Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Tawfiq Ameen Muhammad Ahmad al-Sheikh Al Deqen was born in the village of Horeen in Berket al-Sab’ Monoufeyya (delta of Egypt). He graduated from the High Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1950. His career started when he was still studying when he played the role of a peasant and then participated in “Dhohoor al-Islaam" (The appearance of Islam) in 1951. Seven years after his graduation, Tawfik joined the Free Theatre Troupe. He also worked with Esma’eel Yasseen in his troupe then joined the National Theatre where he remained member of its troupe until the end of his life. In the National Theatre, he presented “’ Aaelat al-Doghry" (The Dodgers), “Bedaaya wa nehaaya" (Dead among the living), “Sekkat al-salaama" (The safe way), “Al-Mahroussa" i.e. The Blessed”, “’ Afareet Masr al-gedeeda i.e. The demons of Heliopolis”, “Al-farafeer” where he excelled. , “Mash-had men al-guesr" (View from the bridge), “Hesbet Berma" (Berma calculation)”, “Al-naass elly taht" (Downstairs people), “ Kahayal al-dhell" (Shadow plays), “Solaymaan al-Halaby” and “Beer al-sellem" (Stairwell). He was very popular in playing the evil scoundrel role in a very special manner that was assisted by his features thus making him one of the best Arab actors in such roles. As Tawfik grew older his roles changed. He played the role of the helpless father in “’Ala baab al-Wazeer” and the peasant’s role in “Kharaga wa lam ya’od" (Out and never back). His on-screen phrases became idioms in Egypt and all over the Arab world; “Ahla men al-sharaf mafeesh,” “Hambaka” and “Alo ya Omam”.
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- Born:
- May 3, 1924 In Egypt
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 226
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Life and Sufferings of Christ 1938-07-07
- Latest Project:
- Movie كوبري الناموس 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | كوبري الناموس | 2026 | |
| Movie | Lack of Evidence | khalil | 1987-03-25 |
| Movie | Wesh El Saad | 1987-06-04 | |
| Movie | Youssef and Zeinab | (as Tewfik El Dekn) | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | The Bulldozer | 1986-09-05 | |
| Movie | A File in Vice | wassfi | 1986-06-07 |
| Movie | Saad the Orphan | 1985-01-01 | |
| Movie | Adieu Bonaparte | 1985-05-17 | |
| Movie | Save Whatever is Possible | 1985-12-30 | |
| Movie | The Piper | 1985-12-24 | |
| Movie | Jail Cell | Major General Al-Ghandour | 1984-01-02 |
| Movie | Gone with No Return | Awadeen | 1984-04-08 |
| Movie | Albarnas | 1984-01-01 | |
| Series | جمال الدين الأفغاني | 1984-06-01 | |
| Series | ألف ليلة وليلة | مفتاح سر التاريخ | 1984-05-31 |
| Movie | Devilish Daughters | 1984-06-30 | |
| Movie | All Is Well | 1984-10-22 | |
| Movie | Aalem Wi Almma | 1983-04-29 | |
| Movie | Wedad, The Belly Dancer | 1983-04-14 | |
| Movie | Half a Rabbit | Roshdi | 1983-06-13 |
| Movie | The Professor and the Belly Dancer | بعزق شيكو بيكو | 1983-09-12 |
| Movie | prison without bars | والد ليلى | 1983-09-12 |
| Movie | The Half Meter Incident | عنتر | 1983-10-20 |
| Series | The End of the World is not Tomorrow | 1983-09-26 | |
| Movie | At the Minister's Door | Abdul Samad Effendi | 1982-03-29 |
| Movie | Al-khobz Al-mor | عوّاد | 1982-04-26 |
| Movie | May He Rest in Peace | 1982-06-14 | |
| Movie | An Egyptian Story | 1982-09-27 | |
| Movie | Hassan Beh El Ghalban | Al-Naqbawi | 1982-09-06 |
