Sarhan was born in El Sharqiya, Egypt on 12 March 1925. He graduated from the "High Institute of Acting in Egypt" in 1947. In 1949, Sarhan acted in his first movie, Lahalibo. His rise to stardom was in 1951 when Youssef Chahine, a famous Egyptian film director, chose him for the lead role in the movie Ibn El-Nile "Son of the Nile". Sarhan had earned the title "The young man of the screen". He received several awards throughout his career. President Gamal Abdel Nasser honored Sarhan with the Order of the Republic. In 1984, he received a Best Actor's award for his lead role, with Faten Hamama, in the movie Lelt El abd Ala Fatema "The Night of Fatima's Arrest". which was directed by Henry Barakat. During the celebrations of the centennial of cinema, he was nominated by Egyptian critics as the best actor of the century in Egypt, having participated more than any other actor in The Greatest 100 Egyptian films. Sarhan's last movie was El-Gablawi in 1991. He died in 1997.
Movie | El-Gabalawy | factory owner | 1991-08-26 |
Movie | الأب الشرعي | كرم - ضيف شرف | 1988-02-13 |
Movie | The Upper Egyptian Man | أبو شنب | 1987-03-16 |
Movie | Malaekat el-Shaware | Dr. Adel Amin | 1985-04-01 |
Movie | كلاب الحراسة | 1984-04-30 | |
Movie | The Night Of Fatima's Arrest | Elsayed سيد | 1984-03-26 |
Movie | صراع العشاق | محسن النجعاوي | 1981-05-25 |
Series | The Man Who Lost His Memory Twice | توفيق | 1981-09-09 |
Series | محمد رسول الله | إليعازر | 1980-07-15 |
Series | أيام العذاب | محمود بيه | 1979-01-01 |
Movie | رحلة داخل امرأة | كمال الصفتي | 1978-03-06 |
Movie | Al-Mashrabiya | 1978-01-01 | |
Series | Al-Mashrabiya | الأسطى عباس | 1978-08-05 |
Movie | Desire and Price | Unknown | 1978-09-03 |
Movie | Waraa Al-Shams | Dr. Hossam د. حسام | 1978-09-03 |
Movie | Return Of The Prodigal Son | Tolba Mohamed Madbouly | 1976-09-24 |
Movie | Visitor at Dawn | Shafiq Ibrahim | 1975-03-03 |
Movie | The Name Caller | Hamed | 1975-09-29 |
Movie | The Divorcees | Adel | 1975-04-21 |
Movie | A Woman from Cairo | 1973-01-08 | |
Movie | Strangers | 1973-04-09 | |
Movie | Eashiqat nafsiha | Dr. Mukhtar | 1972-01-24 |
Movie | رجل زائد عن الحاجة | Hafez Abdel-Maboud | 1972-08-24 |
Movie | Shayatteen El-bahr | ضابط المباحث | 1972-01-24 |
Movie | Something in my Chest | Muhammad Efendi ElSayed | 1971-08-30 |
Movie | College Girls | murad | 1971-01-11 |
Movie | Incident of Dishonor | 1971-09-06 | |
Movie | Houses Secrets | Unknown | 1971-12-13 |
Movie | لا لا يا حبيبي | 1970-01-07 | |
Movie | Three Women | Youssef | 1969-01-27 |
Movie | Hikaya min Baladina | Morsy | 1969-02-24 |
Movie | Sweet Aziza | أحمد رأفت | 1969-09-01 |
Movie | The Rebels | الدكتور عزيز | 1968-01-02 |
Movie | El-sit el-nazra | دكتور فريد | 1968-09-09 |
