EXCLUSIVE: Syrian actor Samer Ismail, whose worldwide roles embrace Darren Lynn Bousman’s Saudi shot horror film The Cello, has signed with expertise administration and promotional company MAD Celeb.
Ismail first achieved fame within the Center East and North Africa because the title character in 2012 MBC hit collection Omar and made his huge display debut in Emirati director Ali F. Mustafa’s 2016 sci-fi thriller The worthy.
MAD Celeb — a division of the Cairo-based MAD Options — will likely be solely chargeable for representing Ismail within the Center East and North Africa (MENA) in contracts with manufacturing corporations and promoting businesses, in addition to in dealings with media shops.
Ismail joins one other 60 Arab world skills represented by the burgeoning company together with Egyptian celebrity Yousra and buzzy rising actor Ahmed Malek, who enjoys fame at dwelling in Egypt and can be constructing a buzzy worldwide profession with latest credit together with Swimmers, Finchley Lane and Boiling Level.
A graduate of the Increased Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, Ismail additionally starred within the award-winning movie The day I Misplaced My Shadow by Soudade Kaadan, in addition to quite a few high-profile Ramadan TV collection, together with the Syrian social drama collection Wlad Badeea and Jordanian Ramadan drama Oboor reverse Saba Mubarak and Tara Abboud. He additionally had roles in The Platform, Breaking Bones, Tuesday 12, Downtown, In Paradox, Salasel Zahab, Born From The Flank, and As soon as Once more.
MAD Celeb mum or dad firm MAD Options is out in pressure at Cannes this yr at it celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of its creation and the tenth anniversary of the launch of its spin-off initiative, the Arab Cinema Centre.