| Movie | The Devil Preaches | Tabaa El-Deek | 1981-07-30 |
| Movie | Circle of doubt | لمعي مراد | 1980-08-11 |
| Movie | Eldarb Elahmar | 1980-01-09 | |
| Movie | Al-Aqwiyaa | Ismail Bey | 1980-08-16 |
| Movie | The Savage | Baheya's father | 1979-02-19 |
| Movie | Premeditated | dr. najeeb | 1979-02-05 |
| Movie | Wa la yazal al tahqiq mostameran | Nafea | 1979-10-29 |
| Series | رحلة هادئة | 1978-01-01 | |
| Series | All Sizzle, No Steak | 1978-01-01 | |
| Movie | Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat | أمين | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | Sunstroke | Gamil | 1978-02-18 |
| Movie | I Have the Wallet | زيزو - ضيف شرف | 1978-11-13 |
| Movie | واحدة بعد واحدة ونص | 1978-05-01 | |
| Series | Dreams Of El Tayer Boy | 1978-08-05 | |
| Movie | رحلة داخل امرأة | أمين - زوج انشراح | 1978-03-06 |
| Movie | Albint Alhulwat Alkadaba | ضيف الفيلم | 1977-01-01 |
| Movie | Behold How Bold Is Sokkar | 1977-01-01 | |
| Movie | Rendezvous with Soso | 1977-01-01 | |
| Movie | Thousand Kisses and kiss | أبو فتوح | 1977-09-12 |
| Movie | The Demons Husbands | المعلم الحرامي | 1977-09-12 |
| Series | الحقيقة.. ذلك المجهول | 1977-06-25 | |
| Movie | Thousands Kisses | Fattouh's father | 1977-09-12 |
| Movie | Viva Zalata | Leader of the Trickers | 1976-05-24 |
| Movie | A house without love | 1976-01-01 | |
| Movie | Shouq | 1976-05-31 | |
| Movie | A Teenager from the Countryside | 1976-05-10 | |
| Movie | And Life Is Back | إبراهيم الضبّ | 1976-07-26 |
| Movie | The Quiet Nest | 1976-10-18 | |
| Movie | A World of Children | 1976-09-24 | |
| Movie | The Sinners | فهمي القليوبي - مدير الجمعية | 1976-09-23 |
| Movie | Looking for Troubles | رئيس التحرير | 1975-03-30 |
| Movie | Forbidden at the Wedding Night | Sorcerer | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | La Shay'a Yuhem | 1975-04-10 | |
| Movie | Lesson Is Over, Idiot | 1975-07-24 | |
| Movie | Ehtaressy Min El Regal ya Mama | عتريس | 1975-08-18 |
| Movie | Life is a Carnival | abu domah | 1975-12-11 |
| Movie | Girls and love | 1974-02-11 | |
| Movie | امبراطورية المعلم | الساحر | 1974-02-09 |
| Movie | The City's Lost Souls | فرغلى | 1974-01-28 |
| Movie | Anisat wasaydat | ناجى فريد | 1974-04-29 |
| Movie | The Beauty and The Scoundrel | حنفي | 1974-07-12 |
| Movie | Bedour | 1974-10-14 | |
| Movie | Wonderful Trip | 1974-05-27 | |
| Movie | In summer, we must love | Issawi | 1974-08-19 |
| Movie | A woman in love | Shaban | 1974-07-08 |
| Movie | Men who are not afraid of death | خميس | 1973-02-05 |
| Movie | El Banat Wel Mercedes | 1973-01-15 | |
| Movie | Alshayatin fi 'ajaza | المعلم أبوالرشد | 1973-01-14 |
| Movie | A Woman from Cairo | مدير الشركة | 1973-01-08 |
| Movie | Abou Rabiea | فتح الله - مدير الأرشيف | 1973-03-26 |
| Movie | Al Aseel | 1973-01-01 | |
| Movie | Two-faced | موسى | 1973-01-14 |
| Movie | Searching for a Scandal | Saber/Sami's Friend | 1973-01-14 |
| Movie | The School of Mischief | عبدالوهاب ابولطفي | 1973-12-31 |
| Movie | Night and Jail Bars | 1973-05-29 | |
| Movie | Something of Love | درويش | 1973-08-06 |
| Movie | sons for sale | طُلبة | 1973-09-17 |
| Movie | The deceivers | abdeen - عابدين | 1973-07-09 |
| Movie | The Most Honorable Sinner | 1973-06-11 | |
| Movie | Al-Aneed | Abbas Masoud | 1973-06-18 |
| Movie | Zero hour | عوّاد | 1972-01-24 |
| Movie | Housing crisis | Abdel Mohaymin | 1972-03-08 |
| Movie | A Journey of Suffering | Sharaf | 1972-01-01 |