Movie | The Postman | Abbas | 1968-04-15 |
Movie | Om Hashim's Lamp | Dr. Ismail Rajab | 1968-11-04 |
Movie | ُُThe Student and the Teacher | وحيد فريد | 1968-11-04 |
Movie | The Rain Stopped | Unknown | 1967-09-04 |
Movie | The Second Wife | Abu el Ela أبو العلا | 1967-10-14 |
Movie | Goodbye, Night | Ahmed | 1966-08-24 |
Movie | Stillness of the Storm | 1965-08-16 | |
Movie | Fleeing from life | Dr. Mahmoud Jalal | 1964-04-20 |
Movie | Alhaqibat alsawda | إسماعيل | 1964-04-06 |
Series | لا شيء يهم | 1964-01-15 | |
Movie | The Next-Door Girl | Omar Al-Labban | 1964-04-21 |
Movie | العمر أيام | فتحي سالم | 1964-05-17 |
Movie | Son of Cleopatra | Akro | 1964-12-31 |
Movie | Flame | 1964-04-26 | |
Movie | Hekayet Gawaz | Mohammed محمد | 1964-10-18 |
Movie | A Forbidden Story | 1963-03-13 | |
Movie | A Bachelor’s Life | عمر | 1963-01-07 |
Movie | Years of love | Adel | 1963-06-13 |
Movie | Serr el hareba | Ahmed أحمد | 1963-08-04 |
Movie | Thaman Al-Hob | Salah Alawi | 1963-11-25 |
Movie | Prisoner of the Night | كمال | 1963-09-16 |
Movie | الحسناء و الطلبة | 1963-09-11 | |
Movie | El ashkiaa el talata | حسين | 1962-01-29 |
Movie | Struggle of the Heroes | الدكتور شكري | 1962-01-02 |
Movie | Bekaya azraa | 1962-03-04 | |
Movie | Almaz And Abdo El Hamouly | Unknown | 1962-01-14 |
Movie | Salwa fi mahab el rih | Unknown | 1962-04-23 |
Movie | Kollohom Awlady | Amin | 1962-09-23 |
Movie | The Thief and the Dogs | سعيد مهران | 1962-11-12 |
Movie | Al safira Aziza | أحمد | 1961-01-30 |
Movie | Why Am I Living | صلاح درويش | 1961-01-23 |
Movie | طريق الأبطال | حمدي عبد العزيز | 1961-03-13 |
Movie | Dearest Beloved | مختار | 1961-04-03 |
Movie | A Man in My Life | 1961-06-21 | |
Movie | The Sun Will Never Set | Ahmed | 1961-12-25 |
Movie | In Your Hands | 1960-01-27 | |
Movie | Bridge of Immortals | 1960-03-28 | |
Movie | Qayes Wi Laila | Qayes | 1960-01-18 |
Movie | صائدة الرجال | Unknown | 1960-10-15 |
Movie | Lovers' Call | 1960-10-20 | |
Movie | رجل بلا قلب | كمال- ضيف شرف | 1960-10-17 |
Movie | We the Students | حسنين | 1959-01-02 |
Movie | Kiss Me in the Dark | حسين كحك | 1959-01-01 |
Movie | I Am Free | عباس صفوت | 1959-01-02 |
Movie | Bufakkar filli nassini | 1959-01-01 | |
Movie | سجن العذارى | 1959-02-09 | |
Movie | El Murra El Maghoula | Abbas | 1959-12-07 |
Movie | Ahlam Al-Banat | 1959-06-04 | |
Movie | I Love you Hassan | Hassan | 1958-04-14 |
Movie | Hob Min Narr | أحمد | 1958-02-24 |
Movie | The Barred Road | Ahmed | 1958-04-22 |
Movie | Habibi El Asmar | أحمد | 1958-06-26 |
Movie | A woman on the Road | حسنين فرج الصعيدي | 1958-12-22 |
Movie | The Fugitive | Dr. Mamdouh | 1958-10-20 |
Movie | A Sinful Life | 1957-05-14 | |
Movie | The Crime and The Punishment | 1957-04-03 | |
