Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1961-02-18

Deathday 2022-03-20 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Cairo, Egypt

Also Known As Zaky Fateen Abdel Wahab, Zaky Abdel Wahab , Zaki Abdel Wahab, Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab, زكي فطين عبد الوهاب

Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

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.

Known For

Actor

2021
COVID-25

as Salah Saeed

2020
The End

as Head Commander

2018
2018
2017
No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed

as لطيف - زوج ثريا

2017
Cactus Flower

as Mourad Helmy

2016
Sins of the Flesh

as مراد

2016
Birth Certificate

as اللواء جلال ضياء الدين

2014
1999
The City

as The Director / Tifa

1993
Mercedes

as Nubi

1988
Summer Thefts

as Pasha

Director

1996
Romantica

as Director

1986
The Sixth Day

as Assistant Director

1984
Streets of Fire

as Assistant Director

Writer

1996
Romantica

as Writer

Crew

2012
Third party

as Actor's Assistant