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Amr Waked

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Amr Waked (Arabic: عمرو واكد Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʕɑm.ɾe.wæːked]; born (1973-04-12)April 12, 1973) is an Egyptian film, television and stage actor. He is best known to international audiences and in Hollywood for his role in the 2005 film Syriana. Other prominent roles include a Yemeni sheikh called Muhammad in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Pierre Del Rio in Luc Besson's Lucy and Farouk Hassan in Ramy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amr Waked has received more than 1,064,751 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Amr Waked is the 5,230th most popular actor (down from 4,470th in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 464th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Egyptian Actor.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Amr Waked ranks 5,230 out of 13,578Before him are Lyubov Polishchuk, Sarah Biasini, Jules Berry, Tor Johnson, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Iko Uwais. After him are Nina Andrycz, Bill Smitrovich, Michael Rapaport, Lidiya Vertinskaya, Jason Gray-Stanford, and Jack Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Amr Waked ranks 194Before him are Vikash Dhorasoo, Loris Capirossi, Natasha Korolyova, Johan Micoud, Brittany Andrews, and John Dolmayan. After him are Cédric Villani, Milorad Mažić, Victoria Zdrok, Lene Nystrøm, Kevin McKidd, and Mark Shuttleworth.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Amr Waked ranks 522 out of 642Before him are Mahmud Taymur (1894), H. A. R. Gibb (1895), Hesham Qandil (1962), Mike Beuttler (1940), Mustafa Mansour (1914), and Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892). After him are Bahaa Taher (1935), Magdi Allam (1952), Zakaria Goneim (1905), Pope Celadion of Alexandria (100), Leila Ahmed (1940), and Farid Simaika (1907).

Among ACTORS In Egypt

Among actors born in Egypt, Amr Waked ranks 14Before him are Zubaida Tharwat (1940), Taheyya Kariokka (1915), Georges Guétary (1915), Julian Fellowes (1949), Nadia Gamal (1937), and Naima Akef (1929). After him are Mena Massoud (1991), and Donia Samir Ghanem (1985).

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