| Movie | A call to life | 1972-04-16 | |
| Movie | Raghabat Mamnou'aa | 1972-01-01 | |
| Movie | Molok Al Shar | 1972-01-24 | |
| Movie | The Den of the Wicked | 1972-10-16 | |
| Movie | Forbidden | 1972-06-13 | |
| Movie | لحظات خوف | عبده كمبل | 1972-09-02 |
| Movie | My Son | توفيق | 1972-11-06 |
| Movie | Al Shaytan wal Kharif | لبيب | 1972-08-14 |
| Movie | The kidnappers | حسين عزام | 1972-08-14 |
| Movie | College Girls | Nada | 1971-01-11 |
| Movie | Sands of Gold | 1971-01-01 | |
| Movie | A Woman and a Man | إسماعيل | 1971-01-01 |
| Movie | Youth in a Storm | عطية - مدير عام المصلحة | 1971-03-08 |
| Movie | برئ في المشنقة | 1971-01-01 | |
| Movie | Ms. Manal Diary | Morsi Al-Anfushi | 1971-04-26 |
| Movie | رجل في المصيدة | 1971-04-12 | |
| Movie | Esabat El Shaytaan | 1971-08-09 | |
| Movie | Lion of the Night | الأخرس علي عرابي | 1971-11-29 |
| Movie | El Ghufran | 1971-07-01 | |
| Movie | The Lottery Ticket Thief | 1970-04-01 | |
| Movie | The Land | Sheikh Sha'ban | 1970-01-26 |
| Movie | The Three Madmen | Division officer Ezbat al-Ward | 1970-05-25 |
| Movie | Serial Killer of Women | توفيق الدقن (نفسه) | 1970-01-01 |
| Movie | One in a Million | 1970-10-25 | |
| Movie | Struggle with death | جودة | 1970-11-30 |
| Movie | The fox and the chameleon | prisoner | 1970-09-14 |
| Movie | Fun Band | سليم | 1970-08-10 |
| Movie | End of the devils | عصام | 1970-08-24 |
| Movie | Ebn Al-Shaitan | The Crazy | 1969-03-31 |
| Movie | Seraa All Mohtafeeen | دبّور | 1969-03-03 |
| Movie | Dala ilbanat | 1969-01-01 | |
| Movie | 7 Days in Heaven | 1969-04-07 | |
| Movie | Three Women | المشعوذ (القصة 2) | 1969-01-27 |
| Movie | Diary of a Country Prosecutor | 1969-02-24 | |
| Movie | Mama's Secretary | haridy | 1969-10-20 |
| Movie | The People Inside | 1969-04-28 | |
| Movie | Girls' Secrets | Elham's father | 1969-10-20 |
| Movie | The Terror | 1969-07-21 | |
| Movie | A Schoolgirl's Romance | Tawfik | 1969-06-04 |
| Movie | Nashal raghm anfuh | Abu Fasada | 1969-07-07 |
| Movie | Days Of Love | 1968-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Nile and the Life | 1968-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Rebels | رجب أفندي - صحفي مريض | 1968-01-02 |
| Movie | Ebn El-Hetta | 1968-05-27 | |
| Movie | The Bravest Man in the World | 1968-05-24 | |
| Movie | I'm The Doctor | 1968-09-25 | |
| Movie | Shanbu Fi Al-Musayda | Ali Capone | 1968-09-02 |
| Movie | Mister Fish | Abdelgwad | 1967-01-02 |
| Movie | Shantat Hamza | 1967-09-18 | |
| Movie | My Wife the General Manager | عبدالقوي | 1966-01-20 |
| Movie | خدني معاك | 1966-02-23 | |
| Movie | Khan El-Khalili | 1966-01-12 | |
| Movie | Goodbye, Night | Abdo Mahfouz | 1966-08-24 |
| Movie | A man and two women | 1966-04-26 | |
| Movie | Cairo 30 | والد إحسان/ شحاته تركى | 1966-10-31 |
| Movie | Driven from Paradise | صوت حارس جهنم | 1965-05-12 |
| Movie | The Three Wise Men | علي عبدالسميع مالك محل لعب اطفال | 1965-06-28 |
| Movie | Mind and money | اسيزاريو اوكتافيوس | 1965-02-10 |
| Movie | Widow Wanted | Hanafi | 1965-12-09 |
| Movie | Al Moshaghiboun | رشاد مساعد يوسف | 1965-12-13 |
| Movie | دعني والدموع | 1964-03-11 | |
| Movie | The Monster | 1964-03-23 | |
| Movie | الفرافير | السيد | 1964-02-23 |
| Movie | Prince of Cunningness | جعفر | 1964-01-02 |
| Movie | The Next-Door Girl | Humbeke | 1964-04-21 |
| Movie | Shadia Al-Jabal | Hemdan | 1964-01-01 |
| Movie | The Safe Road | الريجيسير | 1964-01-01 |
| Movie | All for Hanafy | 1964-06-07 | |
