Personal Info
Birth date
1962-10-23 (62 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
مصر
Also known as
كمال أبو رية
عبدالرحيم كمال أبو رية
Kamal Abo Raya
Biography
Kamal Abu Rayyah, an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the High Institute of Theatrical Art in 1985. In the mid 1980s, Abu Raya's career started taking shape, as he appeared in numerous television series, including The Palace, Between the Two Palaces, and With Honors. He also appeared in several films, including Fathers and Sons and Farewell My Son. He is most known for playing Qassem Amin, in the televisions series with the same name about the life of the early 20th century feminist activist. He also played critically acclaimed roles in the television series Umm Kulthum and Al-Aasr Market.
Filmography
Helaly Grip
4.3
Overview:
The story revolves around Dr. Laila Al-Hilali, who lives with her brother, Saber Al-Hilali, a tour guide and archaeologist and martial arts artist. To receive the reward due to Saber's preoccupation with his work, Laila is subjected to an attempted rape by Fiume.Leila Asal
NYR
Overview:
Nazik is a senior employee of the family planning agency, and her husband, Dr. Hussein, is a gynecologist and obstetrician. Weeks after her daughter's wedding party, the family planning expert discovers that she is pregnant while her daughter carries the bride Salwa despite the age of 40, and her young son Ahmed, who fears that she will have a child, will ridicule her of conscription.El Kebeer Awi
6.98
Overview:
Al Kabeer seeks to find love again after his wife was gone, unaware that what he is looking for is closer than he imagines.Al Maddah
4.7
Overview:
Saber returns from the dead to face the greatest the earth has ever known: the daughters of Satan! We hear about a mission to destroy humanity, and to free their greatest master Satan by any means possible…Ghalta Umm
NYR
Overview:
Firdaws married a poor young man and gave birth to a child. Her husband died. She married again to a rich man and left her child with a poor family. Firdaws traveled with her husband for a long time. After her return, she went to meet her son and found that the house had been destroyed. After a while, Firdaws received a letter from a young man telling her that he was her son and that the woman who raised him had explained the truth to him before she died.Demaa Baed Montasf Elayl
NYR
Overview:
A child witnesses his father being killed in front of his eyes. Years later, this child returns from abroad as a young man and discovers that his father's killer has become rich after collecting huge sums of money from fraud and deception. This young man's sister tries to keep him away from the idea of taking revenge on his father's killer himself. As time goes by, the young man marries the daughter of his father's killer.A woman in a snake cleft
NYR
Overview:
The events take place in a social context around “Khalil,” one of the symbols of the business community who has power and influence. Suddenly, his life turns upside down after a man appears who reveals a secret that threatens Khalil’s entire empire and shakes his throne. This secret concerns the maid, "Buthaina".No Mixing
NYR
Overview:
A social worker in a mixed school adopts modern methods of education and is loved by students, but she faces problems and conspiracies at the instigation of the conservative vice-principal, especially since the principal of the school admires the social worker.Master of People
6
Overview:
After his father’s death, Garhy faces a new reality: a mysterious key, a vast fortune, a dark past, and ruthless enemies. Now, he must fight for his legacy and his family’s survival.Except Me (Ella Ana)
7
Overview:
The series presents six separate stories, each of which consists of ten episodes, all adapted from real events, and it deals with various topics that concern women in their relationship with Egyptian society.A Thousand and One Nights
NYR
Overview:
Shahryar avenges the honor of the family by marrying a new woman every day and then kills her in the morning until it's Shahrzad's turn, who is a brilliant story teller, which attracts Shahryar's attention. He decides to spare her life, which changes the course of the whole kingdom.Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh
NYR
Overview:
Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz (The Harafish), the series presents the biography of the popular hero Ashour Al-Naji and his family, as he represents a symbol of principles, values, justice, mercy and fairness to the simple.AlSeera AlHelaleyya
NYR
Overview:
It takes about the movement of the Hilali Tribe from the Arabic peninsula to the nowadays Tunisia. It takes about the adventures of Abu Zaid which are a mixture of facts and myths with a glimpse of glory on the hero's cunning and wisdom.Gouging The Sea
2
Overview:
The series is set in Upper Egypt and is based on a true event in which the tyrannical parents of Abdul Hayy, a rebellious young man, force him to face several difficultiesSobian elmalem
NYR
Overview:
The story revolves around three young men who work as boys for the mechanic, Usta Farag. There is Abbas, who loves Batta and intends to marry her, and Hassouna competes with him over her. Ali, who loves Usta Farag's daughter, Ezza. Hamada, who befriends an addicted girl and makes her hunt men. Abbas tries to collect some money so that he can marry his lover, Batta. He tries to sell a car without Usta Farag knowing, who throws him out of the workshop. He resorts to a gang that steals and dismantles cars. Ali approaches Usta Farag about marrying his daughter, but he throws him out of his workshop.Baraka
