Zaki Rostom


Zaki Rostom Zaki Moharram Mahmoud Rostom was an Egyptian actor. A method actor known for portraying intimidating and often asocial villains, Zaki is regarded as an one of the influential and important actors of Egyptian cinema.
Zaki Rostom was born on March 5, 1903 to aristocratic family of prominent position in Egypt, where his father and grandfather were of Egypt, his grand father also served in the Egyptian army. his father was appointed minister in the era of Khedive Ismail, and died when Zaki was still a young boy.
He was brought up by a friend of his father, Mustafa Nageeb, the father of the Egyptian artist Soliman Nageeb, where a strong relationship started between him and some artists of the theater at that time, including fellow actor Abdel Wareth Assar.
His hobby of acting started when he was a student in the baccalaureate; in 1924 he joined the National theater group, and in 1925 joined the Ramses theater group.
Rostom's best known roles include an aristocrat tyrant husband in the Egyptian adaptation of Anna Karenina; River of Love, a powerful brutal landlord in Youssef Chahine's Struggle in the Valley, a bully merchant opposite Farid Shawki in The Tough, and a sneaky drug lord in Pier No. 5.
In his last 10 years of his life he suffered from hearing impairment and severe depression. He lived in isolation and spent his time reading until he suffered a heart attack and died on February 16 of 1972 at the age of 68 years.

Filmography

... a.k.a. The Victims
... a.k.a. Pay for Your Sins
... a.k.a. The Accusation
... a.k.a. Leila, Daughter of the Desert
... a.k.a. The Wanderer
... a.k.a. The Suspect
... a.k.a. I Ruined My House
... a.k.a. This Was My Father's Crime
... a.k.a. Black Market
... a.k.a. Victims of Modernism
... a.k.a. The Father
... a.k.a. Sunset
... a.k.a. I Am the Past
... a.k.a. My Children
... a.k.a. Struggle in the Valley
... a.k.a. The Blazing Sky
... a.k.a. The Blazing Sun
... a.k.a. Love and Tears
... a.k.a. Platform No. 5
... a.k.a. The Tough
... a.k.a. A Woman on the Road
... a.k.a. Angel and Devil
... a.k.a. I Want Love
... a.k.a. The River of Love
... a.k.a. The Sin