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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.


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Born:
Feb 18, 1961 In Cairo, Egypt
Movie/TV Credits:
38
First Appeared:
In the movie The Sixth Day 1986-09-29
Latest Project:
Series Ayoub 2025
Known For
Filmography
Series Ayoub Baheer Rasheed 2025
Movie The Spider Unknown 2022-05-03
Series Bayn El Samaa W El Ard Unknown 2021-04-12
Series COVID-25 Salah Saeed 2021-04-28
Series The End Head Commander 2020-04-25
Series Rahim Unknown 2018-05-17
Series Karma's Curse Unknown 2018-05-17
Series Ayoub Unknown 2018-05-17
Movie Cactus Flower Mourad Helmy 2017-01-28
Movie No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed لطيف - زوج ثريا 2017-03-15
Series The Sun Will Never Set Unknown 2017-05-27
Series The Flood Unknown 2017-10-14
Series Red Sulfur Unknown 2016-02-10
Movie Sins of the Flesh مراد 2016-03-29
Series Birth Certificate اللواء جلال ضياء الدين 2016-06-06
Movie Suicidal Notions Unknown 2016-11-17
Series Above Suspicion Unknown 2016-06-06
Series Esteefa Unknown 2015-06-19
Series Adam's Apple Unknown 2014-06-22
Movie Hadeed Unknown 2014-10-30
Series Temporary Name Unknown 2013-07-10
Series The Oracle Unknown 2013-07-01
Series The Second Wife Unknown 2013-07-10
Series The Thug Unknown 2012-07-20
Movie El Fagommi Unknown 2011-06-01
Series Shubra Rotation Unknown 2011-08-01
Movie A Whole One Unknown 2011-12-11
Series Citizen X Unknown 2011-08-01
Series Soft Life Unknown 2010-08-11
Series The People of Cairo Unknown 2010-08-11
Movie I Love Cinema Unknown 2004-06-09
Movie Violence and Sarcasm Unknown 2003-07-23
Movie Silence... We're Rolling Unknown 2001-10-06
Movie The City The Director / Tifa 1999-08-01
Movie Mercedes Nubi 1993-11-15
Movie Alexandria Again and Forever Guindi 1989-12-04
Movie Summer Thefts Pasha 1988-10-10
Movie The Sixth Day Unknown 1986-09-29