Haitham Ahmed Zaki

Haitham Ahmed Zaki (Arabic: هيثم أحمد زكي‎) (4 April 1984 – 7 November 2019), also known as Haitham Zaki (Arabic: هيثم زكي‎), was an Egyptian male actor who predominantly worked in Egyptian cinema.

Haitham Ahmed Zaki
Born
Haitham Ahmed Zaki Abdelrahman
هيثم أحمد زكي عبد الرحمن

(1984-04-04)4 April 1984
Cairo, Egypt
Died7 November 2019(2019-11-07) (aged 35)
Sheikh Zayed City, Giza, Egypt[1]
OccupationActor
Years active2005–2019
Parent(s)Ahmed Zaki (father)
Hala Fouad (mother)

Biography

He was the son of veteran actors Ahmed Zaki and Hala Fouad. He died on 7 November 2019 in his apartment at the age of 35 due to sudden circulatory collapse.[2][3][4]

Career

He followed in his parents' footsteps and joined the film industry at the age of 22. He made his film acting debut in 2006 for the film Halim. He was roped in to fill the scenes and to play the male lead in the film Halim on behalf of his father Ahmed Zaki, who eventually died in 2005 during the shooting of the film.[2] He also notably won the Best Egyptian Male Actor award for his performance in the 2011 film Dawaran Shobra.

Death

On 7 November 2019, he died in his apartment in Sheikh Zayed City at the age of 35 due to sudden circulatory collapse, a large amount of seawater was found near his body.

Filmography

Film
  • Halim (2006)
  • Elbelyatsho 2007
  • Kaf Alqamar 2011
  • Dawaran Shobra (2011)
  • Sukkar Mor (2015)
  • The Treasure (2017)
  • The Treasure 2 (2019)

TV series
  • Al Sabaa Wasaya (2014)
  • Kalabsh (2018)
  • Alamet Estefham (2019)

References
  1. "The death of the artist Haitham Ahmed Zaki, with a sharp drop in the circulatory system" وفاة الفنان هيثم أحمد زكي بهبوط حاد فى الدورة الدموية - اليوم السابع. www.youm7.com. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. "Actor Haitham, son of film star Ahmed Zaki, dies at 35". EgyptToday. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  3. "وفاة الفنان هيثم أحمد زكي عن عمر يناهز 35 عاما". العين الإخبارية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  4. admin (2019-11-07). "The death of the Egyptian artist Haitham Ahmed Zaki revealed the reason". MbS News. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
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