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_. He had some other notable roles. Another one of his roles is a Yemeni Sheikh called Muhammad in _Salmon Fishing in the Yemen._

### Films

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|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"_ (32+ episodes, 2007)
- _House of Saddam_ (3 episodes, 2008)
- _The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall_ (2008)
- "Lahazat Harega" _"Critical Moments, Season Two"_ (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_
- 2003, won 'Best Actor' award at Alexandria International Film Festival for _Dail el samakah_
- 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_

## Other websites

- Carlo Coppola, Anche l’attore Amr Waked sulle barricate del Cairo per la libertà, lsdmagazine.com (Italian)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Amr Waked
- **image**: Amr Waked.jpg
- **caption**: Waked in doha film festival, 2009
- **birth place**: Cairo, Egypt
- **alma mater**: American University in Cairo
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1999 - present
- **notable works**: Syriana
  Lucy (2014 film), Lucy
 House of Saddam