5.5
Overview:
The show tells the story of Baraka, a man coming from South Egypt who lives in Cairo with his mother. With time, he starts borrowing lots money and gets into trouble with prominent people. His mother and his neighbor, who is also his lover, are the only ones who help him.Om Kulthum
NYR
Overview:
Throughout its episodes, the series narrates the biography of the Arab singing lady (Umm Kulthum) since her inception in Sinbillawain and her journey with her father and siblings in singing religious songs on all occasions, through her artistic career and her move to stability in Cairo, and the stories of love that she went through during her life, and her artistic glory until she mastered The lyric scene in Egypt, and the crises she encountered during her artistic work and social life.Ne'ma, The Lawyer
9
Overview:
Madly in love with her no-good husband, a skilled lawyer goes above and beyond to help him. But when she discovers he’s cheating on her, she plots her revenge.The Ghosts of Adly Allam
6.5
Overview:
The series revolves around Adly Allam, an employee in the National Library, he loves reading and culture, and lives with his grumpy wife Hayat, and her brother Araby under one roof. A demon called Sala appears to him , asking him to be in his life in exchange of changing his life for the better.Mamoun & Associates
5.5
Overview:
In a social and cynical context, the series revolves around Maemon, a very stingy man who has a wife and four kids whom he deprives of everything. After they all leave him, they discover that he's a billionaire. They then start a journey of finding his hidden wealth and how to get hold of it.Azazeel
NYR
Overview:
With a wicked magic spell, the devil (Azazel, the son of Satan) is prepared to harm an innocent girl (Rawan Fouad). Crazy, but the childhood lover (Ayman Ismail), who has the chance to detect touch is known news, and together the two lovers unite to defeat the devil (Azazel).A Palm and Four Fingers
NYR
Overview:
Ezzat is a famous author who publishes a novel entitled The Visit, which becomes a big success. He runs into an old friend, who loves him, but he does not share her feelings. But when the friend dies in her home the same way Ezzat wrote in his novel, the detective turns to Ezzat to find out the truth.The Nightingale: The Story of a Nation
NYR
Overview:
A narration of the life of the iconic artist Abdel Halim Hafez and the obstacles he faced, both personally and professionally, when he started his singing career, following his journey from a substitute for singer Karem Mahmoud, to become a recognized star that has his own light and aura.The Cocoon
3
Overview:
Escaping from his boring and simple life, Hazem succumbs to daydreams where he becomes the opposite — a wealthy, evil person capable of doing anything. Soon, these dreams take over his life, making it impossible for him to distinguish between reality and fantasy.Counterattack
7.2
Overview:
Based on records of the Egyptian intelligence agency, the story follows Saif and Dina who carry out a series of secret operations to expose terrorist plots that seek to divide the Arab region and spread Al-Qaeda’s influence in the world.Al-Aasr Market
NYR
Overview:
The series follows the fierce clash between the corrupt Helmy Askar and his rival Mansour Al-Maghazy who is determined to unravel Helmy's foul deeds, even if he gets imprisoned for it.Acting
TBANatural Disaster (1 Episode) as Unknown
TBAThe Tribune as Unknown
2025Master of People (30 Episodes) as عبدالحميد السواح - ضيف شرف
2025The Cocoon (15 Episodes) as منصور الكيال
2024Ne'ma, The Lawyer (16 Episodes) as Unknown
2024Gouging The Sea (15 Episodes) as Unknown
2023A Rare Currency (30 Episodes) as Unknown
2022Back to Love (30 Episodes) as Unknown
2022Evil Auction (30 Episodes) as Unknown
2022Investigation (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2022The Dream (1 Episode) as Unknown
2021Al Maddah (30 Episodes) as Unknown
2021Counterattack (30 Episodes) as Unknown
2020Except Me (Ella Ana) (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2019Baraka (30 Episodes) as Azmi
2017قصر العشاق (1 Episode) as Unknown
2017The Ghosts of Adly Allam (30 Episodes) as Unknown
2016Mamoun & Associates (30 Episodes) as Unknown
2016great judges (1 Episode) as القاضي سليمان بن الأسود
2015A Thousand and One Nights (30 Episodes) as النعمان
2015أوراق التوت (1 Episode) as Unknown
2010ملكة في المنفى (1 Episode) as Unknown
2010El Kebeer Awi (3 Episodes) as Unknown
2009Azazeel as Unknown
2007A woman in a snake cleft as Bakri
2006The Nightingale: The Story of a Nation (34 Episodes) as Unknown
2001Al-Aasr Market (40 Episodes) as Unknown
2000الفرار من الحب (1 Episode) as Unknown
1999Om Kulthum (37 Episodes) as Unknown
1999نسر الشرق (1 Episode) as Unknown
1998Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh (14, 16 Episode) as سليمان الناجي, Unknown
1997عصر الأئمة (1 Episode) as Unknown
1997AlSeera AlHelaleyya (39, 1 Episode) as الأمير, حسن بن سرحان
1996عدل الأيام (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995Demaa Baed Montasf Elayl as Unknown
1994They're All in Hell as Unknown
1991Helaly Grip as Hamdy
1991The Foul Wind (31 Episodes) as Unknown
1991النوّة (31 Episodes) as بدر جابر قبطان
1990Leila Asal as Unknown
1990Sobian elmalem as Unknown
1989Ghalta Umm as Unknown
1987The Escape from El-Khanka as Unknown
1987الثلاثية (17 Episodes) as فهمي
1986No Mixing as Unknown
1986A Palm and Four Fingers as Sheriff - Detective Inspector
1986Wadaan Ya Walady as Unknown
1985The Flood as Unknown
1985الاسطي الدكتور as عاطف
Creator
1985طريق الندم ... Creator