He comes from a prominent family of filmmakers; his father is Adel Emam, one of Egypt's most famous actors[2] and his brother is director Ramy Imam.

He went to Jesuites (CSF) school before he entered the American University in Cairo, studying theatre.

Egyptian Director Marwan Hammed selected him to play the role of Taha in The Yacoubian Building (2006), based on the novel of the same name.

[5] In 2014 he starred in the TV comedy series Saheb Elsaada with Adel Emam, Lebleba, Amina Khalil, Tara Emad, Khaled Zaki, Angy Wegdan and Lotfy Labib and Dalaa Banat with Mai Ezz Eldin.

He also had the starring roles in the films Captain Egypt in 2015,[6] Hell in India in 2016 and Lelyt Hana w Sror in 2018.