Shawqi Shamekh

Acting

Shawqi Shamekh

Born — Died

1949-07-25 — 2009-03-26

Place of birth

Cairo, Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

79 titles

Known for

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

Zezenia poster
6.0

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.

Zezenia

1997

Raafat Al Haggan poster
7.8

Based on the true story of Egyptian spy Refaat Al-Gammal, Raafat Al Haggan follows a young Egyptian Muslim recruited by intelligence to assume a false Jewish identity and embed himself deep within Israeli society for over a decade. Starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and Yusra, the series charts his dangerous double life, his sacrifices, and his pivotal role in gathering intelligence ahead of the 1973 October War.

Raafat Al Haggan

1988

المصراوية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

المصراوية

2007

Heema - Days of Laughter and Tears poster
NR

Through the story of an island that a businessman is trying to seize, the series presents many social problems facing the young generation like the lack of job opportunities and spinsterhood, in addition to persistent thorny issues such as patronage, corruption and the exploitation of influence.

Heema - Days of Laughter and Tears

2008

The Honey and The Tears poster
9.5

The series revolves around the two brothers Hafez and Shawqi, the sons of Haj Radwan, whose life paths are completely different, while Shawky indulges in the life of fun and luxury, his brother Hafez is busy working in trade with his father, and begins signs of conflict between them on several levels, and at the same time Hafez marries Dolat, and Shawky from Zainab, to ignite the ground of a new conflict.

The Honey and The Tears

1983

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

1990s · 12 titles

The Giant Hunter poster
NR

Amin is unjustly imprisoned after three of his coworkers, Mahfouz, Shaker, and Anwar, give false testimony against him. After Amin dies in prison, his son Nabil returns from America and discovers that his father was innocent. However, he realizes that proving his innocence is now pointless, so he decides to take revenge on the three coworkers responsible for his father’s imprisonment and eventual death from grief and despair.

The Giant Hunter

1991

Why, O Violet? poster
7.0

A portrayal of the lives of four friends who have different dreams and aspirations; Ahmed falls in love with a girl he saw once, Sayed gets in trouble when he sells the laboratory animals, Abbas who is married to a woman that doesn't love him, and Ali who works in illegal operations.

Why, O Violet?

1993

The Search for Sayed Marzouk poster
6.8

Yousef is a naive employee who goes out on his day off to meet strange characters, including a wretch dressed like Charlie Chaplin and Said Marzouq, an eccentric multi-faceted billionaire, full of contradictions and ambiguity. While trying to find himself ,he becomes accused of murder.

The Search for Sayed Marzouk

1991

Layl Wa Khawana poster
NR

The corrupt lawyer Mohaseb Awadallah exploits the small thief Salah to steal important documents from the safe of an investment company. When the lawyer feels that Salah's power is increasing, he gets rid of him through another thief named Shaqroun who carries out the lawyer’s plan.

Layl Wa Khawana

1990

Luqmat al-Qadi poster
NR

Years after completing his service, Counselor Sameh goes on vacation to Alexandria, where he faces a conspiracy against him.

Luqmat al-Qadi

1996

Difficult Time poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Difficult Time

1992

Below Zero poster
NR

Three friends: Wagih, Saad and Mustafa, live in the same town, and they are all competing to win the heart of one woman: Nadia, who eventually marries Mustafa. Upon his return from abroad, Mustafa gets arrested and convicted with drug smuggling, and the betrayal of his friend gradually unfolds.

Below Zero

1990

Al-Hob Al-Haqiqi poster
NR

The film's events take place in a romantic comedy framework. The film deals with a love story that develops between Mohamed (Mohamed El Helw) and Mona (Mona Abdel Ghani), but the financial problems they face stand in the way of this love. The girl falls into the clutches of a group of villains, and Mohamed tries to save her from all those who covet her and protect her, but in the process he faces many problems and events follow one another.

Al-Hob Al-Haqiqi

1990

El-Gabalawy poster
7.0

When a dispute happens between Hassan and Jeblawi , Hassan causes the factory owner, said, to fire Jeblawi. Jablawi works for drug dealer Abbas and steals money from him. He returns to town and buys Said's factory at an auction. Abbas and his men find Jeblawi and work out a deal.

El-Gabalawy

1991

Why Does the Sea Laugh poster
6.5

Hussein is in a state of extreme depression because of the boring routine of work and the pressures of life he faces as an employee, husband and brother, decides to escape from the reality of his work and his family, go out to the street without a goal to know the master who provides a place to stay, and while roaming recognize Naima One of the teams roams the streets and falls in love with her.

