Amr Waked

Amr Waked
Waked in doha film festival, 2009
Born (1973-04-13) April 13, 1973 (age 51)
Cairo, Egypt Egypt
Alma materAmerican University in Cairo
OccupationActor
Years active1999 - present
Notable workSyriana
Lucy
House of Saddam

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.

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

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

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Amr Waked bio". lahazat-harega.com. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  3. ↑ 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.

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