
Amr Waked
Amr Waked was born in Cairo, Egypt on 12 April 1973. He studied economics and theatre in the American University in Cairo. In his early experience as an actor Amr joined the Temple Theatre Troop in 1994, and Yaaru Theatre Troop in 1999, where he trained and developed his tools as a stage performer. With his experience onstage, Waked managed to film his first role on the big screen in 1998 when he joined Ossama Fawzy's of "Gannet El Shayateen". Waked's award winning performance paved his way to become a popular actor famous for his gravity and vast range. In 2003, Waked joined Stephen Gegan's cast of Syriana, which was his first appearance in an international film. His performance was acclaimed and presented him with other opportunities in international productions, like House Of Saddam and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen. In 2005, Amr co-established "zad communication & production llc" to begin his experience as a producer. The communication agency and production house was to focus on developmental and social issues in Egypt and the Middle East. In 2012, zad produced its first feature film "Winter Of Discontent", directed by Ibrahim El Batout, which opened in the 69th Venice Film Festival in 2012.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.103 |
Birthday | 1970-08-07 |
Place of Birth | Cairo, Egypt |
Also Known As |

2005

Syriana
6.418/1376
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer...
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Syriana

2004

From First Sight
0/0
Akram is a perfectionist wedding photographer who dreams of finding Miss Right. He indeed finds her in the unlikeliest of places: her wedding ceremony...
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From First Sight

2011

The Father and the Foreigner
6.5/2
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The Father and the Foreigner

2003

Sleepless Nights
6.6/32
A social romance that portrays the lives of 4 married couples who are friends. As they gather to celebrate the birthday of the daughter of one of them...
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Sleepless Nights

2012

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
6.435/886
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an...
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

2009

Ibrahim El-Abyad
7.4/31
After witnessing the murder of his father as a child, Ibrahim is drawn into the criminal underworld of Egypt. While making a name for himself with hi...
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Ibrahim El-Abyad

2009

Al Moshtabah
0/0
Embodies the artist Amr Waked in his new film [suspected Zero] characters twins, one a prosecutor, and the other a businessman, and the film is set in...
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Al Moshtabah

2004

Tito
7.5/22
Tito is the second installment in the new-wave Egyptian action movies. After Mafia by Sherif Arafa, which was a breakthrough in Egyptian cinema making...
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Tito

2004

Best Times
7.6/19
Ahla el-Awqat (The Best of Times) tells the story of a successful middle-aged woman (Salma, played by Hanan Tork) who is left to live with her step fa...
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Best Times

2013

Winter of Discontent
6.2/5
Amr is a 35 year old man who wakes up one day to a very different Egypt. Amr rarely leaves home as he works from his place designing software. It is J...
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Winter of Discontent

2003

The Fish Tail
5.5/4
Ahmed Al-Morsi Owais is a young man who has a technical diploma. A lover of poetry, he searches for a job until he eventually finds one as a conductor...
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The Fish Tail

2011

18 Days
6.9/18
10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagin...
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18 Days

2014

Lucy
6.457/16199
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
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Lucy

1999

Fallen Angels' Paradise
5.8/8
Tabel abandons his luxurious family life in favor of a bohemian life with his eccentric marginalized friends. When Tabel dies, his daughter attempts t...
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Fallen Angels' Paradise

2008

The Aquarium
6.7/11
Youssef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the careerist host of a late night radio call-in show. These t...
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The Aquarium

2003

A matter of principle
0/0
The events revolve around a representative in Parliament who represents one of the constituencies in Upper Egypt. He was able to achieve great success...
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A matter of principle

2014

Colt 45
5.639/165
Vincent Miles, a gunsmith and shooting instructor at the National Police, is an expert in combat shooting who stubbornly refuses to join a field briga...
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Colt 45

2022

The Builders of the Alhambra
7/6
Kingdom of Granada, al-Andalus, 14th century. After recognizing that his land, always under siege, is hopelessly doomed to be conquered, Sultan Yusuf...
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The Builders of the Alhambra

2017

Monkey Talks
5.2/10
Two magician brothers, Taha and Rashad El-Shenawy, prepare to pull off a magic trick to free their wrongfully imprisoned father.
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Monkey Talks

2008

The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
6.8/8
After Tom Hurndall is shot in the head in Gaza, his parents Anthony and Jocelyn arrive in Israel wanting to know how it could have happened. They expe...
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The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall

2009

The Traveller
8/2
Love, passion, responsibility and loss follow a man over the course of half a century in this powerful drama from Egypt. In 1948, Hassan is working hi...
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The Traveller

2005

The Blood of the Innocent
6/11
The unemployed Reda develops feelings for his neighbor Hanan who runs away and lives with an aristocratic lady for whom she works, leaving Reda to get...
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The Blood of the Innocent

2014

El ott
5.5/6
When Al-Ott learns that a group of his neighborhood's children was kidnapped as a part of an organ-trafficking scheme, he kills one of Master Fathy's...
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El ott

2017

Geostorm
6.1/4864
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellit...
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Geostorm

2004

Talking About Love
5.667/3
(Nahid) is a waitress from an average family,after she gets divorced,she tries to overcome her loneliness by looking for a new love. Her colleague (Sa...
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Talking About Love

2004

You Leave and I'll leave
4/3
Farid travels abroad on a surprise mission, leaving his two children, a child and a child in a villa, in the care of two young men, Karim and Halim. T...
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You Leave and I'll leave

2004

Auntie Faransa
5.1/11
Batta and Wezza are two siblings living with their aunt Faransa at a local neighborhood as the latter works as a hired mourner. Batta accepts to pursu...
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Auntie Faransa

2001

Friends or Business
5/4
Karim Nour and Tarek Al-Seyoufy are two successful TV hosts whose shows attract many viewers, which gradually turns them into rivals. When the channel...
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Friends or Business

2001

Li Li
6/1
Sheikh Abdul-Al, the imam of Al-Shobokshi Mosque in Al-Batiniyya. The drug trafficker, which is home to a group of traders and drug dealers, is surrou...
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Li Li

2017

Writing on Snow
0/0
The film discusses different ideologies in terms of religion, geography and intellect reflected as well in the current rifts between different parts o...
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Writing on Snow

2011

Contagion
6.642/6148
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control t...
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Contagion

2022

Under Spanish Skies
0/0
After the death of her husband, a reclusive artist invites lifelong friends to her farm in Spain and reveals a shocking plan. Before the weekend ends,...
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Under Spanish Skies

2020

Wonder Woman 1984
6.415/8557
A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy.
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Wonder Woman 1984

2022

Superwho?
6.36/502
A struggling actor seems doomed to live life as a loser. When he finally snatches a lead role as a superhero named “Badman,” he feels like everything...
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Superwho?

2024

Firebrand
6.4/97
Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and parano...
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Pieces of a Foreign Life
0/0
Woman flees war-torn Syria, leaving family behind. Seeking asylum in Bordeaux, she meets French lawyer who helps her rebuild life. Unexpected relation...
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Urchin
0/0
Mike, a rough sleeper in London, trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Raw and absurd, the film is a story ab...
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Urchin

2006

Private Affairs
0/0
Three friends have different lifestyles dictated by their different professions; George is a French-language teacher, Ahmed works at the stock market,...
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