Ahmed Helmy

He was diagnosed with cancer and was treated in 2014 by removing the tumor from a muscle in his back.

In 2007, Helmy topped the Egyptian Comedian market in the number of audience and revenue, mostly due to the success of his movie Keda Reda.

Ahmed Helmy is married to Egyptian actress Mona Zaki and have 3 children: Lilly (2003), Selim (2014), and Younis (2016).

As an actor and performer, Helmy is notable for his fast-thinking and witty comedy. His career in mainstream Egyptian film began when director Sherif Arafa spotted him on the children's program Leib Eyal (Kids' Play) on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast. Sherif found in him the comedian sense he was looking for to star his film, Aboud Ala El Hodoud (Abboud on the Borders). In that film, Helmy made his first big screen appearance, co-starring alongside Alaa Waley El Din. Thereafter, he quickly made a jump to leading roles in films such as Omar 2000, El Nazer (The Headmaster), El Selem We Al Tho'ban (Snakes And Ladders).

Helmy was born in Banha, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt to a Sunni Muslim family. He graduated from The Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Egypt. He also graduated from the Academy of Arts, High Institute for Theatre Art in 1993.

Ahmed Muhamed Helmy Abdel Rahman Awwad (Arabic: احمد محمد حلمى عبد الرحمن عواد ‎; born November 18, 1969) is an Egyptian comedian, actor, film producer, television presenter, author and television personality. He started his career in 1993 on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast. In 1998, he appeared on his first movie Aboud Ala El Hodoud, which received commercial success. He is married to Egyptian actress Mona Zaki.