Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Biography
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”.
Known For

محمد رسول الله

Dreams Of El Tayer Boy

Saladin

ألف ليلة وليلة

Struggle in the Harbor

The Black Cat

All for Hanafy

Son of Hamido
All Movies (228)
- Wesh El Saad1987
- Lack of Evidence1987 · as khalil
- The Bulldozer1986
- A File in Vice1986 · as wassfi
- Youssef and Zeinab1986 · as (as Tewfik El Dekn)
- Save Whatever is Possible1985
- The Piper1985
- Adieu Bonaparte1985
- Saad the Orphan1985
- All Is Well1984
- Devilish Daughters1984
- Missing Person1984 · as Awadeen
- Jail Cell1984 · as Major General Al-Ghandour
- Albarnas1984
- The Half Meter Incident1983 · as عنتر
- prison without bars1983 · as والد ليلى
- The Professor and the Belly Dancer1983 · as بعزق شيكو بيكو
- Half a Rabbit1983 · as Roshdi
- Wedad, The Belly Dancer1983
- An Egyptian Story1982
- Hassan Beh El Ghalban1982 · as Al-Naqbawi
- May He Rest in Peace1982
- Al-khobz Al-mor1982 · as عوّاد
- At the Minister's Door1982 · as Abdul Samad Effendi
- The Devil Preaches1981 · as Tabaa El-Deek
- Al-Aqwiyaa1980 · as Ismail Bey
- Circle of doubt1980 · as لمعي مراد
- Eldarb Elahmar1980
- The Investigation Is Still Ongoing1979 · as Nafea
- مع سبق الإصرار1979
- The Savage1979 · as Baheya's father
- Premeditated1979 · as dr. najeeb
- I Have the Wallet1978 · as Zizo
- I Have the Wallet1978 · as زيزو - ضيف شرف
- واحدة بعد واحدة ونص1978
- رحلة داخل امرأة1978 · as أمين - زوج انشراح
- Sunstroke1978 · as Gamil
- Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat1978 · as أمين
- Thousands Kisses1977 · as Fattouh's father
- The Demons Husbands1977 · as المعلم الحرامي
- Thousand Kisses and kiss1977 · as أبو فتوح
- Albint Alhulwat Alkadaba1977 · as ضيف الفيلم
- Rendezvous with Soso1977
- Behold How Bold Is Sokkar1977
- The Quiet Nest1976
- A World of Children1976
- The Sinners1976 · as فهمي القليوبي - مدير الجمعية
- And Life Is Back1976 · as إبراهيم الضبّ
- Shouq1976
- Viva Zalata1976 · as Leader of the Trickers
- A Teenager from the Countryside1976
- A house without love1976
- Life is a Carnival1975 · as abu domah
- Ehtaressy Min El Regal ya Mama1975 · as عتريس
- Lesson Is Over, Idiot1975
- دعونا نحب1975
- La Shay'a Yuhem1975
- Looking for Troubles1975 · as رئيس التحرير
- Forbidden at the Wedding Night1975 · as Sorcerer
- Bedour1974
- In summer, we must love1974 · as Issawi
- The Beauty and The Scoundrel1974 · as حنفي
- A woman in love1974 · as Shaban
- Wonderful Trip1974
- Anisat wasaydat1974 · as ناجى فريد
- Girls and love1974
- امبراطورية المعلم1974 · as الساحر
- The City's Lost Souls1974 · as فرغلى
- The School of Mischief1973 · as عبدالوهاب ابولطفي
- sons for sale1973 · as طُلبة
- Something of Love1973 · as درويش
- The deceivers1973 · as abdeen - عابدين
- Al-Aneed1973 · as Abbas Masoud
- The Most Honorable Sinner1973
- Night and Jail Bars1973
- Abou Rabiea1973 · as فتح الله - مدير الأرشيف
- Men who are not afraid of death1973 · as خميس
- El Banat Wel Mercedes1973
- Alshayatin fi 'ajaza1973 · as المعلم أبوالرشد
- Searching for a Scandal1973 · as Saber/Sami's Friend
- Two-faced1973 · as موسى
- A Woman from Cairo1973 · as مدير الشركة
- Al Aseel1973
- My Son1972 · as توفيق
- The Den of the Wicked1972
- لحظات خوف1972 · as عبده كمبل
- Al-Shaima1972
- Al Shaytan wal Kharif1972 · as لبيب
- The kidnappers1972 · as حسين عزام
- Forbidden1972
- A call to life1972
- Housing crisis1972 · as Abdel Mohaymin
- Molok Al Shar1972
- Zero hour1972 · as عوّاد
- A Journey of Suffering1972 · as Sharaf
- Raghabat Mamnou'aa1972
- Lion of the Night1971 · as الأخرس علي عرابي
- Bela Rahma1971 · as أبو دومة زعيم عصابة
- Esabat El Shaytaan1971
- El Ghufran1971
- Ms. Manal Diary1971 · as Morsi Al-Anfushi
- رجل في المصيدة1971
- Youth in a Storm1971 · as عطية - مدير عام المصلحة
- College Girls1971 · as Nada
- Sands of Gold1971
- A Woman and a Man1971 · as إسماعيل
- برئ في المشنقة1971
- Struggle with death1970 · as جودة
- One in a Million1970
- The fox and the chameleon1970 · as prisoner
- End of the devils1970 · as عصام
- Fun Band1970 · as سليم
- The Three Madmen1970 · as Division officer Ezbat al-Ward
