Mohamed Tawfik

Mohamed Tawfik 🎭🇪🇬

(October 24, 1908 – March 27, 2003)

Title: Sheikh of Egyptian Artists

📌 Personal Information:

Full Name: Mohamed Hassan Tawfik Al-Mansouri Al-Ajeezi

Birth: October 24, 1908 – Tanta, Egypt

Death: March 27, 2003 (aged 94)

Nationality: 🇪🇬 Egyptian

Languages: Arabic, Egyptian dialect

Profession: Actor, Radio Director

Years Active: 1941 – 2002

🎭 Career Journey:

✅ Developed a passion for acting during his school years and later joined the Acting Institute in the early 1930s.

✅ Traveled to the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 to study acting under the renowned Laurence Olivier and worked as a director in the BBC Arabic section.

✅ Co-founded the Television Theater with Abdel Qader Hatem and El-Sayed Bedeir.

🎬 Notable Films:

🎞️ The Black Market (1945)

🎞️ Baba Amin (1950)

🎞️ Something from Fear (1969)

🎞️ Hassan and Naima (1959)

🎞️ Mr. Aliwa's Apartment (1989)

🎞️ Land of Dreams (1993) (his last film)

📺 Notable TV Series:

📡 Hind and Dr. Naaman

📡 The Journey of Mr. Abu Alaa Al-Bishri

📡 The Nile Still Flows

📡 Wanis’ Diaries (his last TV role)

🎭 Theater and Special Projects:

🎭 Participated in plays such as:

Faust

The Inspector General

Six Characters in Search of an Author

🔊 Directed the Arabic narration for the Sound and Light Project at the Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza in 1964.

🏆 Awards & Honors:

🏅 Order of Sciences and Arts, First Class, awarded by President Gamal Abdel Nasser (1967)

🏅 Order of Sciences and Arts, First Class, awarded by President Anwar Sadat (1979)

🕊️ Death:

🗓️ Passed away on March 27, 2003, at the age of 94 after battling illness, leaving behind a rich artistic legacy in Egyptian cinema, television, and theater.