Tamer Hosny

Tamer Hosny was born in Cairo to an Egyptian father and Syrian mother. Unlike his father, Hosny Sherif Abbas, Tamer Hosny grew up with an interest in football and played the sport for five years. Tamer Hosny had his first directorial experience in 2010 when directing his music video "Sa7eet 3la Sotha". Tamer had a long-held ambition to become a director and to make his own music video. Hosny starred in the 2003 Egyptian film Halet Hob (A State of Love). In 2006, he was arrested for forging military papers to avoid serving in the army. He received a one-year prison sentence, yet he only stayed in jail for six months.

During Ramadan 2011, Hosny starred in the television drama Adam. Directed by Mohammad Samy, the drama also featured Dina Fouad, Ahmed Zaher and Mai Ezz Eldin. This series achieved Big Success and high views on YouTube and won best series in 2011 in many votes His next film Omar & Salma 3 is scheduled to release in November during the Eid al-Adha holiday.

Tamer sang Bokra "Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)" a charity single that was released on 11 November 2011 at 11:11 pm, along with Rim Banna, Akon, Diana Karazon, Marwan Khoury, Latifa, Souad Massi, Hani Mitwasi, Saber Rebaï, Kathem Al-Saher, Waed, Sherine and other Arab Artists. The single will distribute the proceeds of its donations to various organisations, institutions and charities with arts and culture programs. The eight-minute song was written by Majida El Roumi, and produced by Quincy Jones and RedOne. More information about the song can be found on official website of the song.

In 2012 he released "Omar & Salma 3", the third sequel to the Omar & Salma films. Hosny has frequently stated that he was not satisfied with the film. In a recent interview on the Set El Hosn program, he admitted that "I'm not happy with how the movie turned out, although many people love it and it was a box office success. I don't blame anyone else for that, I take responsibility for it. We had to make major plot changes due to financial reasons."

Hosny married Star Academy contestant and Moroccan singer Bassma Boussel in 2012. They have two daughters and a son: Talyia, Amaya and Adam.

In 2017, Hosny released Tesbah ala kher (Good Night), a comedy drama about a wealthy entrepreneur who suffers from depression and hallucinations. Falcon films – the company responsible for distributing the movie in the Arab world – released an official statement saying that the movie has topped the box office in the Arab world.

On 9 August 2017 Hosny made a temporary footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. He made history by becoming the first ever Egyptian/Arab artist to do so.