Ahmed El Sakka

He was born Ahmed Mohamed Salah Eldin El-Sakka on March 1, 1973 in Egypt. After graduating from the Egyptian Academy of Arts he began his acting career appearing in the Egyptian mini-series, "Nesf Rabeea El-Akhar."

In 1998 he was introduced to cinema audiences in the film, "Sa'eedi fi El Gamaa El Amrekiia" alongside movie star Mohamed Henedi. This film became one of the highest-grossing movies in Egyptian cinema history and led Sakka to further movie roles. The following year he co-starred in "Hamam fi Amsterdam" in which he played the type of tough guy character he would become famous for in many films to come.

His first starring role came in 2000 in the film, "Short we Fanellah we Cap."
The following year he worked with acclaimed cinema director Sherif Arafa for the first time in "Mafia" co-starring Lahazat Harega's guest star Mona Zaki. This film became the most critically and financially successful film of the year grossing over 14 million EGP in the Egyptian box office. "Mafia" quickly established Sakka as the premier action star in Arabic cinema. More starring roles followed: "Tito," "El Gezeira" (again directed by Lahazat Harega director, Sherif Arafa) and "Ibrahim Labyad" co-starring another Lahazat Harega guest star, Hend Sabri, directed by Marwan Hamed, who also directed an episode of Lahazat Harega.

Ahmed El-Sakka guest stars in Lahazat Harega Season One and Season Two as the continuing popular character detective Gasser.