Shoukry Sarhan

Mohamed Shoukry El Husseiny Sarhan (1925–1997, Arabic: محمد شُكري الحسيني سرحان, romanized: Muḥammad Shukrī al-Ḥusaynī Sirḥān), better known as Shoukry Sarhan (Arabic: شُكري سرحان, romanized: Shukrī Sirḥān), was an Egyptian actor.

His rise to stardom was in 1951 when Youssef Chahine, a famous Egyptian film director, chose him for the lead role in the movie Son of the Nile (ابن النيل, "Ibn El-Nil").

In 1957, he starred in Ezz El-Dine Zulficar's Return My Heart (رد قلبي, "Rodda Qalbi").

His notable films included Mahmoud Zulfikar's The Unknown Woman (المرأة المجهولة , "Al-Mar'a Al-Maghoola") Kamal El Sheikh's Chased by the Dogs (اللص والكلاب, "Al-Less wal Kelab") among many others.

In 1984, he received a Best Actor's award for his lead role, with Faten Hamama, in the movie Lelt El qabd 'Ala Fatema (ليلة القبض على فاطمة, "The Night of Fatima's Arrest"), which was directed by Henry Barakat.