Movie | Port Said | Fathy | 1957-07-08 |
Movie | Lover's Walk | 1957-03-17 | |
Movie | House of Forbidden Pleasures | Unknown | 1957-09-29 |
Movie | Leila Raheeba | 1957-12-26 | |
Movie | Eghraa | Hussein | 1957-12-23 |
Movie | Return My Heart | علي | 1957-12-10 |
Movie | نهاية حب | Unknown | 1957-11-09 |
Movie | Tarek Al Amal | 1957-11-28 | |
Movie | The Leech | إمام بلتاجي | 1956-01-09 |
Movie | The Sky Devils | Farghaly | 1956-04-02 |
Movie | Our Green land | 1956-10-23 | |
Movie | نداء الحب | حماده | 1956-04-30 |
Movie | Zanuba | Hosny | 1956-12-11 |
Movie | God Is on Our Side | محسن | 1955-01-02 |
Movie | مملكة النساء | 1955-01-01 | |
Movie | The Fools Alley | طة - صبى العجلاتى | 1955-01-02 |
Movie | The Shore of Memories | Unknown | 1955-11-21 |
Movie | Araess fil mazad | Unknown | 1955-01-22 |
Movie | Anklet Ring | 1955-07-25 | |
Movie | Ismail Yassine Yukabel Raya Wa Sekina | أمين | 1955-03-21 |
Movie | El naas makamat | Gamal | 1954-07-05 |
Movie | Hassan, Morcos and Cohen | احمد منصور | 1954-05-31 |
Movie | Assaad El Ayam | Fathy | 1954-07-19 |
Movie | Qolob El Nas | Qassim | 1954-02-01 |
Movie | علشان عيونك | فوزى | 1954-04-29 |
Movie | Aziza | 1954-11-01 | |
Movie | April Fool | حسني شركس | 1954-08-08 |
Movie | دلوني يا ناس | حسنى عبدالحليم الجزايرى | 1954-10-14 |
Movie | Pity My Tears | Adel Amin | 1954-10-31 |
Movie | Women Can’t Lie | Kamal | 1954-10-11 |
Movie | The Criminal | مراد | 1954-09-30 |
Movie | Fi Sharaa Meen | 1953-03-12 | |
Movie | Appointment with Life | Ahmed | 1953-01-02 |
Movie | Life when it smiles | Unknown | 1953-01-01 |
Movie | شريك حياتى | مدحت | 1953-03-23 |
Movie | بين قلبين | وهيب | 1953-01-01 |
Movie | طريق السعادة | محمد | 1953-04-16 |
Movie | Millione Guinee | 1953-12-07 | |
Movie | Afreet Am Abdo | 1953-12-16 | |
Movie | Albi Ala Waldi | Rauoof | 1953-03-23 |
Movie | ماليش حد | 1953-11-26 | |
Movie | The Bread Seller | Medhat Hammad Al-Minyawi | 1953-08-17 |
Movie | الأم القاتلة | مجدى | 1952-01-01 |
Movie | Rayya and Sekina | أمين | 1952-02-23 |
Movie | Orphans' money | Sami, son of Sheikh Saleh | 1952-01-01 |
Movie | Hayati Inta | Rushdy | 1952-09-29 |
Movie | Ghadab El Waledain | 1952-03-17 | |
Movie | El Zuhur El Fatina | Baher | 1952-08-28 |
Movie | Son of the Nile | حمدان / حميد | 1951-01-10 |
Movie | Children Of The Streets | 1951-02-19 | |
Movie | Ana bint Nass | 1951-08-13 | |
Movie | People's secrets | 1951-12-31 | |
Movie | El avocato Madiha | Unknown | 1950-04-10 |
Movie | Afrah | Unknown | 1950-05-01 |
Movie | Daddy as a Bridegroom | Unknown | 1950-12-31 |
Movie | Kisma wa Nassib | Samir | 1950-10-09 |
Movie | Chair of Confession | 1949-01-01 | |
Movie | Nadia | 1949-02-07 | |
Movie | Lahalibo | Unknown | 1949-01-02 |