Biography

MOHAMED KARIM established an acclaimed Film & TV acting career between Egypt and the United States. Karim finished high school in Los Angeles where he was inspired by Hollywood film making at an early age. His passion for cinema did not prevent him from following his family's footsteps to study medicine in Cairo and become a doctor as well.

After establishing a successful acting career in Egyptian films and TV series, Karim returned to Los Angeles to study acting in Hollywood, with his eyes on internationalism. Recently he achieved a huge success by hosting the well known international entertainment show "THE VOICE" in the Middle East on MBC channels. Won the Best Actor award in Monaco International Film Festival for his British Film "Facebook Romance". He toured renowned world festivals with his Egyptian acclaimed films as "Shahata's Store" and "Stolen Kisses" among others and won several regional and international Best Actor awards from San Francisco, Alexandria, the Egyptian Oscars, and the Arab Film Festival in California. His films were also shown and sold out in Diaspora and Tribeca Film Festivals in New York and in the Los Angeles Film Festival, Arab Film Festival in California. Karim also participated in the Oscars and in the American Film Market in Los Angeles - California.

After wrapping a starring role in the American independent film Storm, Karim has recently signed to star in upcoming American and European projects including "Desert Crossing"; and three British films: Tarot, Blooded and One Love.

It all started when Mohamed was chosen to do the lead role for the well Known T.V series "BENT AFANDINA" that was about the revolution in 1952 in EGYPT until 1970 which is the period between King Farouk till president Anwar Sadat. This TV Series was his gate to spread all over Egypt and The Middle East, were he won THE BEST ACTOR AWARD for it in 2004.

Mohamed graduated from FACULTY OF MEDICINE At AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY In Cairo and obtained his MASTER'S DEGREE in Physical Medicine, Obesity and Weight Reduction. He also completed the Actors Boot Camp Program at THE ACTING CORPS IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA-USA.

TV PRESENTER: " THE VOICE " : 2012, Hosted the Arabic version of the popular singing competition " THE VOICE ", which airs on MBC CHANNELS.

He exchanged hobbies and professions several times as he participated in many fashion shows as a model then as a modeling director where he won the BEST MODEL AWARD of the year 1999 as he graduated from EN VOGUE MODELING SCHOOL, ALSO music plays a big part of his life as he enjoy listening Arabic, English, Spanish and French music.

He likes traveling and visiting other countries where he visited FRANCE, GERMANY, HOLLAND, ITALY, SPAIN, UNITED KINGDOM, U.S.A, CANADA, MEXICO, THAILAND, LEBANON, SAUDI ARABIA, IRAQ,SWITZERLAND,ALGERIA, AUSTRIA, SUDAN, UNITED ARAB OF EMIRATES and QATAR.

Through out his entertainment / media career in acting T.V presenter, Modeling, He always had a dream to act in a huge production movie to let out his love and passion for acting and to use his rich knowledge that he gained in cinema industry in a beneficial film that helps him express his love in acting to reach the viewers.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sam Sako

MOHAMED KARIM established an acclaimed Film & TV acting career between Egypt and the United States. Karim finished high school in Los Angeles where he was inspired by Hollywood film making at an early age. His passion for cinema did not prevent him from following his family's footsteps to study medicine in Cairo and become a doctor as well.

After establishing a successful acting career in Egyptian films and TV series, Karim returned to Los Angeles to study acting in Hollywood, with his eyes on internationalism. Recently he achieved a huge success by hosting the well known international entertainment show "THE VOICE" in the Middle East on MBC channels. Won the Best Actor award in Monaco International Film Festival for his British Film "Facebook Romance". He toured renowned world festivals with his Egyptian acclaimed films as "Shahata's Store" and "Stolen Kisses" among others and won several regional and international Best Actor awards from San Francisco, Alexandria, the Egyptian Oscars, and the Arab Film Festival in California. His films were also shown and sold out in Diaspora and Tribeca Film Festivals in New York and in the Los Angeles Film Festival, Arab Film Festival in California. Karim also participated in the Oscars and in the American Film Market in Los Angeles - California.

After wrapping a starring role in the American independent film Storm, Karim has recently signed to star in upcoming American and European projects including "Desert Crossing"; and three British films: Tarot, Blooded and One Love.

