Rateb was born in Cairo on 23 January 1949 and appeared in more than sixty films since 1979. His well known roles in Television include the Israeli officer Isaac Bin-Amitay in the Egyptian Spy-Drama series Raafat El-Haggan. He is also known for his duet with veteran Egyptian actor Adel Imam, appearing in more than 10 films together. Hata La Yatir El-Dokhan (So The Smoke Doesn't Fly, 1984) Directed by Ahmed Yehia Written by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus Starring Adel Imam, Soheir Ramzy, Ahmed Rateb (Photo: poster of Hata la Yateer El-Dokhan) Waheda Bewaheda (One for One, 1984) Directed by Nader Galal Writen by Nader Galal Starring Adel Imam, Mervat Amin, Ahmed Rateb (Photo: poster of Waheda Bewaheda) Lailet El-Qabd Ala Bakiza We Zaghloul (The Night of Aressting Bakiza and Zaghloul, 1988) Directed by Mohamed Abdel Aziz Writen by Essad Youniss Starrring Soheir El-Bably, Essad Youniss, Ahmed Rateb (Photo: poster of Bakiza We Zaghloul) El-Irhab We El-Kabab (Terrorism and Kabab, 1992) Directed by Sherif Arafa Writen by Wahid Hamid Starring Adel Imam, Youssra, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Ahmed Rateb (Photo: poster of El-Erhab W El-Kabab) El-Irhaby (The Terrorist, 1994) Directed by Nader Galal Writen by Lenine El-Ramli Starring Adel Imam, Sherine, Mohamed El Dafrawy, Ahmed Rateb The film won Ahmed Rateb the Horus Award for Best Supporting Actor at the Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema, and earned Adel Imam Best Actor at the same festival (Photo: poster of El-Erhaby) Bakheet we Adila (Bakheet and Adila, 1995) Directed by Nader Galal Writen by Lenine El-Ramli Starrring Adel Imam, Sherine, Ahmed Rateb (Photo: poster of Bakheet We Adila) Toyour El-Zalam (Birds of Darkness, 1995) Directed by Sherif Arafa Written by Wahid Hamid Starring Adel Imam, Youssra, Ryad El Khouly, Ahmed Rateb (Photo: poster of Toyour El-Zalam) Omaret Yacoubian (The Yacoubian Building, 2006) Directed by Marwan Hamed Writen by Alaa' Al-Aswany (novel), Wahid Hamid Starrring Adel Imam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra, Ahmed Rateb The film won 3 Horus Awards at the Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema: Best Actor to Adel Imam, best Supporting Actor to Khaled El-Sawy and Best Director to Marwan Hamed. It also won The Bronze Zenith at Montréal World Film Festival, the Jury award for Best New Narrative Director at Tribecca Film Festival, as well as Best Debut at the Zurich Film Festival. (Photo: poster of Omaret Yacoubian) Fi-Sha'et Masr El-Gedida (In the Heliopolis Flat, 2007) Directed by Mohamed Khan Written by Wessam Soliman Starring Khaled Aboul Naga, Ghada Adel, Salah Ayman, Marwa Hussein The film was the Egyptian submission for the 80th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. img alt='fi sha'et masr el gedida' title='fi sha'et masr el gedida' src='http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2016/12/14/2016-636173243887642042-764.jpg' / (Photo: Still from Fi Sha'et Masr El-Gedida) Nawara (2015) Directed by Hala Khalil Writen by Hala Khalil Starring Menna Shalabi, Abuelhassan Abbas, Ameer Salah Eldin, Ahmed Rateb The film was nominated for a Best Fiction Feature Muhr Award at Dubai International Film festival, where it also won Menna Shalaby Best Actress award. (Photo: Still from Nawara)
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