Mohamed Abu Dawood

Acting

Mohamed Abu Dawood

Born

1944-11-10 (81)

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

75 titles

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).

Known for

Diary of a Very Angry Wife poster
5.0

Engi is a sharp-tongued journalist who happens to work at the same newspaper as her husband Ali — a recipe for endless conflict. Clashing over politics, gender roles, and the realities of modern Egyptian marriage, the series blends sharp social commentary with warm domestic comedy. Starring Dalia El Behairy and Khaled Sarhan, it ran for five seasons and became one of Egypt's most beloved female-led comedies.

Diary of a Very Angry Wife

2015

Critical Moments poster
8.0

A medical drama about the stories of a large number of doctors, staff and patients at Dr. Galal's hospital, and the daily challenges that the hospital staff faces both in their work and their personal lives.

Critical Moments

2007

Al-Gama'a poster
7.0

Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.

Al-Gama'a

2010

Om Kulthum poster
9.0

Throughout its episodes, the series narrates the biography of the Arab singing lady (Umm Kulthum) since her inception in Sinbillawain and her journey with her father and siblings in singing religious songs on all occasions, through her artistic career and her move to stability in Cairo, and the stories of love that she went through during her life, and her artistic glory until she mastered The lyric scene in Egypt, and the crises she encountered during her artistic work and social life.

Om Kulthum

1999

Moftaraq Toroq poster
6.5

When her husband, a prominent figure in society, is involved in a scandal, Amira has no choice but to return to her profession to support her two children, after fifteen years she spent as a housewife.

Moftaraq Toroq

2024

أدهم وزينات والثلاث بنات poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

أدهم وزينات والثلاث بنات

2003

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 3 titles

2000s · 7 titles

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

Morgan Ahmed Morgan poster
6.6

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

Transit Prisoner poster
5.7

"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

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

Sons of the Devil poster
NR

Selim Abu Taqiyya, a drug kingpin who resides in Turkey, enlists his brother Mamdouh in drug trafficking operations until he eventually gets arrested. Selim disguises himself as a monk to visit his brother in prison, and police officer Ahmed disguises himself as a criminal to trap Selim's gang.

Sons of the Devil

2000

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

Zakya Zakaria in The Parliament poster
3.0

(Barhoma) is a struggling man,who can't get married to (Azza) for over 20 years. He disguises himself as a beggar ((Zakia Zakaria) to earn a living. He then meets a candidate for the Parliament,whose ex love looked like (Zakia),so he lets her into his home and recommends her to enter the Parliament.

Zakya Zakaria in The Parliament

2001

1990s · 9 titles

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

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

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

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

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

Shafah Ghaliza poster
NR

The film revolves around Magda, who lives under extremely difficult social conditions and tries in vain to obtain an honest source of livelihood. She ends up pickpocketing on public transportation, and from there she picks up the lawyer Alaa with his knowledge. He searches for her everywhere out of his extreme love for her and his sympathy for her condition and case, with the help of his brother who works in the prosecution service.

Shafah Ghaliza

1992

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

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

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

1980s · 8 titles

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

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

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

The Age of Wolves poster
NR

Hanan works as a secretary for Shawkat, a businessman who trades in weapons. Despite being watched by the police and constant attacks from the journalist Samia, Shawkat steals Hanan from her fiancé, Ahmed, who works in an Arab country. Hanan's attempts to escape and follow her fiancée fail.

The Age of Wolves

1986

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

Balagh didi aimra'a poster
NR

Dr. Radwan marries Karima, the daughter of a large conservative family. After years of successful marriage, Amjad,who is Karima's former love, appears. He tries to exploit her financially by making her believe that he still loves her. He invades her life in a fast pace to force her to surrender to him..

Balagh didi aimra'a

1986

Nawara and the Beast poster
NR

In one of the villages, the big landowners are fighting over buying the largest percentages of land, as Taher Bey covets acquiring the land belonging to Kamla Hanem, which she inherited from her late husband, and she is supported in this conflict by her daughter's husband, who works as a police officer. The forces of the conflict change when the dancer Nawara and her band come to the village, and he throws her into the conflict between the bigwigs.

Nawara and the Beast

1987

Hallucinations poster
7.0

The brothers came back to meet their wishes immediately and each asked for a wish from the Sprite. Troy in which the thoughts and dreams that come to humans in the context of comedy.

Hallucinations

1988

Series credits

Diary of a Very Angry Wife poster
5.0

Engi is a sharp-tongued journalist who happens to work at the same newspaper as her husband Ali — a recipe for endless conflict. Clashing over politics, gender roles, and the realities of modern Egyptian marriage, the series blends sharp social commentary with warm domestic comedy. Starring Dalia El Behairy and Khaled Sarhan, it ran for five seasons and became one of Egypt's most beloved female-led comedies.

