Biography: Sayed Mustafa (1952–2021)

Profile

• Name: Sayed Mustafa
• Profession: Egyptian actor known for supporting roles in cinema and television (supporting roles = non-leading roles that enrich the story and often portray key background characters)
• Date of Birth: January 1, 1952
• Date of Death: June 19, 2021

Early Life and Career

• He stated that he began acting at the age of five, appearing in the film They Made Me a Criminal (Ja'aluni Mujriman) — a classic Egyptian crime drama.
• His intensive artistic activity took off in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He became a prominent presence in Egyptian television drama throughout the 1980s and 1990s, often cast as officers, officials, and civil servants.
• He was renowned for his prolific screen appearances and the wide range of secondary characters he portrayed, making him a familiar face to Egyptian drama audiences for many years. Over his career, he performed supporting roles in more than 500 film and TV productions.