Amr Waked
Amr Waked was born in Cairo, Egypt on April 12th, 1973 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 51, Amr Waked biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Amr Waked (born April 12, 1973) is an Egyptian film, television, and stage actor.
He is best known to international audiences and Hollywood for his role in the 2005 film Syriana.
He appeared in two other roles, including in Luc Besson's Lucy, as a Yemeni Sheikh named Muhammad.
Waked has been sentenced to eight years in prison for broadcasting fake information and debasing state agencies; therefore, he has no intention of returning to Egypt.
Since October 2017, he has been living in Spain.
Career
Ashab wallah's first big role was (2002) (Are we friends or just a company). 'He portrayed the role of "Gehad" so well that many viewers left the theater believing he was actually a Palestinian actor rather than Egyptian. Ahmed played in Deil el Samaka (The Fish's Tail) in 2003, and he appeared in the film Syriana in 2005, for which he received a 'Special Award for Arabs' at the Cairo International Film Festival in 2006. Waked was cast member of Egyptian television series Lahazat Harega (Critical Moments) in 2007, shooting 32 episodes for season one.
Waked appeared in the BBC/HBO television series House of Saddam Hussein to play Hussein Kamel's son-in-law. Waked, an Israeli actor named Saddam Hussein, was disciplined by Egypt's Actors Union for opposing Israel's normalization of relations. The union has threatened to exclude him from any new projects in Egypt. Supporters of the Palestinian cause also condemned Waked for appearing in the Wonder Woman 1984 film starring Israeli actress and former IDF soldier Gal Gadot.
Waked co-hosted the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival in 2009, and he returned to Lahazat Harega in 2010. Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in the 2011 film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen with Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, and Kristin Scott Thomas. Morgan Freeman and Scarlett Johansson co-starred in Lucy, as well as Emma and Scarlett Johansson. He moved to Spain in 2017 and was sentenced to eight years in jail for making pro-democracy remarks on social media. Waked is unable to return to Egypt as a result of these allegations.
Waked has been playing the father of main character Ramy Hassan on the Hulu series Ramy since 2019.