Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1933-05-08
Day of Death
2006-02-27
Place of Birth
Cairo, Egypt
Abu Bakr Ezzat
Biography
Abu Bakr Ezzat, who is from the Sayyeda Zeynab area of Cairo, was born on August 2, 1933. He studied at the Khedive School. Ezzat participated in school theater, and acted in Richard Sheridan’s play, “The Scandals,” directed by Kamal Yassin. Ezzat’s relationship with the theater developed where he worked in 1955. Throughout his school years, Ezzat directed several plays in schools, as well as at the Faculty of Arts where he was a student in the Department of Sociology. After graduating in 1959, he joined the Free Theater Group. During this time, he played the role of Kamal in the play “Qasr El Shoq” (Palace of Desire) and started working in television and film. He married screenwriter Kawthar Heikal. The plays he acted in include “El Mofatish El ‘Am” (The Inspector General), “El Dabor” (The Hornet), “El Ardh” (The Earth), “Sana Ma’ El Shoghl El Laziz” (A Year Of Enjoyable Work), “El Dukhol Bil-Melabis Rasmiya” (Entering With Official Clothes), “Sika El Salaama” (The Safe Way). He moved from the Television Theater to the Rehani Theater, and in 1996 received the Best Actor’s Award in the Cairo Film Festival for his role in the film “El Mar’a We El Satour” (The Woman and the Cleaver).
Filmography (81)
يمين طلاق
2000
Woman and Cleaver
1997
Time and Dogs
1996
The Fierce Man
1996
Kelab El Madina
1995
Five star thieves
1994
Against the Government
1992
The Escape
1991
El Alma Basha
1991
The Emperor
1990
Playing with fire
1989
Love also dies
1988
The Devil's Friends
1988