Why Does the Sea Laugh

1995

The Path of Evil poster
NR

Colonel Suleiman Al-Dahshan confronts the gang of pursuers led by Jaber. Suleiman also devises a plan to arrest Adel, Jaber's nephew, who is accused of killing Saeed, for revenge, even though Adel is innocent and fails to prove his innocence. Adel tries to convince his uncle to stop committing crimes.

The Path of Evil

1995

A date with wolves poster
NR

(Adel) works with (Saeed Bey) as a secretary, and (Saeed) runs many suspicious businesses, and (Adel) cannot get rid of him because (Saeed) has papers that incriminate him, so (Adel) asks his girlfriend to seduce (Saeed) so that she can marry him, and she can steal the papers. Saeed realizes Adel's plan, so each of them seeks to eliminate the other.

A date with wolves

1992

1980s · 26 titles

I Killed Al Hanash poster
4.7

Hassanein and Barhuma suffer from the abuse of (El-Hanash) a bully in the neighborhood. After some time, Hassanein travels to Greece where he meets with his mistress Aziza and marries her after knowing that she has a child as a result of their illicit relationship. On the other hand, El-Hanash gets his agents in Greece to go after Hassanein, which results of Aziza's murder by a bullet directed towards her by mistake instead of Hassanein.

I Killed Al Hanash

1985

The Bey Doorman poster
6.5

Abdel Samea goes to Egypt with his wife and children looking for a job so he works as a doorman, and by being smart he works as a broker until he makes a lot of money

The Bey Doorman

1987

The Innocent poster
7.6

A simple minded peasant was recruited in the Egyptian army where he was deceived to believe that political activists are his homeland enemies, but not for so long.

The Innocent

1986

Summer Thefts poster
8.8

Set in the summer of 1961 during President Nasser's land reforms, this is a story of the childhood friendship between Yasser, the son of a bourgeois landowner, and Leil, the son of an Egyptian peasant. When turbulent times tear Yasser's family apart, the boys team up for a money-making scheme that results in misadventures.

Summer Thefts

1988

We Only Live Once poster
6.6

Dr. Amal decides to move from Cairo to Saloum in an attempt to escape the memories of her fiancé's death in a car accident. She meets the playboy teacher Hani, who was transferred to Saloum as punishment for his disrespect and misconduct. They develop feelings for each other that turn into love.

We Only Live Once

1981

الطعم والسنارة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الطعم والسنارة

1988

Four On An Official Mission poster
6.0

Anwar Abdel Mawla is an employee working in a government agency, his life changes when he takes an official mission to hand over a heritage to the house of Money in Cairo made up of a monkey, a donkey, and a goat and many ironic comedies happen.

Four On An Official Mission

1987

A File in Vice poster
6.2

Said the officer in Vice Squad is shocked by the decision of his boss to stop the investigation into the case of Alia Hanim because of her connections with officials and turns into a rigid person. When Said has information that some women visit a flat and practice fornication , he tries to prove the charge against them even by falsification.

A File in Vice

1986

An Investigation poster
NR

As a mentally unstable man goes to the house of a female official of ill repute, she asks him to hide, after which she gets murdered. The investigators continue to look for the murderer, and many become suspects during the course of the investigation.

An Investigation

1980

The Piper poster
6.6

Al-Zamar Hassan is on the run after he was an Engineering student and presented a play with the acting team in the Faculty that the authorities didn't like. He moves from village to village in Upper Egypt, in search of safety. He settles in the village of Araba becoming a vendor in a grocery store.

The Piper

1985

Save Whatever is Possible poster
NR

(Nabil) returns to Egypt after an absence of 18 years to recover his father's palace after the guard has been lifted from him, gets to know the school (Amal), be surprised by his friend (Omar) who has become wealthy from the drug trade and becomes an influential businessman, (Omar) succeeds in attracting ( Nabil) to his world. And he turns his evening to the palace, which turns into a den of delinquency

Save Whatever is Possible

1985

A Very Difficult Mission poster
NR

While drunk Ahmed agrees with Wahid that he kills his stepfather, in return for Ahmed killing Wahid's wife Salwa in order to have her insurance policy. Wahid carries out the agreement, while Ahmed meets Salwa and confess to her the plan.

A Very Difficult Mission

1987

The Execution Squad poster
7.0

Faraj al-Aktaa conspires with the Israeli enemy to get rid of the resistance men in Suez. Hassan, the only survivor, is accused of betraying the group and is sentenced to prison,while the daughter of the resistance leader is looking for her father's killer, and Hassan comes out of prison to avenge.

