Mohamed Abu Dawood

Acting

Mohamed Abu Dawood

Born 1944-11-10 · Egypt

Mohammed Abo Dawood is an Egyptian television actor and theatre director. Born in 1944, he appeared in a number of television shows including: “Ragil Gheni Fakeer Gidan” (The Very Poor Rich Man), “Malak Farouk” (King Farouk), “Om Kulthum,” "Nesr Alsharq" (Eagle of the East), “Ya Rigal El Alam Ithidu” (Men of the World, Unite) and “Bab El Khalk” (The Gate of Creation). He also directed a several plays including: "Afreet Li Kul Muwatin" (A Ghost for Every Citizen), “Tazwir fi Awrak Atefeya” (Forgery of Love Letters) and "Mawlid Sidi El Mora'eb" (The Mawlid of the Terrifying Saint).

Acting credits

The Terrorist poster
6.3

Ali Abd-El-Zaher is a member of an Islamic radical group which has been launching attacks against the government and the society under the orders of the spiritual leader Brother Saif. Ali manages to assasinate an officer, but as he escapes from the authorities he gets hit by a car driven by Sewsan, the daughter of a respected Muslim family living in the Maadi district. Sewsan's father who is a surgeon and his family take care of the injured terrorist who then tries to conceal the truth about his personality, such as his dislike of music, unveiled women and Western life styles.

The Terrorist

1994

Leisure Time poster
7.1

A group of youngsters; a rich, a poor, a liberal, and a religious, all of them live a life full of turmoil and indecisiveness. The film depicts their lives, their love stories, and their dreams, and how their own hesitation impedes the fulfillment of their aspirations.

Leisure Time

2006

The Crime poster
5.6

Set in the 70's, A middle-aged man, Adel is raised by his strict grandfather who he was deeply inspired by. he met his first love, Nadia who later became his wife and the mother of his son. After this, a chain of events lead to Adel committing many crimes, which are investigated by Amgad Al Husseiny and later, a series of surprises are revealed.

The Crime

2022

Bershama poster
6.6

A young man invents a new cheating method to escape the hell of high school, which leads him into a funny cat and mouse game with a cunning teacher.

Bershama

2026

The Embassy in the Building poster
6.5

The film revolves around an engineer working for an oil company in Dubai. He had to return to Egypt after twenty years. He was surprised that the Israeli Embassy was next to his apartment and was trying hard to sell the apartment at first.

The Embassy in the Building

2005

Ocean 14 poster
4.4

As Ta’oun plots to rob the famous singer Ahlam, he recruits his fiancée and her brother to accompany him to Sharm El-Sheikh to carry out the heist. But he is unaware that he is being followed by the police officer who was terminated because of him.

Ocean 14

2016

Detention Letter poster
5.2

Khaled, in a terrorist group believing he fights for God, tries stopping his brother Ahmad from joining. After Ahmad joins and dies in a group dispute, Khaled seeks revenge until police arrest him.

Detention Letter

2017

Qarmat in Trouble poster
6.6

Qarmouti builds a graveyard for his ancestors, and makes it a paid tourists attraction; this causes him lots of problems with the government. Meantime, a journalist videos an antiquities smuggling operation and the tape ends up with Qarmouti who finds himself chased by the smugglers.

Qarmat in Trouble

2019

TAG poster
5.0

The film follows the lives of the twins Tag and Haroun, who go through many crises as their supernatural abilities cause many paradoxes to occur.

TAG

2023

Transit Prisoner poster
5.8

"Ali ileum" open safes talented thief, but even he was talent he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of security guard, and there recognize the Colonel, "Shawki", and the way the film mafia is recruiting

Transit Prisoner

2008

Stranger In My House poster
6.2

Shehata Abu Kaff, goes to Cairo to play for Zamalek club. The club buys him an apartment, but the owner sells the apartment to him and to another lady.

Stranger In My House

1982

Ayoub poster
7.7

An aging man's intention to publish his biography has a lot of rich and powerful people worried what he might reveal.

Ayoub

1983

Morgan Ahmed Morgan poster
6.8

Morgan, who is an uneducated very rich man, is used to buy everything he wants. Now the one thing we wants is a college certificate which he seeks to buy.

