Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
Born: 1961-02-18 in Cairo, Egypt
Died: 2022-03-20
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
2021
- COVID-25 as Salah Saeed
- Bayn El Samaa W El Ard
2020
- The End as Head Commander
2018
- Ayoub
- Rahim
- Ayoub as Baheer Rasheed
- Karma's Curse
2017
- No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed as لطيف - زوج ثريا
- The Flood
- Between Two Worlds
- The Sun Will Never Set
- Cactus Flower as Mourad Helmy
2016
- Above Suspicion
- Red Sulfur
- Sins of the Flesh as مراد
- Birth Certificate as اللواء جلال ضياء الدين
- Suicidal Notions
2015
- Esteefa as ماجد رستم
2014
2012
- Third party ... (Actor's Assistant)
- The Thug
- Taraf Talet as الشيمي
2004
2003
1999
- The City as The Director / Tifa
1996
- Romantica ... (Director)
1993
- Mercedes as Nubi
1989
- Alexandria Again and Forever as Guindi
1988
- Summer Thefts as Pasha
1986
1984
- Streets of Fire ... (Assistant Director)