Amr Waked
Biography
Amr Waked is an Egyptian actor who built his career in his home country before finding international recognition. Born in Faqous on April 12, 1973, he took his first major role in Ashab wallah business (2002), then led Deil el Samaka (The Fish's Tail) (2003) as Ahmed. His breakthrough came with Syriana (2005), playing opposite George Clooney, which brought him a special Cairo International Film Festival award for Arabs in international cinema in 2006. He later appeared as a Yemeni sheikh in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) and as Pierre Del Rio in Lucy (2014), and he has played Farouk Hassan in the television series Ramy since 2019. Other credits include the series House of Saddam and Lahazat Harega, and he hosted the web series Decoded, which won a Telly Award in 2022. He also appeared in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).
53years old
Turns 54 on April 12in 183 days
- Born Faqous
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 21 years2004 to 2025
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First role
Waked's first major role came in the 2002 film Ashab wallah business, as Gehad. Reviewers said his performance was so good that audiences exiting the theater thought he was a Palestinian actor, not an Egyptian one.
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