Amr Waked
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
Films
| 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
- "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
- 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
- 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
- ↑ Patel, Anhoni (10 December 2005). Syriana - A Jigsaw Puzzle. San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfstation.com/syriana-a1623. 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. http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008080413514. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
Other websites
- Amr Waked on IMDb
- Carlo Coppola, Anche l’attore Amr Waked sulle barricate del Cairo per la libertà, lsdmagazine.com (Italian)