The Execution Squad

1989

El Arbagy poster
NR

The teacher (Sayed) Arabji lives with his wife (Fakiha) and children, the lottery seller (Shalbia) convinces him to buy a paper from her to try his luck. He earns a thousand pounds, and decides to use it for the adventure. The people of the neighborhood are happy for him, except for Sheikh (Nair), who informs him that the amount will be spent in nightclubs, but the amount is already growing in gambling.

El Arbagy

1983

Al Awbash poster
NR

Six human wolves cut off a husband and wife on their wedding night, killing the husband and raping the wife who suffers a nervous breakdown. After that, the security services fail to identify the perpetrators. While the incident is known by journalist Ahmed Azmi, he sympathizes with the wife he has known since she was a child.

Al Awbash

1986

الثعبان poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الثعبان

1985

Forbidden Games poster
NR

Jalal (Samir Ghanem) and his wife Madiha (Issad Younes) are under severe financial hardship, and their property is mortgaged until they have almost nothing, and thus the spouses are forced to do unusual things to meet their needs.

Forbidden Games

1984

Fatwat EL Salakhana poster
NR

Zidane marries the dancer, Aziza. Sultan gets involved in the drug trade. Zidan disagrees with the gang leader, so she agrees with Sultan to kill him.

Fatwat EL Salakhana

1989

A Woman with the Devil poster
NR

Nahed marries a rich old man who she used to work for as a nurse, but she falls in love with a prisoner. She waits for him to get out of prison and agrees with him to kill her husband.

A Woman with the Devil

1989

Ragol lehaza alzaman poster
6.5

Debes, who works in a large gang in a drug case, is arrested and threatens to reveal the secrets of the gang. The senior lawyer, Naji, defends him against Judge Kamal, who is known for his extreme firmness.

Ragol lehaza alzaman

1986

Roots in the Air poster
NR

Journalist Ayman loves Tahyia, he gets arrested for his bold political articles. The wife of a big official, convinces Tahyia to meet Saad, as he can release Ayman. Saad assaults Tahyia and after Ayman is released, he hires him in a prestigious position in the paper.

Roots in the Air

1986

Uncle Qandil's Scissors poster
NR

Qandil is the owner of a barbershop who is trusted by his neighbors to solve their problems. When he is imprisoned after accidentally killing Gad, his greedy son Salah transforms the barbershop into a clothes store.

Uncle Qandil's Scissors

1985

Sukkar Bulaq poster
NR

Mrs. Sukar lives in Bulaq. The people of the region consider her one of the best women there. She gets divorced from a man who deals in drugs, and after that she gets married to Atwa, and she suspects that he also deals with it.

Sukkar Bulaq

1989

Samira’s Death poster
NR

The millionaire Abdel Rahman Shaker arrives in Cairo, accompanied by Samira. As he gets acquainted with the great composer Fahmy and admires the aspiring singer Noura, he tries to get close to her, but when she rejects him, he assaults her. Fahmy pressures him to marry her and Samira breaks down.

Samira’s Death

1985

Market of The Fish poster
4.4

A widow bullied by traders in the fish market from further commercial aims after the death of her husband,a worker stand by her side and help then married her,but does the money and power change him ?

Market of The Fish

1986

نداء إلى المجهول poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

نداء إلى المجهول

1987

Series credits

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

Zezenia poster
6.0

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.

Zezenia

1997

Raafat Al Haggan poster
7.8

Based on the true story of Egyptian spy Refaat Al-Gammal, Raafat Al Haggan follows a young Egyptian Muslim recruited by intelligence to assume a false Jewish identity and embed himself deep within Israeli society for over a decade. Starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and Yusra, the series charts his dangerous double life, his sacrifices, and his pivotal role in gathering intelligence ahead of the 1973 October War.

Raafat Al Haggan

1988

المصراوية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

المصراوية

2007

المصراوية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

المصراوية

2007

Heema - Days of Laughter and Tears poster
NR

Through the story of an island that a businessman is trying to seize, the series presents many social problems facing the young generation like the lack of job opportunities and spinsterhood, in addition to persistent thorny issues such as patronage, corruption and the exploitation of influence.

Heema - Days of Laughter and Tears

2008

The Honey and The Tears poster
9.5

The series revolves around the two brothers Hafez and Shawqi, the sons of Haj Radwan, whose life paths are completely different, while Shawky indulges in the life of fun and luxury, his brother Hafez is busy working in trade with his father, and begins signs of conflict between them on several levels, and at the same time Hafez marries Dolat, and Shawky from Zainab, to ignite the ground of a new conflict.

