
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”.
Known For
Credits
- 1987 · Wesh El Saad as
- 1987 · Lack of Evidence as khalil
- 1986 · The Bulldozer as
- 1986 · A File in Vice as wassfi
- 1986 · Youssef and Zeinab as (as Tewfik El Dekn)
- 1985 · Save Whatever is Possible as
- 1985 · The Piper as
- 1985 · Adieu Bonaparte as
- 1985 · Saad the Orphan as
- 1984 · All Is Well as
- 1984 · Devilish Daughters as
- 1984 · جمال الدين الأفغاني as
- 1984 · ألف ليلة وليلة as مفتاح سر التاريخ
- 1984 · Gone with No Return as Awadeen
- 1984 · Jail Cell as Major General Al-Ghandour
- 1984 · Albarnas as
- 1983 · The Half Meter Incident as عنتر
- 1983 · The End of the World is not Tomorrow as
- 1983 · The Professor and the Belly Dancer as بعزق شيكو بيكو
- 1983 · prison without bars as والد ليلى
- 1983 · Half a Rabbit as Roshdi
- 1983 · Aalem Wi Almma as
- 1983 · Wedad, The Belly Dancer as
- 1982 · An Egyptian Story as
- 1982 · Hassan Beh El Ghalban as Al-Naqbawi
- 1982 · May He Rest in Peace as
- 1982 · Al-khobz Al-mor as عوّاد
- 1982 · Ala Bab El Wazeer as Abdul Samad Effendi
- 1981 · The Devil Preaches as Tabaa El-Deek
- 1980 · Al-Aqwiyaa as Ismail Bey
- 1980 · محمد رسول الله as النمرود
- 1980 · Eldarb Elahmar as
- 1979 · Wa la yazal al tahqiq mostameran as Nafea
- 1979 · The Savage as Baheya's father
- 1979 · Premeditated as dr. najeeb
- 1978 · I Have the Wallet as Zizo
- 1978 · I Have the Wallet as زيزو - ضيف شرف
- 1978 · Dreams Of El Tayer Boy as
- 1978 · واحدة بعد واحدة ونص as
- 1978 · رحلة داخل امرأة as أمين - زوج انشراح
- 1978 · Sunstroke as Gamil
- 1978 · رحلة هادئة as
- 1978 · Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat as أمين
- 1978 · All Sizzle, No Steak as
- 1977 · The Demons Husbands as المعلم الحرامي
- 1977 · Thousand Kisses and kiss as أبو فتوح
- 1977 · Thousands Kisses as Fattouh's father
- 1977 · الحقيقة.. ذلك المجهول as
- 1977 · Rendezvous with Soso as
- 1977 · Behold How Bold Is Sokkar as
- 1977 · Albint Alhulwat Alkadaba as ضيف الفيلم
- 1976 · The Quiet Nest as
- 1976 · A World of Children as
- 1976 · The Sinners as فهمي القليوبي - مدير الجمعية
- 1976 · And Life Is Back as
- 1976 · Shouq as
- 1976 · Viva Zalata as Leader of the Trickers
- 1976 · A Teenager from the Countryside as
- 1976 · A house without love as
- 1975 · Life is a Carnival as abu domah
- 1975 · Ehtaressy Min El Regal ya Mama as عتريس
- 1975 · Entaha El Dars Ya Ghabi as
- 1975 · La Shay'a Yuhem as
- 1975 · Looking for Troubles as رئيس التحرير
- 1975 · Forbidden at the Wedding Night as Sorcerer
- 1974 · Bedour as
- 1974 · In summer, we must love as Issawi
- 1974 · The Beauty and The Scoundrel as حنفي
- 1974 · A woman in love as Shaban
- 1974 · Wonderful Trip as
- 1974 · Anisat wasaydat as
