Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

1961-02-18 – 2022-03-20 (age 61) Cairo, Egypt
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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.

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Known For

Cactus Flower
Cactus Flower

2017

as Mourad Helmy

The Spider
Alexandria Again and Forever
Mercedes
Mercedes

1993

as Nubi

The Sixth Day
The City
The City

1999

as The Director / Tifa

Hadeed
Sins of the Flesh
Sins of the Flesh

2016

as مراد

El Fagommi
A Whole One
Summer Thefts
Summer Thefts

1988

as Pasha

No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed
No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed

2017

as لطيف - زوج ثريا

I Love Cinema
Suicidal Notions