Youssef Mansour (Arabic: يوسف منصور) is an Egyptian martial artist, actor, producer, and director best known for his martial arts films.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Born in Cairo, he trained in the style of Kung-fu in China and America before embarking on a film career. He entered the Egyptian film industry by chance when he met director Ibrahim Afifi and was offered his first role in the movie El Agooz Wil Baltagi ("The Old Man and the Thug") in 1989. He became famous in the 1990s for starring in Egyptian films that relied on martial arts, such as Qabdet El Hilaly ("El Hilaly's Fist") in 1991, El Shares ("The Fierce") in 1992, and "Desert Cat" in 1995.[6][3]