Diary of a Very Angry Wife

2015

Critical Moments poster
8.0

A medical drama about the stories of a large number of doctors, staff and patients at Dr. Galal's hospital, and the daily challenges that the hospital staff faces both in their work and their personal lives.

Critical Moments

2007

Al-Gama'a poster
7.0

Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.

Al-Gama'a

2010

Om Kulthum poster
9.0

Throughout its episodes, the series narrates the biography of the Arab singing lady (Umm Kulthum) since her inception in Sinbillawain and her journey with her father and siblings in singing religious songs on all occasions, through her artistic career and her move to stability in Cairo, and the stories of love that she went through during her life, and her artistic glory until she mastered The lyric scene in Egypt, and the crises she encountered during her artistic work and social life.

Om Kulthum

1999

Moftaraq Toroq poster
6.5

When her husband, a prominent figure in society, is involved in a scandal, Amira has no choice but to return to her profession to support her two children, after fifteen years she spent as a housewife.

Moftaraq Toroq

2024

أدهم وزينات والثلاث بنات poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

أدهم وزينات والثلاث بنات

2003

Horseless Knight poster
5.5

Hafez Naguib was raised between his mother's sophisticated family, and his father's poor and modest family. When his father gets killed at the time of the English occupation, he swears to take revenge for him and every other persecuted Egyptian citizen, and leads the life of a true patriot.

Horseless Knight

2002

Sweet The World Sugar poster
7.0

In the context of comedy and drama, we live the adventure of Sukkar or the actress here, Zahid The series "Helwa Al-Dunia Sukkar" consists of 9 different stories, each story is shown in 5 connected episodes, and each story has a different team in terms of writer and heroes, with the presence here of Zahid in all the stories of the events of the series, directed by Khaled Al-Halafawi, produced by Synergy and Karim Abu Zekry, and it includes The series is a large group of guests of honor, and the authors of the nine stories were chosen, namely Iyad Saleh, Diaa Muhammad, Fedra Ahmed Al-Masry, Hisham Ismail, Hind Fayed, Muhammad Jalal, Ihab Balibl, and Ayman Al-Shayeb.

Sweet The World Sugar

2021

On Tipping Point poster
NR

In the wake of the 25th of January revolution, Fadel Abu El-Rous surrounds himself with wealthy and powerful businessmen that he appeals to using his intelligence and cunning.

On Tipping Point

2013

شط إسكندرية poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

شط إسكندرية

2008

Baraka poster
5.5

The show tells the story of Baraka, a man coming from South Egypt who lives in Cairo with his mother. With time, he starts borrowing lots money and gets into trouble with prominent people. His mother and his neighbor, who is also his lover, are the only ones who help him.

Baraka

2019

Without Mentioning Names poster
7.0

The series revolves around several intertwined events, different Aisha. The series deals with the story of Rabih al-Halawani, and his son Rabie al-Halawani. The magazine and its partner in extortion operations, ill-informed. On the other hand, there is a reason to spend the protection and care of a purebred (ewe) and closer to her on the other side, as she escapes to work for Karawana and then becomes a beach dancer. He exploits the need for a job as an engineer by one of the sons of the Egyptian countryside, in order to exploit him and his father to implement private and suspicious deals.

Without Mentioning Names

2013

The Other Face poster
8.0

Businessman (Hussein Fahmi) escapes outside Egypt with his stolen wealth , while a middle class man (Karim Abdel Aziz) works as a security guard for the businessman to support his father and siblings.

The Other Face

2015

Saken Osady poster
NR

An Egyptian social comedy series, the events of which take place in separate connected episodes between the families of (Kamal Al-Hamrawi) and (Sayed Al-Akhdar) adjacent to the residence in the same building, and in each episode there is a new comic situation between them that puts the members of the two families in funny situations.

Saken Osady

1995

نابليون والمحروسة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

نابليون والمحروسة

2012

This Family poster
8.0

Within a social and comedic framework, a middle-class Egyptian family experiences a number of challenges and issues that are

This Family

2022

Napoleon And Al Mahrousa poster
NR

A portrait of the social and political aspects of Egypt during the late 18th-century French campaign, and the most important events that ensued, from Battle of Shubra Khit between Napoleon and the Mamluk leader, Murad Bey, and through the first and second Revolt of Cairo, till the defeat and exit of the campaign.