- 1974 · Girls and love as
- 1974 · امبراطورية المعلم as الساحر
- 1974 · The City's Lost Souls as فرغلى
- 1973 · The School of Mischief as عبدالوهاب ابولطفي
- 1973 · sons for sale as
- 1973 · Something of Love as
- 1973 · The deceivers as abdeen
- 1973 · Al-Aneed as Abbas Masoud
- 1973 · The Most Honorable Sinner as
- 1973 · Night and Jail Bars as
- 1973 · Abou Rabiea as فتح الله - مدير الأرشيف
- 1973 · Men who are not afraid of death as
- 1973 · El Banat Wel Mercedes as
- 1973 · Searching for a Scandal as Saber/Sami's Friend
- 1973 · Alshayatin fi 'ajaza as
- 1973 · Two-faced as موسى
- 1973 · A Woman from Cairo as
- 1973 · Al Aseel as
- 1972 · My Son as توفيق
- 1972 · The Den of the Wicked as
- 1972 · لحظات خوف as عبده كمبل
- 1972 · Al-Shaima as
- 1972 · Al Shaytan wal Kharif as
- 1972 · The kidnappers as حسين عزام
- 1972 · Forbidden as
- 1972 · A call to life as
- 1972 · Housing crisis as Abdel Mohaymin
- 1972 · Zero hour as عوّاد
- 1972 · Molok Al Shar as
- 1972 · Raghabat Mamnou'aa as
- 1972 · A Journey of Suffering as Sharaf
- 1971 · Lion of the Night as The mute Ali Orabi
- 1971 · Esabat El Shaytaan as
- 1971 · El Ghufran as
- 1971 · Ms. Manal Diary as Morsi Al-Anfushi
- 1971 · رجل في المصيدة as
- 1971 · Youth in a Storm as
- 1971 · College Girls as Nada
- 1971 · Sands of Gold as
- 1971 · A Woman and a Man as
- 1971 · برئ في المشنقة as
- 1970 · Struggle with death as جودة
- 1970 · One in a Million as
- 1970 · The fox and the chameleon as prisoner
- 1970 · End of the devils as عصام
- 1970 · Fun Band as سليم
- 1970 · The Three Madmen as Division officer Ezbat al-Ward
- 1970 · The Lottery Ticket Thief as
- 1970 · The Land as Sheikh Sha'ban
- 1970 · Serial Killer of Women as توفيق الدقن (نفسه)
- 1969 · Girls' Secrets as Elham's father
- 1969 · Mama's Secretary as haridy
- 1969 · Al Ro3b as
- 1969 · Nashal raghm anfuh as Abu Fasada
- 1969 · A Schoolgirl's Romance as Tawfik
- 1969 · The People Inside as
- 1969 · 7 Days in Heaven as
- 1969 · Ebn Al-Shaitan as The Crazy
- 1969 · Seraa All Mohtafeeen as Dabuwr
- 1969 · Diary of a Country Prosecutor as
- 1969 · Three Women as
- 1969 · Dala ilbanat as
- 1968 · I'm The Doctor as
- 1968 · Shanbu Fi Al-Musayda as Ali Capone
- 1968 · حب وخيانة as
- 1968 · Ebn El-Hetta as
- 1968 · The Bravest Man in the World as
- 1968 · The Rebels as رجب أفندي - صحفي مريض
- 1968 · The Nile and the Life as
- 1968 · Days Of Love as
- 1967 · Shantat Hamza as
- 1967 · Mister Fish as Abdelgwad
- 1966 · Cairo 30 as والد إحسان/ شحاته تركى
- 1966 · Goodbye, Night as Abdo Mahfouz
- 1966 · A man and two women as
- 1966 · My Wife the General Manager as عبدالقوي
- 1966 · Khan El-Khalili as
- 1965 · Al Moshaghiboun as
- 1965 · Widow Wanted as Hanafi
- 1965 · The Three Wise Men as
