Asser Yassin

Acting · Directing

Born February 25, 1981, Cairo, Egypt

Asser Ashraf Fouad Yassin is an Egyptian actor, writer, and film producer. He has been awarded Best Actor for several of his works. Yassin began his career on the stage of the American University in Cairo spotted by Director Khairy Beshara to play his first role on TV in Qalb Habiba in 2006, followed by the blockbuster The Yacoubian Building in 2007. His first major film release was Zay El Naharda (2008) where he was praised for his supporting role, playing the character of a drug addict. In the same year, Yassin played a leading role in the movie "El Waad" a.k.a. The Promise, facing the legendary veteran actor Mahmoud Yassin. In 2010, Yassin played the leading role in a Daoud Abdel Sayed movie Messages from the Sea, for which he was awarded Best Actor at the Carthage Film Festival, and Malmö Arab Film Festival. He was also awarded Best Actor for his latest release Aswar El Qamar (2015) by The Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival.

Filmography

• Two Others — Hasan
• 2025El Sett — samie
• 2025If the Cat is Absent — Zeinhom / Zein
• My Heart and Its Key — محمد عزت
• Echoes of the Past — Yahya يحيى
• 2024El Harifa 2: Remontada — Dr. Mansour (President Of The University)
• 2024Sons of Rizk 3: Knockout — El-Shayeb
• 2024South of Hope Street — Tarik
• 2024The Swarm — هشام جلال
• Without Prior Notice — مروان
• Battalion 101
• 2023Fireworks
• Love, Life & Everything in Between — حسن
• 2022National Day of Mourning in Mexico — Hassan
• Suits — زين ثابت
• The Eight
• 2022The Spider
• 2021Coco Chanel — Journalist
• The Journey
• Fi Kol Osboa' Youm Gom'a — Emad
• Multifaceted — عمر
• 2020The Enshrined Saint
• This Other Thing — Saif
• Ramez in the Waterfall
• 2019Sons of Rizk 2: Return of the Lions of the Land — Al-Shayeb
• 2018Diamond Dust — Taha Husain el-Zahhar
• 2018Fork & Knife
• 30 Days
• 2017Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim
• 2016Born to a Man — رحيم أدهم
• Saturday Night Live Arabia
• A Thousand and One Nights — سعد
• The Covenant (The Permissible Speech) — Mouheeb
• 2015The Walls of the Moon — أحمد
• 2014Excuse My French — The Groom
• 2013Rags & Tatters
• The Thug — يوسف/ حمزة
• 201118 Days — Harbi / Moustafa
• 2011Bibo and Beshir — بشير
• Al-Gama'a
• 2010Messages from the Sea — Yehya
• Special Screening
• 2010The Maid
• 2008Have We Met Before — هشام
• 2008On A Day Like Today — محمد عادل
• 2008Please, here, driver! — Merei
• 2008The Aquarium
• 2008The Promise — عادل
• Critical Moments
• 2007From 8 to 8 — Adam
• 2007The Island — Mahmoud Nageh
• The Yacoubian Building
• 2006Halim — الوجه الجديد - مصطفي عازف فيولينه
• 2006The Yacoubian Building
• 2005House of Flesh
• Death Squad
• Dhaanto — Director
• One string
• Ramah — رماح
• Red Honey
• The King — El Shayeb