| Mahmoud Yassin | |
| Birth Date: | 1941 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Port Said, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Death Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1968–2012 |
| Nationality: | Egyptian |
| Children: | 2 |
Mahmoud Yassin (Arabic: محمود ياسين; 19 February 1941[1] [2] – 14 October 2020) was an Egyptian actor. He was an iconic actor in both Egyptian cinema and television, portraying dramatic, psychological and romantic roles.
Yassin studied law at the Ain Shams University in 1964, then he started his acting career in 1968, where he acted in more than 150 films and theatrical plays. His last work was a comedy film Grandpa Habibi in 2012.[3]
He married the actress Shahira in October 1970, with whom he had Rania (b. 1972) and Amro (b. 1978).[4]
Having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for eight years,[5] Yassin died on 14 October 2020.[6]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Man Who Lost His Shadow | |||
| 1969 | Stories from our country | |||
| 1971 | The Thin Thread | |||
| 1969 | A Taste of Fear | |||
| 1974 | The Bullet is still in my pocket | |||
| 1974 | Where Is My Mind? | |||
| 1975 | Whom Should We Shoot? | |||
| 1975 | The liar | |||
| 1977 | Mouths and Rabbits | |||
| 1978 | Roadless Traveller | |||
| Al Amaleyyya 42 | Colonel Sami | |||
| 1988 | Days of Terror | |||
| 2007 | The Island |
| Year | Series | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Al-Raqam Al-Maghool | |||
| 1978 | Ba'd Al-Daya | |||
| 2002–03[7] [8] | ElAsyann |