Imam earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Cairo University. Adel Imam had started his artistic life on the university stage, and from there he embarked on cinema work. With his entry into the world of cinema,
Emam starred in many films that achieved the highest revenues in the history of Egyptian cinema, as his films in the eighties and nineties were the highest-grossing films in cinema.
At that time, which made him superior to the rest of the actors. His contributions to the film and theater industry were by addressing social and political issues in the Arab world; Which earned him wide fame around the world and made him one of the most popular Arab public figures
influential in the eighties and nineties. Some of his cinematic and television works are bold and cause uproar and controversy for his discussion of important social, political and religious issues such as the Arab crises with Israel and Denmark.