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Born:
1961-02-18

Birthplace:
Cairo, Egypt

Credits:
42 Total Roles

Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

Acting

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Biography

Zaki Abdel Wahab (February 18, 1961 - March 20, 2022) was an Egyptian actor and film director. He was the son of renowned Egyptian singer Laila Mourad and director Fatin Abdel Wahab. He graduated from the Directing Department of the Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema in 1983.

Abdel Wahab worked as a second assistant director in the movie People on the Top (1981) and as an assistant director in many of Youssef Chahine's films, including The Sixth Day (1986), in which he made his debut as an actor. He also acted in Alexandria Again and Forever (1989), I Love Cinema (2004), and starred in Yousry Nasrallah's Mercedes (1993). In 1996, Zaki directed his feature film Romantica, which was a biography of his life. He was the location manager of American films and miniseries shot in Egypt such as Mysteries of Egypt (1998) and The Mummy Returns (2001).

Zaki married actress Soad Hosny in 1981 after she separated from the film director Ali Badrakhan. However, they separated after only a few months of marriage, and he stated in more than one interview that the reason was his mother's opposition. He died in 2022 after a battle with lung cancer.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2022 The Spider MOVIE Self
2021 COVID-25 TV Salah Saeed
2021 Bayn El Samaa W El Ard TV Self
2020 The End TV Head Commander
2018 Ayoub TV Self
2018 Rahim TV Self
2018 Karma's Curse TV Self
2018 Ayoub TV Baheer Rasheed
2017 The Flood TV Self
2017 Between Two Worlds TV Self

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