Early in his acting career, he appeared in popular series like
Al Nawa (1991) with Fardous Abdel Hamid,
Alf Leila Wa Leila (
One Thousand and One Nights, 1995) and
Nesf Rabeea El-Akhar (1996) with
Yehia El-Fakharany,
W Man Allazi La Yoheb Fatma? (
And Who Does not Love Fatima?, 1996) with Ahmed Abdelaziz and
Shereen Seif El-Nasr,
Tarweed El-Sharesa (
Taming the Fierce, 1996) with
Athar El-Hakim, a major role in
Rodda Qalbi (1998), the adaptation of the original film
Rodda Qalbi (
Return My Heart, 1957), playing the role of Hussein, which was previously played by
Salah Zulfikar in the original film, and a major role in
Zawag Ala Wark Solifan (1998). El Sakka also appeared in a lot of films such as
Leila Sakhina (
A Hot Night, 1995) with
Nour El-Sherif and
Ayam El-Sadat (
The Days of Sadat, 2001) with
Ahmed Zaki. The role that introduced him to a large audience was a co-starring role with actor
Mohamed Henedi in ''Sa'edi fe el gama'a el amrekiya
(An Upper Egyptian at the American University
, 1998). It is an Arabic movie about a farmer who entered the American University in the city. The following year, he co-starred with Mohamed Henedi in Hamam fi Amsterdam
(Hamam in Amsterdam
, 1999), but in a larger role of the tough guy, which seemed to be his role in most of his hit movies afterwards. El Sakka also co-starred with Henedi in the two plays Alabanda
(1998) and Afroto'' (1999). El Sakka's first starring role in cinema was in
Short W Fanelah W Cap (
Short, Fanelah & Cap, 2000) with
Sherif Mounir, Ahmed Eid,
Dalia Mostafa and the newcomer at that time
Nour, achieving a huge financial success, with El Sakka winning Best Actor Award at
Cairo International Film Festival. In 2001, he starred in
Africano with
Mona Zaki, which made a huge success and grossed 8 million EGP. El Sakka made a
cameo role in
Rasha Gareaa (
Dare to give, 2001) and voiced Milo in the Arabic version of the animated film
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). His next films were all action movies where he played the main character. Probably, the most famous of these movies is
Mafia (2002), which was a big success for El Sakka and is considered by many as one of the best action actors in the history of
Egyptian movies. The film, which also starred
Mostafa Shaban, Ahmed Rizk and Mona Zaki, grossed about 13 million EGP. In 2009, El Sakka played the titular role of
Ibrahim Labyad, which was one of the Egyptian «popular culture films» that received criticism, praise, and mixed reviews about the nature of society in it. Although it was criticized for the scenes of blood and bullying, the film grossed 12 million EGP. In 2010, El Sakka appeared in two movies,
The Dealer and
Ibn Alqonsol (''The Consul's Son
). The Dealer
, which also starred Khaled El Nabawy and Mai Selim, grossed only 5 million EGP in 5 weeks before its drawing from cinema. El Sakka starred alongside Dorra in Papa in 2012, grossing 12 million EGP. In 2016, El Sakka co-starred with Sherif Mounir, Nour, Mona Zaki and Mervat Amin in 30 Years Ago and the film grossed more than 23 million EGP. It also starred Amir Karara, Ghada Adel and Mostafa Khater. In Ramadan 2017, El Sakka starred in Alhisan Al'aswad
(The Black Horse
), which also starred Yasmine Sabri and Shery Adel. He appeared in Harb Karmouz
(Karmouz War
) and Rahim
, both in 2018. He starred in 2019 Ramadan series Weld El-Ghalaba
(Son of the Poor'') with Mai Omar and Injy El Mokkaddem. El Sakka co-presented with Razan Moughrabi the 2020 Ramadan program
Eghlab El Sakka (
Beat El Sakka). He co-starred with Amir Karara in
Nasl El Aghrab (
Offspring of Strangers, 2021), which had a huge criticism and ridicule, making the United Media Services stop dealing with
Mohamed Sami, the director and writer of the series. El Sakka played a major role in
200 Geneh (
200 pounds, 2021), after 4 years of absence from the cinema since his movie
Horob Edterary (2017).
200 Geneh grossed 8 million EGP only. El Sakka received GFF's Career Achievement Award at the fifth
El Gouna Film Festival. In 2022, he starred in
Al Ekhtiar 3 (
The Choice 3) alongside
Ahmed Ezz,
Karim Abdel Aziz and Yasser Galal. == Personal life ==