It all started when Mohamed was chosen to do the lead role for the well Known T.V series "BENT AFANDINA" that was about the revolution in 1952 in EGYPT until 1970 which is the period between King Farouk till president Anwar Sadat. This TV Series was his gate to spread all over Egypt and The Middle East, were he won THE BEST ACTOR AWARD for it in 2004.

Mohamed graduated from FACULTY OF MEDICINE At AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY In Cairo and obtained his MASTER'S DEGREE in Physical Medicine, Obesity and Weight Reduction. He also completed the Actors Boot Camp Program at THE ACTING CORPS IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA-USA.

TV PRESENTER: " THE VOICE " : 2012, Hosted the Arabic version of the popular singing competition " THE VOICE ", which airs on MBC CHANNELS.

He exchanged hobbies and professions several times as he participated in many fashion shows as a model then as a modeling director where he won the BEST MODEL AWARD of the year 1999 as he graduated from EN VOGUE MODELING SCHOOL, ALSO music plays a big part of his life as he enjoy listening Arabic, English, Spanish and French music.

He likes traveling and visiting other countries where he visited FRANCE, GERMANY, HOLLAND, ITALY, SPAIN, UNITED KINGDOM, U.S.A, CANADA, MEXICO, THAILAND, LEBANON, SAUDI ARABIA, IRAQ,SWITZERLAND,ALGERIA, AUSTRIA, SUDAN, UNITED ARAB OF EMIRATES and QATAR.

Through out his entertainment / media career in acting T.V presenter, Modeling, He always had a dream to act in a huge production movie to let out his love and passion for acting and to use his rich knowledge that he gained in cinema industry in a beneficial film that helps him express his love in acting to reach the viewers.
- IMDb mini biography by: SAM SAKO

MOHAMED "MO" KARIM Born in Cairo, Egypt split his time between Cairo and Los Angeles growing up where he became fluent in Arabic and English. Fascinated with the world of filmmaking at an early age, while he was a student he began attending acting classes and securing parts in various commercials until his break in 2004 with the film Youm Alkarama.

Also, having a deep appreciation for the world of medicine, Mo Karim followed in his parents' footsteps where he studied to be a doctor in Cairo, graduating with a master's degree in Physical Medicine, Obesity and Weight Reduction from Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University in Cairo.

Mo Karim has captured Arab film and television audiences alike, starring in more than 30 Arabic films and TV shows. He is best known for his lead role in popular TV series Bent Afandina, a story about the revolution in Egypt (the period between King Farouk until President Anwar Sadat). This TV series put him on the map all over Egypt and The Middle East, where he won the Best Actor Award in 2004.

Mohamed hosted the well-known international singing competition show The Voice: Arabia in the Middle East, which not only beamed his face in front of 100 million viewers across 22 Arab countries each week but further secured his place as a bankable star with a sizable fan base. In recognition of his immense talent and hard work, Mohamed's Accolades include GQ Man Of The Year in 2022 in GQ Middle East!

The Multi-award winning actor has toured renowned world festivals with many of his acclaimed films, collecting numerous honors along the way, including Best Leading Actor at the Monaco International Film Festival for his role in the British romantic comedy "Facebook Romance" and Best Actor at the Alexandria International Film Festival for Egyptian film "Stolen Kisses."

After nearly 2,000 auditions ("I didn't want to be typecast as a generic Arab, terrorist or diplomat. That's not what I came to Hollywood for"), he landed a lead role playing Jimmy the Dragon alongside Nicholas Cage and Benjamin Bratt in the 2019 action thriller A Score to Settle.

He can also be seen in The action-heist thriller as Detective Reynolds in "A Day to Die," 2022 in which he plays a police officer alongside Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo and Kevin Dillon.

Most recently, Mohamed can be seen as Hollywood's 'first Arab Cowboy' in the Western Lionsgate film Gunslingers (2025) Nicholas Cage, Heather Graham, Stephen Dorff

On his free time, Mohamed enjoys traveling all over the world, listening to music ranging from Arabic, English, Spanish and French music, and loves karate, soccer, basketball, baseball, hiking and swimming. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mohamed Karim