Napoleon And Al Mahrousa

2012

The Exit poster
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

The Exit

2016

Never Fear poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Never Fear

2009

Son of the Poor poster
5.0

An upper-Egyptian who lives on the border of the poverty line decides to earn an honest living by having two jobs: A teacher at a public school during the day, and a taxi driver in the evening. Yet, through his struggle to make ends meet he falls into the pit of drug trade.

Son of the Poor

2019

King Farouk poster
NR

The biography of King Farouk I of Egypt, the penultimate king of the Muhammad Ali dynasty. Succeeding his father, Fuad I, to the throne, Farouk's reign ended when the Egyptian revolution of 1952 broke out, and he was overthrown and exiled.

King Farouk

2007

The Master poster
6.5

Within the framework of the social drama, the fish merchant Hamed lives a simple, quiet life with his family, until he finds himself in the middle of bitter conflicts among the big market traders, and he must confront them, otherwise he will perish among the whales.

The Master

2024

The Journey of El Wensh poster
NR

In this Egyptian social drama following Hassan "El Wensh," a self-made businessman who clawed his way up from nothing. A small mistake from his past — long ignored — resurfaces through a woman from his old life, threatening his reputation, his marriage, and everything he's built. A story of ambition, secrets, and the price of burying the truth.

The Journey of El Wensh

2022

Zienhom poster
8.8

No synopsis available yet.

Zienhom

2023

El Wasfa El Serreyya poster
NR

Several wives who suffer from problems and disagreements with their husbands find a book about marital relations whose content exactly reflects what is going on in reality. As a result, they make decisions that turn their lives upside down and affect everyone around them.

El Wasfa El Serreyya

2024

Bab Al Khalq poster
NR

After the Arabic language teacher travels outside Egypt in despair, he returns after a while to his hometown in Bab Al Khalq to be surprised by many changes that foretell a possibly mysterious future, whereupon he tries to coexist and keep pace with them to ensure the continuation of life.

Bab Al Khalq

2012

The Returnees poster
6.5

The events revolve around the attempts of the Egyptian intelligence to confront terrorism represented by ISIS, as the intelligence workers, including officers, communication experts, and secret agents, perform their roles in operations aimed at protecting the homeland and eliminating terrorism.

The Returnees

2022

Al-Helaly's Way poster
NR

Mustafa Al-Helaly is a university professor and head of the 'Virtue Party', who decides to run for parliament, but his life turns upside down after the retired dancer Sou'ad claims that he's the father of her reckless young daughter Nancy as a result of a one-night stand that happened 20 years ago.

Al-Helaly's Way

2006

Homeless Kids poster
NR

As a senior at the AUC prepares his graduation project about street children, he meets a homeless girl who offers him a unique insight into the lives and problems of street children, and the factors that made them what they are.

Homeless Kids

2006

As much as the Love poster
5.5

Behind what seems like a simple love story lies a psycological struggle where trust is the hardest test. A drama that blends romance and suspense, revealing how love can empower, or endanger.

As much as the Love

2026

The time has passed poster
3.0

The wife never thought her divorce request would spiral into endless problems affecting everyone around her and changing their lives....

The time has passed

2025

No artwork available
NR

Set in the early 1940s, when the rich controlled the land and the peasants lived on subsistence, the work addresses the conflict between the classes. It also discusses the idea that when a person is controlled by evil and the idea of revenge, he is often the first victim.

Tomorrow Is Another Day

2003

A Husband's Diary poster
8.0

When Ra'ouf suffers from a series of marital problems, the situation escalates until his wife kicks him out. In order to find a solution, he turns to his friend Youssef.

A Husband's Diary

1990

Morra's Story poster
NR

The story of Morra (Ghada Abdel Razek) and a tragic family crisis that threatens her future.

Morra's Story

2019

Al Zayni Barakat poster
6.5

Following the decline of the Mamluk state and the emergence of the Ottoman Empire, the series depicts the sufferings of people living amidst social and political upheaval. When the enigmatic and ruthless Zayni Barakat Ibn Musa takes control, the truth of his rule and character unfolds.

Al Zayni Barakat

1995

The Killing poster
8.6

Police Captain Hisham begins his investigation into the murder of an influencer found dead in the car of a national club electoral candidate.

The Killing

2022

رحلة أبو الوفا poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

رحلة أبو الوفا

1991

Ser El Arad poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ser El Arad

1994

Shebr Maiya poster
NR

The work deals with a range of marital and family problems, Where the father seeks to spend a period of time away from his wife to establish the relationship, while trying on the other side to take care of his son Ziad.

Shebr Maiya

2019

Everyday Wars poster
NR

The series revolves around two colleagues at law school who get married after a love story and own a law firm. The competition between them, turns into a family war and when they try to repair their relationship, they are chased by everyone.

Everyday Wars

2009

Behind the camera