Farouk is an Egyptian theatre, cinema and TV actor. Graduate of both the faculty of Arts and the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. His booming in TV series “Abnaa’y al-a’ezzaa shokran i.e. My dear children..thank you” and his role in “Al-mashbooh i.e. The suspect” with Aadel Emaam, paved his way to stardom. Among his popular TV series are: “Alf leila we leila i.e. One thousand and one Nights ”, “Al-haawy i.e. The magician”, “’Aly al-Zeibaq”, “Domou’ saahebat algalaala i.e. Her majesty’s tears”, “Laylat al-kabd ‘ala Fatma i.e. The night Fatma was arrested”, “Zeynaat wal-talat banaat i.e. Zeynat and the three daughters”, “Canaria wa shorakah i.e. Canaria and Co.”. Among his stage plays are: “Al-dokhaan i.e. Smoke”, “Tharthara fawk al-neel i.e. A Drift on the Nile”and “Bedaaya wa nehaaya i.e. The Beginning and the End”. His career included king Farouk and beggers and a variety of roles in between. During the 1980’s and the 1990’s he was the most productive movie star. Farouk married several times. His first wife was Soumayya al-Alfy, mother of his only son actor Ahmad al-Feeshaawy. He also married actor Soheir Ramzy and other women.

1986