Yehia el-Fakharany (Arabic: يحيى الفخراني); born 7 April 1945, in Mansoura, Dakahlia governorate, Egypt, is an Egyptian television and film actor.

After that he moved to television where he was cast in "Carefree Days" series (Ayyam Al-Marah, أيّام المرح) in 1972,[4] and in 1979 he became famous with the series "My Dear Children, Thank You" (Abnai'y l-Aʿza', shukran, ًأبنائي الأعزاء شكرا) while the first film he starred in was "Ah, Ya Layl, Ya Zaman" in 1977 (آه يا ليل يا زمن)[5] beside Warda Al-Jazairia and Rushdy Abaza.

Yehia el-Fakharany is married to Lamis Gaber, a Coptic physician and writer, author of the screenplay of "King Farouq" series (2007).

One of these was the character of "Abd al-Mutaal Mahjoub" in the series "No" (Lā, لا), through which he became a "persecuted employee" and El-Fakharany excelled as usual to the point that the great screenwriter Mustafa Amin called him and said: “Had I not known Abd al-Mutaal, the hero of my novel personally, I would have imagined that he is you.” With this great testimony from Mustafa Amin, El-Fakharany became more dedicated and involved in his artistic path and he only agreed to play good parts.

[13] The events of the series alternate between two periods of time, the first during World War II, which tells the story of Herbert Dobberfield, an alcoholic English man with suicidal tendencies who's awaiting death, until he travels to Sudan to work in a stone quarry and his view upon life changes dramatically.

He then moves to Upper Egypt where he falls in love with a spiritual woman (played by the Syrian actress Sulafa Memar) and struggles to marry her despite her brother's refusal; the second period deals with the modern times in which the story of Herbert Dobberfield or "Al-Khawaga" Abd al-Qader is narrated after he has passed away by people who were his contemporaries and were deeply fond of him.

[14] About the reasons for him shining in the month of Ramadan on the small screen, El-Fakharany said: "There is no doubt that I am lucky for my television work, as all my roles are substantial and untried and they add to my experience.

The series "Naguib Zahi Zarkash" represents the fifth cooperation between Kamal and El-Fakharany, and the fourth between him and Yahya and Shadi el-Fakharany after "Eagerness", 2015 (Lahfa, لهفة), "The Foreigner Abd el-Qader" and "Devil", 2016 (Wanous, ونوس), while the series "Hammam, the Arab's Shaykh", 2010 (Shayẖ El-ʿArab Hammam, شيخ العرب همام) was directed by Hosni Saleh.

As for theatre, Yehya el-Fakharany's major role is that of "King Lear" in an adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy by director Ahmed Abdel Halim who turned it into a successful and popular theatrical work in Egypt.

It was presented on the stage of the National Theatre in Cairo, using the music of the Egyptian composer Rageh Daoud and the poems of Ahmed Fouad Negm.

As the director explained, he resorted to using Ahmed Fouad Negm's poetry because it is familiar to people, and because it is like an "analgesic" in terms of dramatic effects so it does not seem to interfere with the play.

On the evening of 27 September 2008, the stage and the auditorium had been subjected to a tremendous fire that severely damaged the theatre building, so the Ministry of Culture decided to conduct an integrated restoration and development project which lasted 6 years, with a cost that amounted to about 104 million Egyptian pounds.

[18] The story revolves around Al-Shahhat (The Beggar) played by El-Fakharany, who is begging with his daughter by singing in the streets of a town where the Caliph took power at a young age after the death of his father.

His deep respect for his work and the public has him arrive at the rehearsals with sharp punctuality which is not easy to meet by his colleagues, as timing is not always a strong feature of the Eastern artists.