Shawky Tantawy

An Egyptian actor who began his artistic career in the mid-eighties. He is a theater and television actor and a member of the artist Mohamed Sobhi’s theatrical troupe. At the beginning of the second millennium, he worked as an assistant director on television. He played secondary roles in theater and television that tended to be comedic in nature, and his plays include “The Shaking One,” “The Wanis Family,” “Mama America,” and “The Woman’s Game.” Among the series in which he participated are “The Hedgehog,” “Salt of the Earth,” and “A Rich Man is Very Poor.” He can be seen in the role of Mutawa in the Wanis Diaries series in its seven parts.