Place of birth

Mansoura, Daqahliyah, Egypt

Ameen al-Heneidi was a comedian, whose humor showed in all his work, on stage, on the screen and on the radio.

Heneidi was born on October 1st, 1925 to a father who worked in Kutab (a one-class school where only the Holy Quran would be memorized). In his early childhood, he would do imitations of monologues of Ismail Yassein and Soraya Helmi. Due to the nature of his father's work, he was forced to move from one governorate to another.

Having finally arrived in Cairo, Heneidi enrolled in the Shubra Secondary School, and joined the School's acting group. Later, he would move between colleges only to settle down in the Institute of Sports and Athletic Training.

After graduation, he worked in Sudan. There he met stand-up comedian Mohammad Ahmad al-Masri (aka Abu-Lam'a). Heneidi took up acting as a profession after he returned home. After he met the comedian Abdul-Men'eim Madbouli and script-writer Youssef Ouf, together they contributed to the program "An Hour for Your Heart". Heneidi's impersonation of Sheikh Hassan in the play Shafiqa al-Qebteya asserted him as a professional actor.

Heneidi formed his theatrical group under the name "United Artists" which staged around 20 plays.

He gave very little attention to the silver screen since the stage was his ultimate passion.

He died on June 3, 1986.