Amr Waked
Egyptian actor
Amr Waked (Egyptian Arabic: عمرو واكد; born April 12, 1973) is an Egyptian film and television actor. He is also a stage actor. Many people know him internationally because of his role in the 2005 film Syriana.[1] He had some other notable roles. Another one of his roles is a Yemeni Sheikh called Muhammad in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
Amr Waked | |
|---|---|
 Waked in doha film festival, 2009 | |
| Born | April 13, 1973 |
| Alma mater | American University in Cairo |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999 - present |
| Notable work | Syriana Lucy House of Saddam |
Filmography
changeFilms
change| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Gannat al shayateen (The Paradise of the Fallen Angels) |
Nona | |
| 2001 | Li li | Shiekh Abdel Al | |
| 2001 | Ashab wala business (Are we friends or just a business ) |
Gihad | |
| 2003 | Men nazret ain (At First Sight) |
Akram | |
| 2003 | Dail el samakah (The Fish Tail) |
Ahmed | |
| 2003 | Sahar el layaly (staying up nights) |
(Voice) | |
| 2004 | Ahla al awkat (Best Times) |
Hisham | |
| 2004 | Khalty Faransa ( My aunt France) |
Yousif | |
| 2004 | Tito | Faris | |
| 2004 | Sib wana Aseeb (Loose and I'll loose) |
Kariem | |
| 2005 | Kalam fel hob (Talking about love) |
Hassan | |
| 2005 | Dam el ghazal (The Gazelle's Blood) |
Atef | |
| 2005 | Syriana | ||
| 2008 | Genenet al asmak (The Aquarium) |
Yousif El nady | |
| 2009 | Ibrahim labyad (Ibrahim the white) |
Ashry | |
| 2009 | The Traveller | ||
| 2010 | Il padre e lo straniero (the father and the stranger) |
Walid | |
| 2010 | Alf Leila We Leila (One Thousand and One Nights) |
Meg Windermere | |
| 2011 | Contagion | Rafik | |
| 2012 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | ||
| 2012 | Winter of Discontent | Amr | |
| 2014 | El Ott The cat | ||
| 2014 | Lucy | Pierre Del Rio | |
| 2014 | The Blue Mauritius | ||
| 2017 | Geostorm | Dussette |
Television
change- "Lahazat Harega" "Critical Moments, Season One"[2] (32+ episodes, 2007)
- House of Saddam[3] (3 episodes, 2008)
- The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (2008)
- "Lahazat Harega" "Critical Moments, Season Two"[2] (32+ episodes, 2010)
- Abwab el khoof (2011)
- Awlaad Al-Shaware'a
- Spiral (season 4) (2012)
- Flight of the Storks (2013)
- Marco Polo (TV series) (2014)
- Riviera (TV series) (2017)
Theater
change- 1992, Afareet Hamza We Fatma
- 1992, Vinegar Tom
- 1993, Crimes Of The Heart
- 1993, Al Ghaba Al Saeeda
- 1994, Tales From Agabad
- 1994, Compass Berserk
- 1994, The Bus
- 1995, Oedipus The President
- 2000, Al Ze'ab Yohaddid Al Madinah
- 2002, Shabab Rewish Tahn
Awards and nominations
change- 1999, won 'Film Writers and Critics Special Award' at Alexandria International Film Festival
- 1999, won 'Best Supporting Actor' award at Alexandria International Film Festival for Gannat al shayateen[2]
- 2003, won 'Best Actor' award at Alexandria International Film Festival for Dail el samakah[2]
- 2006, won 'Special Award for Arabs in The International Cinema' at Cairo International Film Festival for Syriana
- 2006, won 'Horus Award' for 'Best Supporting Actor' at Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema for Dam el ghazal
- 2010, won 'Best Supporting Actor' at Dear Guest Festival for Ibrahim Labyad
- 2010, won "Best Actor for Second Role" at Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema for Ibrahim Labyad
- 2013, won "best actor" at Dubai Film Festival for the Egyptian movie Winter of Discontent
References
change- ↑ Patel, Anhoni (10 December 2005). "Syriana - A Jigsaw Puzzle". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Amr Waked bio". lahazat-harega.com. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
- ↑ Tarbush, Susannah (21 April 2010). "'House of Saddam' brings Saddam's complexities to the small screen". Saudi Gazette. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
Other websites
change- Amr Waked on IMDb
- Carlo Coppola, Anche l’attore Amr Waked sulle barricate del Cairo per la libertà, lsdmagazine.com (Italian)