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.

Filmography:
1974:
Abna’ el-Samt (Children of Silence, director: Mohamed Radi) Bidour (She’s Lovely as the Moon), director: Nader Galal)
1977:
Sane‘eh el-Nujum (Star Maker, director: Mohammed Radi)
1978:
el-‘Omr Lahtha (Life Is an Instant, director: Mohammed Radi) Wara’ el-Shams (Beyond the Sun, director: Mohammed Radi) Iskanderiyya Leyh? (Alexandria, Why?, director: Youssef Chahine)
1979:
Shefiqa wa Metwalli (Shafiqa and Metwalli, director: Ali Badrakhan)
1980:
Al-Batniyyah (director: Hossameddin Mustafa) Ana La Akthib Wa Lakenni Atagammal (I Don't Lie but I Embellish, director: N? Anglo)
1981:
Uyun la Tanam (Eyes that Never Sleep, director: Rafaat el-Mihi) Maw‘ed ‘Ala al-‘Ashaa’ (A Dinner Date, director: Mohammad Khan) Ta’er ‘Ala el-Tareeq (Bird on the Road, director: Mohammad Khan)
1982:
al-‘Awwama Sabe‘en (Houseboat 70, director: Khayri Beshara) al-Aqdar al-Damiya (Bloody Fates, director: Khayri Beshara)
1983:
al-Ihtiyat Wageb (Playing it safe) director: Ahmad Fouad) Darb el-Hawa (The Alley of Desire, director: Hossameddin Mustafa) al-Mudmen (The Addict, director: Youssef Francis)
1984:
al-Leyla al-Maw‘udah (The Promised Night, director: Yehya el-‘Alami) al-Raqisah Wa al-Tabbal (The Bellydancer and the Drummer, director: Ashraf Fahmi) al-Hobb Fawq Hadabet el-Haram (Love on the Pyramids' Plateau, director: Atef el-Tayyeb) al-Takhsheeba (The Detention Room, director: Atef el-Tayyeb) al-Nimr al-Aswad (The Black Tiger, director: Atef Salem) al-Brins (The Prince, director: Fadel Saleh)
1985:
Sa‘ad el-Yateem (Sa‘ad the Orphan, director: Ashraf Fahmi)
1986:
Shader al-Samak (Fish Market, director: Ali ‘Abdel-Khaleq) al-Baree’ (The Innocent, director: Atef el-Tayyeb) al-Bedayah (The Beginning, director: Salah Abu Seyf)
1987:
Arba‘a fi Muhemma Rasmiyya (Four in an Official Mission, director: Ali ‘Abdel-Khaleq) Zawgat Ragol Muhemm (The Wife of an Important Man, director: Mohammad Khan) al-Beyh al-Bawwab (His Excellency the Porter, director: Hassan Ibrahim)
1989:
Ahlam Hind wa Camilia (Dreams of Hind and Camilia, director: Mohammad Khan) al-Daraga al-Thalitha (Third Class, director: Sherif Arafa) Welad el-Eyh (Songs of Guns, director: Sherif Yehya)
1990:
Imra’a Waheda la Takfi (One Woman is not Enough, director: Ines el-Deghidi) Kaboria (Crab, director: Khayri Beshara) al-Beyda wa al-Hagar (Charlatan, director: Ali ‘Abdel-Khaleq) al-Imbarator (The Emperor, director: Tareq el-‘Eriyan)
1991:
al-Makhtoufa (The Kidnapped, director: Sherif Yehya) al-Huroob (The Escape, director: Atef el-Tayyeb) al-Ra‘ee wa al-Nisa’ (The Shepherd and the Women, director: Ali Badrakhan)
1992:
Dedd el-Hukooma (Against the Government, director: Atef el-Tayyeb)
1993:
Mister Karateh (director: Mohammad Khan) al-Basha (The Pasha, director: Tareq el-‘Eriyan) Sawwaq el-Hanem (The Lady's Driver, director: Hassan Ibrahim)
1995:
al-Ragol al-Thaleth (The Third Man, director: Ali Badrakhan)
1996:
Istakoza (Lobsters, director: Ines el-Deghidi) Hysteria (director: Adel Adeeb) Nasser 56 (director: Mohammed Fadel) Nazwa (Slip, director: Ali Badrakhan)
1997:
Hassan el-Lol (director: Nader Galal) al-Batal (The Hero, director: Magdy Ahmed Ali)
1998:
Edhak el-Soura Tetla‘ Helwa (Smile, the Photo Will be Nice, director: Sherif Arafa)
1999:
Ard el-Khowf (Land of Fear, director: Dauod ‘Abdel-Sayyed)
2001:
Ayyam al-Sadat (Days of Sadat, director: Mohammad Khan)
2003:
Ma‘ali el-Wazeer (His Excellency the Minister, director: Samir Saif), Producer
2001:
Ayyam al-Sadat (Days of Sadat, director: Mohammad Khan)