Farid Shawqy
- Acting
- July 30, 1920 · Cairo, Egypt
- July 27, 1998
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
- Luqmat al-Qadi · القاضي سميح أبو المكارم
- The Fierce Man · Latif
- لقمة القاضي · القاضي سميح أبو المكارم
- The Good, the Bad, and the Pretty · شكري عبدالهادي
- Elgyara emperor · 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 · Producer
- دموع صاحبة الجلالة · عبدالعظيم
- Mohamad Ali's Street · Hanfy
- Shaweesh Noss El-leil · Writer
- The Miser and I · Writer, Creator
- 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
- Confrontation
- Al-Dabah · Hamed El-Ganzouri
- Al-Kharteet · سلطان أبو خميس
- El Motamared · Ramadan Abu Laila
- Everything before it is over · عبدالجليل
- عذراء وثلاثة رجال · أبو عطوة
- Da'et Zar
- A File in Vice · rashad
- Eimra mutlaqa · حنفي
- 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
- The Law, Excuse Us · عبد القوي
- Ana
- Palm of the Hand · Mokhtar
- Marzouka · برعي
- Ragab EL Wahsh · Ragab
- Shahd Al-Maleka · عزيز الناجي
- Awlad Al-Usul
- Execution Of A Dead Man · محيي
- الجريح
- Ayam Al Tahadi
- بداية ونهاية
- El Mwazafoun Fel Ard
- Uncle Ahmed's Case · عم أحمد
- Saad the Orphan
- When Men Cry · Saber
- The promised night · سيد المغربي
- Hadi Badi · Khidr
- The Traitors
- Devilish Daughters
- The Rooftop · كرم
- Thug of the Poor · Kamil
- Missing Person · Kamal
- A Boy Child, Amen · Mohamed El-Asyouty
- The Beggar · رجل أعمال
- Walls of Tanneries · Teacher Khalil
- The Ghoul · Fahmy Al-Kashef
- Oh, How Generous You Are, Lord · Ibrahim Al-Qazzaz
- Kaydahonna Azeem
- Wolves · صابر سليم