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Hisham Tawfiq Biography
Birth Place:
New York, New York, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Served in the United States Marine Corps from 1990 to 1995, and took place in Operation Desert Storm
- Worked as a professional jazz and West African dancer after high school
- Became a firefighter for the FDNY in Harlem in 1996 and worked there for nearly 20 years while pursuing his acting career
- Performed the role of Walter Lee in an Arkansas Repertory Theatre production of A Raisin in the Sun in 2011