Name: Ahmed Zaki Abdul-Rahman
Birth Date: 11/18/1949
Biography: Ahmed Zaki was born in Al Zaqazeeq in Egypt, on the 18th of November 1949, as the only child. He was also orphaned when his father died shortly after his birth. With his mother remarrying, Zaki was raised by his grandfather. After finishing prep school, Ahmed Zaki entered technical school and was going to become a blacksmith. Showing great interest in theater and acting while at technical school, the principal who was a theater lover encouraged him to act in school plays. One day there was a school show and many actors from Cairo were invited to watch it, after the show they met him and advised him to apply for the theater academy.

Working off the advice of others, Zaki entered the academy. He was fortunate enough to have gotten a real start while still a student, when he performed in the play "Hello Shalaby," his very first role in his career as an actor. Graduating at the top of his class, outshining colleagues and peers in a way that become common throughout his life, he left the academy in 1973. Zaki started getting bigger roles, playing in some of the most successful plays in Egypt. Some of these plays were "Madraset El Mushaghbeen". He furthered his career by playing in "Awladna fi London," and "El 'Eyal Kibret."

From the stage Zaki made the logical and highly successful step to television, playing in many popular TV series and films such as "Al Ayam," in the role of the renowned writer and thinker Taha Hussein, "Howa wa Hiyya" with Souad Hosny, "Nahr Al Malh," "Ana La Akzib wa Lakinee Attagammal," and "Al Raggol Alladhi Faqad Dhakirataho Marratayn."

It should be noted that Zaki has contributed over 60 movies to the Egyptian cinema in less than 20 years. Playing a multitude of characters that varied from a thief to a gangster, from a politician to a president.

Ahmed Zaki married his colleague actress Hala Fouad who died of cancer. He has only one son Haitham.