| Movie | Nemar el-Talamzah | Tawfiq | 1964-11-01 |
| Movie | The Final Message | Abdul Hafeez | 1964-11-29 |
| Movie | Flame | 1964-04-26 | |
| Movie | Adham Al-Sharqawi | Maghawri | 1964-06-28 |
| Movie | I, He and She | El Nemsawi | 1964-06-11 |
| Series | The Black Cat | Al- A'awar/Awad/ Mursi | 1964-05-10 |
| Movie | Devil Girl | زوج ام شيرين القاسي | 1964-05-18 |
| Movie | Saladin the Victorious | Prince of Akka | 1963-02-25 |
| Movie | A Hero Till the End | 1963-02-25 | |
| Movie | El Maganeen Fi Naeem | Kamal | 1963-03-11 |
| Movie | The Way Of The Devil | 1963-06-02 | |
| Movie | His Majesty | 1963-11-04 | |
| Movie | Alley of The Pestle | Zaita | 1963-09-21 |
| Movie | Abeed Al Gasad | من أفراد عصابة على عبدالفتاح | 1962-01-22 |
| Movie | Almaz And Abdo El Hamouly | 1962-01-14 | |
| Movie | Serr el ghaeb | 1962-02-19 | |
| Movie | Yawm El Hesab | زتاتي صاحب الكباريه | 1962-03-26 |
| Movie | Seraa El Gababera | Sonbull | 1962-12-27 |
| Movie | Kollohom Awlady | Ustta Sayed | 1962-09-23 |
| Movie | صراع مع الملائكة | 1962-05-28 | |
| Movie | H-3 | نبيل افندي المحتال | 1961-02-20 |
| Movie | No return | 1961-01-31 | |
| Movie | Hayati hi althaman | 1961-02-26 | |
| Movie | A Man in My Life | 1961-06-21 | |
| Movie | El dow' El khafet | 1961-12-29 | |
| Movie | Couples and summer | Nabil Mustafa | 1961-09-14 |
| Movie | A Man in Our House | محمود الدباغ | 1961-04-17 |
| Movie | I'm accusing | 1960-01-04 | |
| Movie | Ismail Yassine in Prison | 1960-01-01 | |
| Movie | They're Driving Me Crazy | ضابط المباحث | 1960-02-29 |
| Movie | Love at the Circus | 1960-01-01 | |
| Movie | End of the Road | 1960-09-12 | |
| Movie | Money and Women | برعى | 1960-11-27 |
| Movie | Lovers' Call | 1960-10-20 | |
| Movie | Kholkhal habibi | عطوة صبي اللوكاندة وضابط بوليس | 1960-05-02 |
| Movie | سجن العذارى | حنفي | 1959-02-09 |
| Movie | The Secret of the Magic Hat | 1959-05-26 | |
| Movie | My Wife's Suitor | نبيل | 1959-08-31 |
| Movie | Katia tarik | توفيق | 1959-06-15 |
| Movie | The Charmer | El-Kawakby | 1958-01-01 |
| Movie | Ismail Yassine in Damascus | Shawki Abdel Salam | 1958-01-01 |
| Movie | Ghaltet Habibi | 1958-04-14 | |
| Movie | I Love you Hassan | عبده دانص | 1958-04-14 |
| Movie | The Barred Road | Awad - عوض الصيدلي | 1958-04-22 |
| Movie | Khalid ibn el Walid | متمم بن نويرة | 1958-05-16 |
| Movie | Shall I Kill My Husband? | 1958-05-05 | |
| Movie | Soultan | ابو سنة المكوجي | 1958-10-05 |
| Movie | Land of Peace | Khalid | 1957-01-02 |
| Movie | The Thug | عبدالشكور | 1957-04-29 |
| Movie | Son of Hamido | الباز أفندي | 1957-08-07 |
| Movie | Port Said | محمود شيكو | 1957-07-08 |
| Movie | Dark Waters | Ezzat | 1956-01-16 |
| Movie | Farewell, Love | 1956-10-29 | |
| Movie | Land of Dreams | Safwat | 1956-03-11 |
| Movie | The Fools Alley | عبده عماره | 1955-01-02 |
| Movie | Fortune is a Promise | مخرج | 1955-07-03 |
| Movie | The Shore of Memories | 1955-11-21 | |
| Movie | El naas makamat | Officer | 1954-07-05 |
| Movie | Women Can’t Lie | 1954-10-11 | |
| Movie | دلوني يا ناس | الأستاذ رشدى - الصحفى | 1954-10-14 |
| Movie | The Devil of the Desert | Hanzala | 1954-12-27 |
| Movie | Ana Wi Habibi | Assistant Store Manager | 1953-03-30 |
| Movie | Orphans' money | 1952-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Dawn of Islam | Khabbab bin Al-Art | 1951-04-09 |
| Movie | El Sab'a Afandi | 1951-03-23 | |
| Movie | The Life and Sufferings of Christ | Caiaphas | 1938-07-07 |