Amr Waked عمرو واكد
Biography
Amr Waked is an Egyptian film, television and stage actor. Western audiences best know him for his roles as the terrorist leader in Syriana (2005) opposite George Clooney, Rafik in Soderbergh's Contagion (2011), and as Yemeni Sheikh Muhammad in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)....Read more Waked graduated from the American University in Cairo with a degree in political science. He worked full-time as a stock trader and moonlit as an actor before fully committing to his acting career. He got his break in 2001 with Friends or Business. He got his first lead role in The Fish's Tail in 2003, for which he won a Best Actor award at the Alexandria International Film Festival. The next year, he honored the revolution in his critically acclaimed film "Winter of Discontent" directed by documentary-maker Ibrahim El-Batout.
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- Grand Otel
- 2016 - Series
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- Haret El Sheikh
- 2016 - Series
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- Mannequin
- 2020 - Series
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- Ma3ak Khabar
- 2016 - Program
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- 2020 - Series
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- The Construction of the Alhambra
- 2022 - Movie
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- Under Spanish Skies
- 2022 - Movie
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- Ramy S3
- 2022 - Series
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- 2020 - Series
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- Ramy
- 2019 - Series
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- Al-Hirbaya
- 2017 - Series
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- El-Qerd Beytkalem
- 2017 - Movie
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- Geostorm
- 2017 - Movie
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- Riviera
- 2017 - Series
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- Kitabah Ala Al-Talj
- 2016 - Movie
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- El Ott
- 2015 - Movie
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- Ahl Eskendereya
- 2014 - Series
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- Colt 45
- 2014 - Movie
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- Lucy
- 2014 - Movie
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- Marco Polo
- 2014 - Series
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- Al-Zowga Al-Tanya
- 2013 - Series
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- El Sheta Eli Fat
- 2013 - Movie
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- Hwaka Boat
- 2012 - Series - Sitcom
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- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- 2012 - Movie
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- Qisas alinsan fi alquran
- 2012 - Series
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- Lahazat Harega 3
- 2012 - Series
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- 18 Youm
- 2011 - Movie
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- Abwab el khowf
- 2011 - Series
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- Albernameg
- 2011 - Program
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- The Story of the Revolution
- 2011 - Movie - Short
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- The Father and the Foreigner
- 2010 - Movie
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- Al Gama'a
- 2010 - Series
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- Al-Mosafer
- 2010 - Movie
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- Reesh Na'am
- 2010 - Series
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- Sesame World S2
- 2010 - Series - Mini
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- Ayza Atjawaz
- 2010 - Series
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- Ard Khas
- 2010 - Series
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- Lahazat Harega 2
- 2010 - Series
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- Ibrahim Labyad
- 2009 - Movie
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- Alkandargy
- 2009 - Movie
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- Al Moshtaba
- 2009 - Movie
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- House of Saddam
- 2008 - Series
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- Geneneit el asmak
- 2008 - Movie
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- Lahazat Harega
- 2007 - Series
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- Ashbah almadina
- 2006 - Series
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- Homeless Kids
- 2006 - Series
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- X-Men: The Last Stand
- 2006 - Movie
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- Private Affairs
- 2006 - Movie
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- Kalam Fil Hob
- 2006 - Movie
- (Hassan)
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- Dam Al-Ghazal
- 2005 - Movie
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- Syriana
- 2005 - Movie
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- Naetadhir ean hdha alhulm
- 2005 - Series
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- Ahla El Awqaat
- 2004 - Movie
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- Tito
- 2004 - Movie
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- Khaltiy Faransa
- 2004 - Movie
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- Syb w 'ana 'usib
- 2004 - Movie
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- The Fish Tail
- 2003 - Movie
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- Sahar Al-Laiali
- 2003 - Movie
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- New Day's Sun
- 2003 - Series
- (Salem)
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- Mas'alat mabda
- 2003 - Series
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- Min nazrat ein
- 2003 - Movie
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- Friends or Business
- 2001 - Movie
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- Hadith Al-Sabah wal Masaa'
- 2001 - Series
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- Li Li
- 2001 - Movie - Short
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- Gannet Al-Shayateen
- 1999 - Movie
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- Kuwait Nights 3
- 2017 - Program
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- Elhokm Bad Elmozawla
- 2011 - Program
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- Hussein ElImam Ghost
- 2008 - Program
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- The Flat
- 2007 - Program
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Amr Waked is an Egyptian film, television and stage actor. Western audiences best know him for his roles as the terrorist leader in Syriana (2005) opposite George Clooney, Rafik in...Read more Soderbergh's Contagion (2011), and as Yemeni Sheikh Muhammad in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011). Waked graduated from the American University in Cairo with a degree in political science. He worked full-time as a stock trader and moonlit as an actor before fully committing to his acting career. He got his break in 2001 with Friends or Business. He got his first lead role in The Fish's Tail in 2003, for which he won a Best Actor award at the Alexandria International Film Festival. The next year, he honored the revolution in his critically acclaimed film "Winter of Discontent" directed by documentary-maker Ibrahim El-Batout.
Trivia:
- In 2009, Waked co-hosted the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival.
- Nationality:
- Egypt
- Birth Country:
- Egypt