Morgan Ahmed Morgan

2007

Blood on the Asphalt poster
7.0

Abul Hassan is a clerk in the Ministry of Justice who lives with his three sons: Dr. He praises a prestigious center in an international organization abroad. Walaa works in a hotel, but the children are shocked once that their father accused of stealing the file of one of the important issues. He returns to stand beside his innocent father and is surprised that his family has been decomposed. Loyalty has turned into a girl who hugs herself and Ala heroin, trying to identify the reasons that led the family to do so and help his cousin, researcher Siham, whom he had a relationship with love. The doctor begins to recognize the causes of the dissolution of his family one by one, prove the innocence of the father, "Abul Hassan" and commit suicide daughter loyalty and recognizes the son Alaa stealing the file and use heroin to imprisonment.

Blood on the Asphalt

1992

A Message to the Governor poster
4.9

In the year 1807, they city of Rashid is under attack by the British forces. Harfoush, a brave knight must deliver a message to the ruler of Egypt to demand military aid in order to resist the enemy. After killing some soldiers, he finds himself in a cave with a wise old man who tells him about his destiny. When Harfoush wakes up he realizes that he is now at the gates of Cairo except it is the year 1998...

A Message to the Governor

1998

Al Ekhteyar 3 Al Qarar poster
NR

This season depicts the events Egypt witnessed in the years following the January 25 Revolution, leading to the Muslim Brotherhood's rise to power, and the crises that afflicted Egypt during that period causing a state of popular anger against the group and Mohamed Morsi, which ended in the outbreak of the June 30 Revolution.

Al Ekhteyar 3 Al Qarar

2022

Mothers in Exile poster
7.0

Hassouna identifies customs with the businessman Shaheen, who offers him assistance in exchange for facilitating the procedures of his illicit goods. Hasina is lured to get involved in a relationship, and recorded by Shaheen motivated, until Hassouna becomes at their disposal, Shahine Hassouna claims that his wife, threatens him with tape and acquiesces to him for fear of the scandal, and agrees to facilitate his suspicious operations, but after an innocent injustice at customs as a result of Hassouna's corruption, He then dies, wakes up his conscience, surrenders himself, reports on Shaheen and the rest of his corrupt partners to purify himself, and his deceased colleague is considered.

Mothers in Exile

1981

Dignity Day poster
8.0

The Egyptian navy prepares for a crucial military operation to sink the Israeli destroyer Eilat. The mission is carried out by a group of officers and soldiers, each with their own story.

Dignity Day

2004

131 Hard Works poster
NR

After the October War, Shehta the street vendor returns from Port Said, but is unfairly accused of killing his friend Sayed who was found dead and tries to prove his innocence with the help of his army companion Meshmesh.

131 Hard Works

1993

Never Crossed My Mind poster
NR

A Poor young man is suddenly gets involved in a murder, then he is sentenced to death. He hides in the form of a Filipina maid.

Never Crossed My Mind

1999

The President's Visit poster
6.5

In a small village, when rumors spread about the arrival of a train with the president and his American guest onboard, the village is completely transformed to host them properly, which brings the rampant corruption and hypocrisy to the surface.

The President's Visit

1994

Bodyguard poster
5.6

Prisoner Adham makes a deal with fellow inmate Saad, a businessman who has been accused of stealing 700 million Egyptian Pounds, to work for him as his wife Aisha’s bodyguard. Aisha falls in love Adham. Kathem, Saad’s friend figures this out, and informs him. Saad discovers his wife’s betrayal and fabricates an accusation of Adham. They attempt to escape prison with the money they’ve stolen, except that Adham is thwarted by an obstacle along the way.

Bodyguard

1999

Mechanics poster
NR

The film takes place in a comedic framework. The yacht of the spoiled rich Nancy (Nelly) breaks down, and she always bullies her employee Adham (Abdel Aziz Makhion), so they seek help from Mansour (Youssef Mansour), a skilled mechanic who repairs ship engines. Nancy fights with Mansour from the first moment, as she verbally abuses him all the time. Nancy is involved in an accident that causes her to lose her memory. Mansour tries to help her regain her memory and foil her ex-husband's plan to seize her wealth.

Mechanics

1993

Days Of Anger poster
NR

Ibrahim suddenly returns from abroad, to find his wife Safaa married to Ezzat. The couple seize his apartment and savings. Ezzat accuses Ibrahim of insanity in order to lock him up in a mental hospital where he's subjected to all kinds of physical and psychological abuse.

Days Of Anger

1989

Behind the camera