Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 30, 1920
Died
Jul 27, 1998
Place of Birth
Cairo, Egypt
Credits
330 titles
Farid Shawqy
Biography
Farid Muhammad Shawqi Abdo was born in Sheikha al-Bagghala in Sayyida Zainab district .. He obtained a diploma of the Institute of Applied Engineering and a diploma in the Institute of Acting and worked in small roles with the artist (Anwar Wagdy), then he began writing cinematic stories for his films and achieved stardom and became known as the King of the Tarso, the monster of the screen, the King . He wrote many film stories, and worked on stage in many of Rihani's plays, such as (Al-Daloua, The Story of Every Day), and he worked in Lebanese, Syrian and Turkish films, including (The Devil of the Bosphorus, Othman Al-Jabbar). And among the series he worked with, (Curmudgeon and Me, the only witness, Saber, Uncle Saber). He married artist Hoda Sultan and they separated in 1969, then he married Suheir Turk later on. He founded the Union of Artists in 1986. He won the State Prize for the story (They Made Me a Criminals) in 1955 and the Production Prize at the Berlin Festival in 1956 for the film (The Fatwa). He won the State Prize for Production in 1962, the Medal of Flag in 1964, and was honored by the Cairo Festival in 1994. He deservedly deserved the title of King of Tiers or King of Cinema, as he is the star who always renewed himself and got rid of stereotypes.
Known For
Filmography
Like A Matchstick
Chahine…Why?
Self
The Angry Ones
The Fierce Man
Latif
لقمة القاضي
القاضي سميح أبو المكارم
The Good, the Bad, and the Pretty
شكري عبدالهادي
إمبراطورية الجيارة
منير الشبراوي
A woman pays the price
Why O pyramid
La ya eunf
عاصم البرجاوى / البلقاسى
Al lo'ba Al Qazera
The Ship of Love and Torment
Gamil
Dilapidated Woman
Attorney general
Ah and Ah From Sharbat
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
عبدالعظيم
Mohamad Ali's Street
Hanfy
Shaweesh Noss El-leil
The Miser and I
Zaman el-Gidan
Lasheen
The servant
شاهين
Heart of the Night
Sayed Al-Rawi
I am not a Killer
كمال
Bab Sharq
To's Story
The Challenge
Abdul Qawi
The Devil's Friends
A Long Term Plan
Awad
نواعم
المعلم هريدي
Al Sharabiya
Ashmawi
Muhammad Hassan Al-Manzalawi / Ashmawy
The Escape from El-Khanka
Wa Yabka El Hob
شوقي عبدالجليل - المحامي
Rod El-Farag
Qasim Abu Shouma
Al-Dabah
Hamed El-Ganzouri
Confrontation
Al-Kharteet
سلطان أبو خميس
El Motamared
Ramadan Abu Laila
Everything before it is over
عبدالجليل
عذراء وثلاثة رجال
أبو عطوة
Da'et Zar
Eimra mutlaqa
حنفي
A File in Vice
rashad
House of the Poisoned Family
عرفان
Madame Shalatta
Raghba wa hiqd wa intiqam
Oh My Country...Ah
Tears of the devil
وجدي البنهاوي
Uncle Qandil's Scissors
When Evening Comes
The Master Knows Best