Mahmud Morsi was born in Alexandria. He went to different language schools: English, French and Italian, then moved to Egyptian governmental schools. He felt much more comfortable there in spite of the difficulty he encountered in learning Arabic.

He later studied philosophy in his hometown Alexandria, but, moved on to Paris, where he joined in the Institut de Cinéma. After he finished his studies, he stayed in Paris where he provided summaries and commentaries of Egyptian films for the Radio.

He worked in the Egyptian Radio as a director. He directed some programs about Egypt’s great artists such as Mahmud Mokhtar, in addition to some international plays written by Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Henrik Ibsen.

When the Egyptian Television was launched in 1960, Morsi went on a scholarship to Rome to study television directing for several months and worked in television for some time after his return.

He considered that his real beginning was with Kamal al- Sheikh in "The Last Night@ (al-laylah al-akhirah). He received his first acting award in 1964 for that film and the same award in 1969 for A Touch of Fear.

Morsi also worked in the Television as an actor in several soap operas, such as The Man and the Horse, The Sparrow of Hell, Abul-Ela al-Beshri, Zeinab and the Throne, The Family and finally Children of my Thought.

Several of his roles became studies for reflection and several actors gave their best performances when acting opposite him: Tewfik al-Dekn in Night and Bars is an example.

Filmography 1962: I am the Runaway

1963: The Last Night

1963: The Open Door

1964: The Price of Freedom

1965: Bitter Grapes

1966: The Knight of Hamadan

1967: Autumn and the Quails

1967: The Long Nights

1971: The Dawn of Islam

1974: Sons of Silence

1976: Waves without a Beach

1985: Saad the Orphan

1986: The Edge of the Sword

1986: Who Will Pay the Price?