- 1965 · Driven from Paradise as
- 1965 · Mind and money as اسيزاريو اوكتافيوس
- 1964 · The Final Message as Abdul Hafeez
- 1964 · Nemar el-Talamzah as Tawfiq
- 1964 · Midnight story as Gharib - the maid
- 1964 · Adham Al-Sharqawi as Maghawri
- 1964 · I, He and She as El Nemsawi
- 1964 · Devil Girl as
- 1964 · The Black Cat as Al- A'awar/Awad/ Mursi
- 1964 · Flame as
- 1964 · The Next-Door Girl as Humbeke
- 1964 · The Monster as
- 1964 · الفرافير as السيد
- 1964 · Prince Of Cunningness as Jafar
- 1964 · The Safe Road as الريجيسير
- 1964 · All for Hanafy as
- 1964 · Shadia Al-Jabal as Hemdan
- 1963 · His Majesty as
- 1963 · Alley of The Pestle as Zaita
- 1963 · The Way Of The Devil as
- 1963 · El Maganeen Fi Naeem as Kamal
- 1963 · Saladin the Victorious as Prince of Akka
- 1963 · A Hero Till the End as
- 1962 · Seraa El Gababera as Sonbull
- 1962 · Kollohom Awlady as Ustta Sayed
- 1962 · صراع مع الملائكة as
- 1962 · Yawm El Hesab as زتاتي صاحب الكباريه
- 1962 · Serr el ghaeb as
- 1962 · السبنسة as
- 1962 · Abeed Al Gasad as
- 1962 · Almaz And Abdo El Hamouly as
- 1961 · El dow' El khafet as
- 1961 · Couples and summer as Nabil Mustafa
- 1961 · A Man in My Life as
- 1961 · A Man in Our House as محمود الدباغ
- 1961 · Hayati hi althaman as
- 1961 · H-3 as نبيل افندي المحتال
- 1960 · Money and Women as برعى
- 1960 · Lovers' Call as
- 1960 · End of the Road as
- 1960 · Kholkhal habibi as
- 1960 · They're Driving Me Crazy as ضابط المباحث
- 1960 · I'm accusing as
- 1960 · Ismail Yassine in Prison as
- 1960 · Love at the Circus as
- 1959 · My Wife's Suitor as نبيل
- 1959 · Katia tarik as
- 1959 · Sirr Taqiyyat Al Ikhfa as
- 1959 · سجن العذارى as
- 1959 · صخرة الحب as
- 1958 · Soultan as ابو سنة المكوجي
- 1958 · Khalid ibn el Walid as متمم بن نويرة
- 1958 · Shall I Kill My Husband? as
- 1958 · The Barred Road as Awad
- 1958 · I Love you Hassan as Abdo Danes
- 1958 · Ghaltet Habibi as
- 1958 · The Charmer as El-Kawakby
- Future · كوبري الناموس as
- 1958 · Ismail Yassine in Damascus as Shawki Abdel Salam
- 1957 · Ibn Hamidu as الباز أفندي
- 1957 · Port Said as Mahmoud Chico
- 1957 · The Thug as عبدالشكور
- 1957 · Land of Peace as Khalid
- 1956 · Farewell, Love as
- 1956 · Land of Dreams as Safwat
- 1956 · Dark Waters as Ezzat
- 1955 · The Shore of Memories as
- 1955 · Fortune is a Promise as مخرج
- 1955 · The Fools Alley as عبده عماره
- 1954 · The Devil of the Desert as Hanzala
- 1954 · دلوني يا ناس as الأستاذ رشدى - الصحفى
- 1954 · Women Can’t Lie as
- 1954 · El naas makamat as Officer
- 1953 · Ana Wi Habibi as Assistant Store Manager
- 1952 · Orphans' money as
- 1951 · The Dawn of Islam as Khabbab bin Al-Art
- 1951 · El Sab'a Afandi as
- 1938 · The Life and Sufferings of Christ as Caiaphas