Sherif Desoky
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26 November 1967
Sherif El Desouky | |
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| شريف الدسوقي | |
 Desouky in 2018 | |
| Born | Sherif Mohamed El Desouky 26 November 1967 |
| Occupations | Actor, storyteller, comedian |
| Years active | 2003–present (Professionally) |
| Known for | Acting |
| Children | 1 (Adam) |
| Awards | Best Actor – Cairo International Film Festival 2018 |
Sherif Desouky (Arabic: شريف الدسوقي; born 26 November 1967 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian actor, director, author, and storyteller, He is the recipient of the award for Best Actor in Cairo International Film Festival 2018.[1][2]
Ismail Yassine's Theater
Sherif Desouky was born in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt and his tendencies moved to the theater from a young age, where his father was director of the Ismail Yassin Theater since 1952,[3] He had lived with his father in a family home behind the stage, and despite his father's work in the theater, he refused to enter the art world and struck him in his first appearance on stage.[4] Sharif worked in almost all theater professions as a sound technician and stage technician. But when Ismail Yassine's Theater and the majority of Alexandria's summer theaters were demolished and buildings were built in its place, he left the theater professions and went on to work with palaces of culture and independent teams since 1990.[5]
Acting
Because of Desouky's knowledge of acting cadres technically adopted by acting professors at the Academy of Arts and the University of Alexandria, and they attached him to many workshops and acting competitions, Sharif entered competitions in the General Authority of Cultural Palaces. He gain experience from his father in addition to his students at the hands of the Egyptian director Youssef Chahine and attending workshops and representative courses in Egypt, Qatar, Germany and Austria.[5]