The Honey and The Tears

1983

النوّة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

النوّة

1991

ألف ليلة وليلة: علي بابا والأربعين حرامي poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ألف ليلة وليلة: علي بابا والأربعين حرامي

1995

Live Your Days poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Live Your Days

2004

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ألف ليلة وليلة: فضل الله ووردانه

1996

فريسكا poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

فريسكا

2004

City Gates poster
NR

After a wealthy man marries a younger girl, she inherits his fortune after he dies, which puts her in conflict with his nephew who claims his right in the inheritance.

City Gates

1981

No artwork available
NR

Mohsen Al-Asafiry is a good young man who is looking for a job. But whenever he gets a job, he ends up getting fired for doing a mistake in good faith that the employers will not accept. As his brother-in-law gets him a job at an influential businessman, he repeats his usual mistakes.

Jack of All Trades

1979

درب ابن برقوق poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

درب ابن برقوق

2000

The Nightingale: The Story of a Nation poster
7.0

A narration of the life of the iconic artist Abdel Halim Hafez and the obstacles he faced, both personally and professionally, when he started his singing career, following his journey from a substitute for singer Karem Mahmoud, to become a recognized star that has his own light and aura.

The Nightingale: The Story of a Nation

2006

He and She Stories poster
7.0

A drama consisting of several separate episodes, each episode discusses a different issue of men and women and their relationship with each other.

He and She Stories

1985

Rayya and Sakina poster
7.7

The story of the lives of sisters Rayya and Sakina, two of the most famous criminals of the 20th century in Egypt as they terrified women and masterminded dozens of deaths. The series presents the circumstances that led them to becoming criminals and the impact of the environment on their future.

Rayya and Sakina

2005

One Thousand and One Nights: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves poster
NR

Ali Baba and the forty thieves are one of the most famous stories and characters with eastern features, and it is one of the well known fairy tales that inspired writers and artists around the world. The story revolves around a simple Arab lumberjack named Ali Baba who accidentally hears the password that opens the door of the cave in which a gang of thieves hide their treasures. Thanks to the password, open Sesame, Ali Baba managed to obtain the treasures hidden in the cave, and his name became a sign of thievery throughout the world.

One Thousand and One Nights: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

1995

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الشوارع الخلفية

1979

When the Fox Passed By poster
NR

A social comedy series that tells the story of a conman, Nadim Bahns, and his partner Makram. Nadim justifies his scams by claiming that he's an artist, who has a skill that not many people possess.

When the Fox Passed By

1999

أهل الطريق poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

أهل الطريق

1993

The Upper Egyptian's Dream poster
8.0

Nasr and Hudan the cat, the teacher of Egyptian history, discover the location of the tomb of Alexander the Great in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, through a manuscript that was in the possession of the antiquities dealer Imran Al-Garhi, and Nasr finds himself chased by Al-Jarhi in Alexandria.

The Upper Egyptian's Dream

1997

Men of the World Come Together poster
NR

A group of men decide to form an association called "Men of the World Unite" after the roles between women and men are exchanged.

Men of the World Come Together

2000

اللعبة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

اللعبة

1981

حضرة المحترم poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حضرة المحترم

1999

Angry men & angry women poster
NR

In a social comedy framework, the series deals with the conflict between the generation of parents and children, from the attempts of children to be independent and live as they want, as well as problems between newly married couples and the differences between them at the beginning of their married life.

Angry men & angry women

1993

فوازير: المناسبات poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

فوازير: المناسبات

1988

The Search for Happiness poster
NR

The series follows the various stories of a married couple, Samir and Souad, in a lighthearted comedic setting, highlighting the amusing situations and misunderstandings that arise between them as they navigate life together under the same roof, as well as the everyday problems and challenges of married life.

The Search for Happiness

1985

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

زيارة ودية

1979

وأدرك شهريار الصباح poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

وأدرك شهريار الصباح

1985

The Lighthouse poster
NR

The series addresses the issue of the Egyptian youth who marry Israeli women, covering a period that starts in the winter of 1967 prior to the Six-Day War all through the nineties and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

The Lighthouse

2008

Price of Fear poster
NR

The events revolve around (Jaber), who returns to his town after several years he spent expatriate, and falls in love with (noble) despite his circumstances, and then the villagers live in terror because of a defect in the oil wells.

Price of Fear

1988

حارة الزعفراني poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حارة الزعفراني

2006

لقمة القاضي poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

لقمة القاضي

1996