Ahmed Helmy made his first big screen appearance in film
Aboud ala el hedoud (1999),
in which he co-starred alongside
Alaa Waley El Din. Ahmed, through his
amazing breakthrough performance, and comic sense of humor, nabbed all
the attention he needed in this film. He quickly made a jump to
starring roles in films such as
Umar 2000 (2000),
El Nazer (2000),
_El Selem We Al Thoghban_.
Ahmed first started his career, when director
Sherif Arafa was watching children's
programme "Leighb Eyal" on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast, Sherif
found in Ahmed the comedian actor he needed for the starring role in
Aboud Ala El Hedoud. He is a 1993 graduate of the Academy of Arts, High
Institute for Theatre Art. He believes that the most sophisticated role
he had done yet was in the film Omar 2000, especially the scene in
which he had to bury a dear friend. Ahmed's idol is his father, he
finds in him the idealism, kindness and wisdom. Ahmed also admires
Ahmed Zaki for his enormous acting
talent. As for the comedy, he adores Adel Emam
and Samir Ghanem. Ahmed finds the trend
of the cinema today, now known as the "Youth Cinema", can be judged
only through audiences. 'After three or four days of screening a film,
audiences would know and judge the film to be a success or no, it is a
matter of supply and demand, commerce, film is a commodity which
applies to the terms of supply and demand'.
