Ibrahim El Helw

Ibrahim El Helw is a French-Egyptian actor based in Hollywood. Having studied Method Acting for several years under Jack Waltzer, a lifetime member of the prestigious Actors Studio, Ibrahim's versatility has enabled him to portray a wide range of dramatic characters, from a French cook harboring a dark secret to a weathered Italian-American mobster reflecting on the passage of time. He received the "Best Duo" award opposite Terrell Medley for his role as a naive and desperate burglar in Cave of Da Vinci at the 2019 Actors Awards, which went on to win accolades at the Los Angeles Film Awards, New York Film Awards, and the Silicon Beach Film Festival. Passionate about languages, he speaks fluent French, English, Arabic, Spanish and Italian. Having grown up surrounded by diversity and adversity in the banlieues of Paris, Ibrahim was immersed in different cultures at a very young age and is always excited to explore complex characters on film. He holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology which allows him to delve deeply into character to uncover nuances in emotion and motivation. Ibrahim is also an Associate Producer on Academy Award-winning director Bryan Fogel's newest documentary feature The Dissident about the murder of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.