Acting
Community Rating
7.6
TMDB estimate
Born
July 30, 1920
Died
July 27, 1998 (age 77)
Born in
Cairo, Egypt
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.

مغامرات فى اسطنبول
TBA
Luqmat al-Qadi
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Like A Matchstick
2016

Chahine…Why?
as Self
2009

The Angry Ones
1996

The Fierce Man
as Latif
1996

لقمة القاضي
as القاضي سميح أبو المكارم
1996

The Good, the Bad, and the Pretty
as شكري عبدالهادي
1994

إمبراطورية الجيارة
as منير الشبراوي
1994

A woman pays the price
1993

Why O pyramid
1993

La ya eunf
as عاصم البرجاوى / البلقاسى
1993

Al lo'ba Al Qazera
1993

The Ship of Love and Torment
as Gamil
1993

Dilapidated Woman
as Attorney general
1992

Ah and Ah From Sharbat
1992

دموع صاحبة الجلالة
1992

Mohamad Ali's Street
as Hanfy
1991

Shaweesh Noss El-leil
as Writer
1991

The Miser and I
as Writer, Creator
1991