Abu Bakr Ezzat

Acting May 8, 1933 Feb 27, 2006 (aged 73) Cairo, Egypt

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).

104 Acting Credits

1 Crew Credits

Abu Bakr Ezzat

Acting

The Escape

Against the Government

Mouths and Rabbits

Miramar

30 Days in Prison

Raafat Al Haggan

Albijamat alhamra'

The Dark Glasses

The Emperor

The Penalty

Arabesque: The Days of Hassan Al-Noaamany

The Train

Shakket Al-Talaba

Precausion is Mandatory

Please, kill me

Fawazia The Bourgeoisie

On Cellophane Paper

Guard Dogs

The Other Half

Qamar Al-Zaman

Time and Dogs

Woman and Cleaver

Three Stories

Lak Youm Ya Beh

Crew

Al Tawaam