Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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El Fagommi | 2011 | |
The Spider | 2022 | |
I Love Cinema | 2004 | |
Violence and Sarcasm | 2003 | |
The Sixth Day | 1986 | |
Cactus Flower | Mourad Helmy | 2017 |
Hadeed | 2014 | |
The City | The Director / Tifa | 1999 |
Suicidal Notions | 2016 | |
Sins of the Flesh | مراد | 2016 |
Mercedes | Nubi | 1993 |
Alexandria Again and Forever | Guindi | 1989 |
A Whole One | 2011 | |
Summer Thefts | Pasha | 1988 |
Silence... We're Rolling | 2001 | |
No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed | لطيف - زوج ثريا | 2017 | Series | Cast | Year |
Soft Life | 2010 | |
COVID-25 | Salah Saeed | 2021 |
Red Sulfur | 2016 | |
Bayn El Samaa W El Ard | 2021 | |
Ayoub | 2018 | |
The Sun Will Never Set | 2017 | |
The Oracle | 2013 | |
Above Suspicion | 2016 | |
Esteefa | 2015 | |
Rahim | 2018 | |
Citizen X | 2011 | |
The People of Cairo | 2010 | |
Adam's Apple | 2014 | |
Birth Certificate | اللواء جلال ضياء الدين | 2016 |
Karma's Curse | 2018 | |
The Flood | 2017 | |
The Second Wife | 2013 | |
Temporary Name | 2013 | |
The End | Head Commander | 2020 |
The Thug | 2012 | |
Shubra Rotation | 2011 | |
Ayoub | Baheer Rasheed | 1970 |