Cast & creator
Qays Sheikh Najib
Best known for Stiletto, Counterattack, A Thousand and One Nights
Qays Sheikh Najib is a Syrian actor who was born on June 15, 1977 in Damascus. His father was the actor Mohamed El Sheikh Najib, and his mother was a dancer in one of the popular arts troupes. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1988, and appeared in a number of important dramas, including “Ayam Shamiya” (Levantine Days) in 1992, “El Teyr” (The Bird) in 1998, “Salah Eddine El Ayoubi” in 2001, “El Taghreeba El Filistiniya” (Palestinian Emigration) in 2004, “Ma Malakat Aymanukum” (The Harem) in 2010, “Zaman El Barghout” (Time of the Flea) in 2012, and “El Ikhwa” (The Brotherhood) in 2014.
Also known as: قيس شيخ نجيب, قيس الشيخ نجيب, Qays Sheikh Nagib, Qais Sheikh Najib
5
film credits
32
television credits
37
1999–2025 · acting roles
7.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (37)
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Stiletto
Kareem Muawad
2022
Counterattack
2021
A Thousand and One Nights
الامبراطور كسرى
2015
Brothers
Fadi
2014
On the Edge of the Abyss
نادر
2007
Layali Al-Salehiya
خالد
2004
Love Has Decreed
جاد
2006
The Traitor
Saif
2023
Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi
شاهان شاه
2001
Palestinian Alienation
صلاح
2004
People of Love
2006
The Harem
Amer Raslan
2019
The Leader
تيسير
2011
Orchidia
2017
Al Qaqaa Ibn Amr Al Tamimi
معاوية بن أبي سفيان
2010
Children of Adam
Saad
2020
A Safety Distance
يوسف
2019
Biography of Al-Jalali Family
2000
The Harem
Amer
2019
Summer Cloud
أسامة الهادي
2009
Julia
2018
Forgiveness
محمود
2011
Thank You for Banking with Us
Omar
2025
The Unknown
1999
Forgetting
2024
Khorfakkan
De Campo
2020
Ma Malakat Aymankum
Mahmoud
2010
The mirage
Hessam
2011
El Leila Doub That's my Jam
2024
The Lover
Omar
2012
The Salt of Life
2011
Under the Tread
ظافر
ID
2007
بنات العيلة
2012
فجر آخر
2007
Social Anecdotes
2009