناس | Unknown | 1951-01-30 |
Movie | Son of the Nile | Hemaida | 1951-01-10 |
Movie | أنا بنت ناس | Unknown | 1951-09-02 |
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 | Chair of Confession | Unknown | 1949-01-01 |
Movie | Nadia | Unknown | 1949-02-07 |
Movie | Lahalibo | Unknown | 1949-01-02 |