- The Lottery Ticket Thief1970
- The Land1970 · as Sheikh Sha'ban
- Serial Killer of Women1970 · as توفيق الدقن (نفسه)
- Girls' Secrets1969 · as Elham's father
- Mama's Secretary1969 · as haridy
- The Terror1969
- Nashal raghm anfuh1969 · as Abu Fasada
- A Schoolgirl's Romance1969 · as Tawfik
- The People Inside1969
- 7 Days in Heaven1969
- Ebn Al-Shaitan1969 · as The Crazy
- Seraa All Mohtafeeen1969 · as دبّور
- Diary of a Country Prosecutor1969
- Three Women1969 · as المشعوذ (القصة 2)
- Dala ilbanat1969
- I'm The Doctor1968
- Shanbu Fi Al-Musayda1968 · as Ali Capone
- حب وخيانة1968
- Ebn El-Hetta1968
- The Bravest Man in the World1968
- The Rebels1968 · as رجب أفندي - صحفي مريض
- The Nile and the Life1968
- Days Of Love1968
- Shantat Hamza1967
- Mister Fish1967 · as Abdelgwad
- Cairo 301966 · as والد إحسان/ شحاته تركى
- Goodbye, Night1966 · as Abdo Mahfouz
- A man and two women1966
- خدني معاك1966
- My Wife the General Manager1966 · as عبدالقوي
- Khan El-Khalili1966
- Al Moshaghiboun1965 · as رشاد مساعد يوسف
- Widow Wanted1965 · as Hanafi
- The Three Wise Men1965 · as علي عبدالسميع مالك محل لعب اطفال
- Driven from Paradise1965
- Driven from Paradise1965 · as صوت حارس جهنم
- Mind and money1965 · as اسيزاريو اوكتافيوس
- The Final Message1964 · as عبد الحفيظ
- Nemar el-Talamzah1964 · as Tawfiq
- Midnight story1964 · as Gharib - the maid
- Adham Al-Sharqawi1964 · as Maghawri
- I, He and She1964 · as El Nemsawi
- All for Hanafy1964
- Devil Girl1964 · as زوج ام شيرين القاسي
- Flame1964
- The Next-Door Girl1964 · as Humbeke
- The Tyrant1964
- دعني والدموع1964
- الفرافير1964 · as السيد
- Prince of Cunningness1964 · as جعفر
- Shadia Al-Jabal1964 · as Hemdan
- The Safe Road1964 · as الريجيسير
- His Majesty1963
- Alley of The Pestle1963 · as Zaita
- The Way Of The Devil1963
- El Maganeen Fi Naeem1963 · as Kamal
- Saladin1963 · as Prince of Akka
- A Hero Till the End1963
- Seraa El Gababera1962 · as Sonbull
- Kollohom Awlady1962 · as Ustta Sayed
- صراع مع الملائكة1962
- Yawm El Hesab1962 · as زتاتي صاحب الكباريه
- Serr el ghaeb1962
- السبنسة1962
- Abeed Al Gasad1962 · as من أفراد عصابة على عبدالفتاح
- Almaz And Abdo El Hamouly1962
- El dow' El khafet1961
- Couples and summer1961 · as Nabil Mustafa
- A Man in My Life1961
- A Man in Our House1961 · as محمود الدباغ
- Hayati hi althaman1961
- H-31961 · as نبيل افندي المحتال
- No return1961
- Money and Women1960 · as برعى
- Lovers' Call1960
- End of the Road1960
- Kholkhal habibi1960 · as عطوة صبي اللوكاندة وضابط بوليس
- They're Driving Me Crazy1960 · as ضابط المباحث
- I'm accusing1960
- Ismail Yassine in Prison1960
- Love at the Circus1960
- My Wife's Suitor1959 · as نبيل
- Katia tarik1959 · as توفيق
- The Secret of the Magic Hat1959
- سجن العذارى1959 · as حنفي
- صخرة الحب1959
- Soultan1958 · as ابو سنة المكوجي
- Khalid ibn el Walid1958 · as متمم بن نويرة
- Shall I Kill My Husband?1958 · as سليم / سيد عبدالحميد
- The Barred Road1958 · as Awad - عوض الصيدلي
- I Love you Hassan1958 · as عبده دانص
- Ghaltet Habibi1958
- Ismail Yassine in Damascus1958 · as Shawki Abdel Salam
- The Charmer1958 · as El-Kawakby
- Son of Hamido1957 · as الباز أفندي
- Port Said1957 · as محمود شيكو
- The Thug1957 · as عبدالشكور
- Land of Peace1957 · as Khalid
- Farewell, Love1956
- Land of Dreams1956 · as Safwat
- Struggle in the Harbor1956 · as Ezzat
- I'm The East1956
- The Shore of Memories1955
- Fortune is a Promise1955 · as مخرج
- The Fools Alley1955 · as عبده عماره
- The Devil of the Desert1954 · as Hanzala
- دلوني يا ناس1954 · as الأستاذ رشدى - الصحفى
- Women Can’t Lie1954
- El naas makamat1954 · as Officer
- Ana Wi Habibi1953 · as Assistant Store Manager
- Orphans' money1952
- The Dawn of Islam1951 · as Khabbab bin Al-Art
- El Sab'a Afandi1951
- The Life and Sufferings of Christ1938 · as Caiaphas
- كوبري الناموس—
All TV Shows (11)
- جمال الدين الأفغاني1984
- ألف ليلة وليلة1984 · as مفتاح سر التاريخ
- The End of the World is not Tomorrow1983
- محمد رسول الله1980 · as النمرود
- Dreams Of El Tayer Boy1978
- رحلة هادئة1978
- All Sizzle, No Steak1978
- الحقيقة.. ذلك المجهول1977
- رحلة إلى كوكب السعادة1973
- The Black Cat1964 · as Al- A'awar/Awad/ Mursi
- عبده كاراتية—