Adam El Sharkawy Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Adam El Sharkawy
Acting
Biography
Adam El Sharkawy was born on July 23, 1994 in the Republic of Egypt to Egyptian parents, and his real name is Mahmoud Khaled El Sharkawy. He grew up in a middle-class family, whose origins go back to Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. His father Khaled is a doctor in criminal law. Adam's family consists of three brothers, and he is the middle one among them. As a child, Adam left Egypt with his parents for California, United States. He was named Adam at John Robert School of Acting where he was studying when he was ten years old. At age 18, he decided to shorten his last name to "Adam Elshar". After his graduation, Adam started joining various acting workshops, including the famous acting coach Lauren Patrice Nadler's workshop. In 2018, Adam decided to take a serious step in the world of acting, and his first participation was in a short independent film. He gained recognition for his role as Ziad or Big Zee in the Egyptian TV series Newton's Cradle (2021).
Filmography Movies
Acting
5 Rounds
Faris, a young Egyptian MMA fighter from the village has one chance against the viscous champion Edgar. Winning is his dream, but the road is so hard for this small town boy... and everyone around him is letting him down or using him.....
Low Low
Four high-school girls attempting to navigate their last day of summer in a failing town. Beset by sex, drugs, and violence, what begins as a cautionary tale of misguided youth becomes a story of atonement as our heroes discover their strength as young women and the true love that exists amongst best friends. What follows takes place over the course of 36 hours...
86 Melrose Avenue
An ex-marine with PTSD storms into a gallery, taking hostages and forcing them to confront their complex past and looming mortality, as time ticks by.
Emily the Criminal
Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.
Fireworks
The film tackles pressures that are placed upon is in life by telling the story of a businessman who falls in love with a girl, when his life reaches a stage of explosive pressures.
Cuck
Ronnie is a young white male, struggling with the pressures of life. He’s unemployed, rejected from the military for being mentally unstable, and lives at home with his ailing and nagging mother. Ronnie finds an outlet for his frustration online. The alt-right community gives him a place to belong and absolves his personal responsibility.
Clown
A group of teens fights for their lives as they find themselves trapped in a fun-house, stalked by a killer clown who won't rest until every last one of them is dead.
Alone Together
A teenage girl faces her troubling past of sexual abuse the only way she can think of -- by joining the boy's wrestling team.
Stone Cold Fox
In this '80s-set revenge story, the defiant Fox breaks out of an abusive commune in search of her family. But when the queenpin kidnaps her little sister and sends a crooked cop after her, Fox has no choice but to infiltrate the very place she escaped.
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