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Zahi Hawass
Actor, ProducerBorn May 28, 1947 (77 years)
Zahi Hawass (Arabic: زاهي حواس; born May 28, 1947) is an Egyptian archaeologist, an Egyptologist, and former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs. He has also worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert, and the Upper Nile Valley.
Hawass has received widespread publicity internationally, and was the subject of a reality television series in the United States, Chasing Mummies. His views and links to business ventures and the Mubarak regime have engendered controversy. In connection with the awarding of a gift shop contract at the Egyptian Museum and alleged smuggling of antiquities, he was sentenced to a prison term, which was later lifted.
Hawass has received widespread publicity internationally, and was the subject of a reality television series in the United States, Chasing Mummies. His views and links to business ventures and the Mubarak regime have engendered controversy. In connection with the awarding of a gift shop contract at the Egyptian Museum and alleged smuggling of antiquities, he was sentenced to a prison term, which was later lifted.
Filmography
| 2024 | The Crocodile Princess · as Self |
| 2023 | Unknown: The Lost Pyramid · as Self |
| 2023 | Cleopatra: Her Real Story · as Self |
| 2023 | Secrets of Giza · as Self |
| 2022 | Tutankhamun: Allies & Enemies (TV Series) · as Self - Egyptologist |
| 2022 | The secret life of the pharaohs (TV Series) · as Self - Egyptologist And Archaeologist |
| 2022 | Ruud Gullit and the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Tut's Lost City Revealed · as Self - Egyptologist |
| 2022 | Tut: A Century of Secrets · as Self |
| 2022 | Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition · as Self |
| 2021 | Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs · as Self |
| 2020 | Omar Sharif - Aus dem Leben eines Nomaden · as Self - Friend |
| 2019 | Mummies Unwrapped (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live · as Self |
| 2016 | Top 10 Secrets and Mysteries (TV Series) · as Self - Former Minister Of State For Antiquities Affairs |
| 2015 | Das Cheops Projekt · as Self |
| 2015 | Expedition Unknown (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Treasures of Ancient Egypt (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Treasures Decoded (TV Series) · as Self - Giza Archaelogical Director |
| 2011 | Egypt's Lost Cities · as Self |
| 2010 | Chasing Mummies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Riddles of the Sphinx · as Self - Supreme Council Of Antiquities |
| 2010 | Engineering the Impossible: Egypt · as Self - Supreme Council Of Antiquities |
| 2009 | 2012: Startling New Secrets · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Egypt Unwrapped (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Kenny's World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Lost Pyramid · as Self |
| 2008 | Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries · as Self - Host |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Secrets d'histoire (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty · as Self |
| 2007 | Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen · as Self |
| 2007 | Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs · as Self |
| 2007 | Cities of the Underworld (TV Series) · as Self - Secretary General Of Supreme Council Of Antiquities |
| 2006 | Egypt: Engineering an Empire · as Self |
| 2005 | National Geographic: King Tut's Final Secrets · as Himself / Egyptologist |
| 2005 | Digging for the Truth (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Quest for the Lost Pharaoh · as Self |
| 2003 | imagine... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Secrets of the Pyramids · as Self |
| 2002 | Revealed (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Into the Great Pyramid · as Self |
| 2001 | Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire (TV Series) · as Self - Under Secretary Of State, Giza Pyramids |
| 2000 | Private Lives of the Pharaohs (TV Series) · as Self - Director Of The Pyramids |
| 2000 | ZDF-History (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | Secrets of the Dead (TV Series) · as Self - Egyptologist |
| 2000 | Treks in a Wild World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | The Curse of Tutankhamun · as Self - Philosophie Doctor, Director Of Giza Plateau |
| 1998 | Quest For The Lost Civilisation (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Egyptian Pyramids |
| 1998 | History's Mysteries (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Mystery of the Sphinx · as Self |
| 1991 | Secret History (TV Series) · as Self - Former (egyptian) Minister Of State For Antiquities |
| 1990 | Scientific American Frontiers (TV Series) · as Self - Egyptologist |
| 1987 | Unsolved Mysteries (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) · as Self - Excavation Director |
| 1970 | NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (TV Series) · as Self |