Omar El Sabh

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Omar El Sabh

Owono Talents
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I’m Omar, actor and part-time fool.

I speak Arabic, English, French, a bit of Spanish, and a dash of German. I love acting because it lets me hold onto childlike wonder and innocence. It makes me vulnerable to the human condition, and it challenges me to represent it truthfully. Acting trains me to focus on details and emotions in ways I never thought I could before.

People are endlessly interesting to me. No one is too far gone to understand, and no one is too small to matter.

I left a stable career to chase this craft and spent everything I had in 2025 on classes, studios, and repetition. I did it because I love the work itself. I love inhabiting any character without judgment. I love how progress shows up through practice. You repeat the scene, you adjust an action, you commit to an object, you listen with the body, the character sharpens, the scene breathes.

Acting teaches me patience and discipline through process, not outcome. That loop is where I feel most alive.

I grew up in Egypt, studied at a Lycée Français, earned a liberal arts degree in Arab politics and culture during the Egyptian revolution, and moved to Berlin three years ago. That mix made my identity transnational, shaped by both the Global North and the Arab world.
My ambition is to bring that voice into roles that bridge the gap between how Arabs imagine Europe and how Europeans imagine Arabs, religion, and identity itself. Both sides carry misconceptions. Both sides miss nuance. I want my work in European and North African cinema to live in that space, where the beauty and the inanities of both cultures collide.

Above all... Don’t take me too seriously, because I don’t.

I feel deeply. I resist binaries. I like mischief. And yes, I’m a little bit ridiculous.

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Omar El Sabh
35 yearsBerlin (DE)
Gendermale
Year of birth1990 (35 years)
Acting age25-38 years
Place of birthPhoenix, Arizona
NationalityEgyptian, American
Main professionActor
Working permitsUnited States, Germany, Egypt
Housing optionsNew York (US), Cairo (EG)
SpecializationsTheater actor
Driver's licensesB - Car
Eye colorbrown
Hair colordark brown
Height (cm)181
LanguagesArabic(native)English(native)French(native)SpanishGerman
SportAthleticsClimbingScuba divingYoga
DanceDiscoTechno
PitchTenor
Special skillsBiomechanicsDisc jockey
Film
BerleeN_ picture
BerleeN_ (Drama)
Friend Number 2 (SUP)
Ahmad Abdalla Ahmad Abdalla
2025
Permanent Passive Activity (Short film)
Fist (LR)
Alexis Haupt Alexis Haupt
Theater
2025
What The Startup picture
What The Startup (Drama)
Understudy Flamingo (lead role), TechnoDancer (supporting role), LoveBud (supporting role)
Meg Zrini Art Spaces in Exile Ben Butler