Name Hussein al-Imam Parents Hassan Al Imam Spouse Sahar Ramy (m. ?–2014) | Role Film actor | |
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Movies Samir Abu el-Nil, One-Zero Children Salim Hussien El Imam, Youssef Hussien El Imam Similar People Sahar Ramy, Mahmoud Yacine, Hassan Al Imam, Sherif Arafa, Amr Arafa | ||
Hussein al-Imam (in Arabic حسين الإمام) (February 8, 1951 in Egypt – 17 May 2014) was a well-known Egyptian film musician and actor.
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El-Imam began his career playing music with his brother Moody al-Imam. This developed into an artistic partnership between the two brothers and they released five albums together.
Al-Imam wrote the soundtracks of many Egyptian films including Kaboria (1990), starring Ahmed Zaki and Ice Cream in Gleem (1992) starring Egyptian pan-Arab pop star Amr Diab. He also wrote the musical score for a number of theatrical works on stage like Albanda, Lamma baba yenam and Lil kibar faqat as well as a number of Egyptian television series. He composed a number of songs particularly for Mohamed Mounir. He also established his own musical studio.
Al-Imam, who acted in over 70 films was featured in several of the movies. On television, he was the host of several popular candid camera and talk / entertainment shows like Hassan ala al hawaa, Hussein ala al hawaa, Fasel w nwasel, Eh en nizam and Kalaam Hussein.
Personal life
He was the son of the late Hassan al-Imam, one of Egypt's most acclaimed filmmakers. His brother Moudy al-Imam is also a well known writer composer of film soundtracks. Hussein al-Imam was married to Egyptian actress Sahar Ramy. He died in 2014 reportedly of a cardiac arrest. He was 63.