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Acting

Farouq Al Fishawy

Profession
Acting
Born
February 5, 1952 · Cairo, Egypt
Died
July 25, 2019

Biography

Farouk is an Egyptian theatre, cinema and TV actor. Graduate of both the faculty of Arts and the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. His booming in TV series “Abnaa’y al-a’ezzaa shokran i.e. My dear children..thank you” and his role in “Al-mashbooh i.e. The suspect” with Aadel Emaam, paved his way to stardom. Among his popular TV series are: “Alf leila we leila i.e. One thousand and one Nights ”, “Al-haawy i.e. The magician”, “’Aly al-Zeibaq”, “Domou’ saahebat algalaala i.e. Her majesty’s tears”, “Laylat al-kabd ‘ala Fatma i.e. The night Fatma was arrested”, “Zeynaat wal-talat banaat i.e. Zeynat and the three daughters”, “Canaria wa shorakah i.e. Canaria and Co.”. Among his stage plays are: “Al-dokhaan i.e. Smoke”, “Tharthara fawk al-neel i.e. A Drift on the Nile”and “Bedaaya wa nehaaya i.e. The Beginning and the End”. His career included king Farouk and beggers and a variety of roles in between. During the 1980’s and the 1990’s he was the most productive movie star. Farouk married several times. His first wife was Soumayya al-Alfy, mother of his only son actor Ahmad al-Feeshaawy. He also married actor Soheir Ramzy and other women.

Known for

The Night of Hana and Sorour poster
The Night of Hana and Sorour
Film · 2018 · ★ 4.5
Hidden Worlds poster
Hidden Worlds
Series · 2018 · ★ 6.2
His Highness Hanafy poster
His Highness Hanafy
Film · 1990 · ★ 6.2
The Suspect poster
The Suspect
Film · 1981 · ★ 6.4
A Day for Women poster
A Day for Women
Film · 2016
45 Days poster
45 Days
Film · 2007
Everyday's Lie poster
Everyday's Lie
Film · 2016
El ott poster
El ott
Film · 2014
Troublemaker poster
Troublemaker
Film · 1980
The Pleasure Market poster
The Pleasure Market
Film · 2000
Rape poster
Rape
Film · 1989
Why, O Violet? poster
Why, O Violet?
Film · 1993

Filmography