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.
Acting
Movie
I Love Cinema
2004
TV
The End
as Head Commander
2020
Movie
Alexandria Again and Forever
as Guindi
1989
Movie
Mercedes
as Nubi
1993
Movie
The Sixth Day
1986
Movie
Sins of the Flesh
as مراد
2016
Movie
The City
as The Director / Tifa
1999
Movie
Silence... We're Rolling
2001
Movie
The Spider
2022
Movie
Cactus Flower
as Mourad Helmy
2017
Movie
Summer Thefts
as Pasha
1988
TV
The Sun Will Never Set
2017
Movie
A Whole One
2011
TV
Bayn El Samaa W El Ard
2021
TV
Ayoub
2018
TV
The Oracle
2013
TV
Citizen X
2011
TV
The Flood
2017
TV
Above Suspicion
2016
TV
Rahim
2018
TV
The People of Cairo
2010
Movie
El Fagommi
2011
Movie
Violence and Sarcasm
2003
Movie
No Trespassing or Cameras Allowed
as لطيف - زوج ثريا
2017
