Mahmoud Maysara Elsaraj

Mahmoud Maysara Elsaraj is a Sudanese actor, music composer, and poet who has built a distinguished career across film, television, theatre, and music. A graduate of the University of Khartoum's Faculty of Pharmacy, he later studied music composition at the Higher Institute of Music and Theatre and received additional training in sound engineering, Arabic musical maqamat, and jazz music in Sudan, Egypt, Syria, and the United States.

He made his screen debut in the 1993 Sudanese film Hope Remains, for which he also composed the soundtrack. He gained international recognition for his performance as Sulaiman in the award-winning film You Will Die at Twenty (2019). More recently, he has appeared in Egyptian productions including Shamareekh, Batn El Hout, Qalae Al Hajar, Daye (The Tale of Daye's Family), Darwish (2025), Ahl El Khataya, El Nos, and Seed El Nass, establishing himself as a respected performer in both Sudanese and Egyptian cinema and television.