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Born:
1960-12-31

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Credits:
8 Total Roles

Wafik Al Zaeem

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Biography

Wafik Al Zaeem is a Syrian actor from the city of Hammah, born in 1960. Throughout his career, Al Zaeem has worked mainly in television and radio series, including An Alley that Time Forgot, Algury's Alley. Wafik's breakthrough role was of Abu Hatim in the first five seasons of the famous Syrian television series The Alley Gate. Due to suffering from cancer, Wafik wasn't able to continue shooting his scenes in the rest of the series' seasons. Al Zaeem also wrote for television once in the series The Leader in 2011. He died of liver cancer on the 15th of March, 2014 at the age of 59.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2011 The Leader TV داغر
2008 الحوت TV Self
2008 Hasiba MOVIE Self
2007 كوم الحجر TV Self
2006 Bab Al-Hara TV أبو حاتم
2001 Al-Jouri Neighborhood TV حسني / الحلاق
1999 Public Auction TV Self
1994 Hammam AlQishani TV Self

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