person

Khaled Abol Naga

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-11-02

Place of Birth

Cairo, Egypt

Khaled Abol Naga

Biography

Kal Naga (aka: Khaled Abol Naga) is a Multi Award-winning Actor, Producer, and Director from Egypt, based in California. He is a well-established movie star in the middle-east and considered one of the top talents of his generation, his work extends from Film, TV, to Theatre, and Radio and TV hosting. He has been a lead in feature films since his first lead role in "A Citizen, An Informant & A Thief" by Egyptian acclaimed director Daoud Abdel Sayed in 2001. As an actor he collected numerous Best Actor Awards from his home country Egypt, European & International Film Festivals since 2001, culminating in a historic winning of ALL-important Best Actor Awards offered in his home country Egypt in 2014 (Egypt's National Film Festival, Film Society Festival for Egyptian Cinema, The Catholic Centre festival for Egyptian Cinema) for his critically acclaimed portrayal of a terminally ill older man: Hussein in "Villa 69". In the same year, Naga won The Best Actor Award (Silver Pyramid) from the prestigious Cairo International Film Festival CIFF for his role as a Palestinian father searching for his daughter in the Palestinian Oscar's submission "Eyes of a thief" (Lead Actor), as well as other several regional awards for "Villa 69" including the Best Actor Award from Festival Cinema Africain Khouribga, Morocco. Naga's English speaking work started gaining momentum since he moved to California in 2017, where he appeared in the main role (Al Kady) in the Fox TV show "Tyrant", then his enigmatic appearance in the BBC TV mini-series "The Last Post", to a much-celebrated guest-star appearance in The History Channel TV show "Vikings" season 5 in 2019 In a film festival in 2016 celebrating Arabic film submissions to the Oscars, he was honored for being the most submitted actor in Arabic film submissions to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (The Oscars). He is often tagged in western media as Egypt's "Brad Pitt" for his many career similarities with the latter, Also tagged as the next "Omar Sharif" especially after his American debut movie Civic Duty in 2007, he was also tagged as "Egypt's International treasure" for his unprecedented courage advocating for freedom & standing up against injustice in his home country Egypt, He also has a very celebrated and successful career across the Middle-east TV networks as a TV & radio host in prime-time shows from 1997 till 2005. Famous for his unexpected yet smart choices of scripts & roles, Naga created a vast & diverse filmography with unprecedented wide acclaim from critics & audiences throughout the Arab & international film societies creating a unique phenomenon in his generation of actors, almost all of his films have an "exportable" nature to other cultures. He created special attention to his choices and subtle yet deep performances. Naga as a Producer since 2009, created with others a new wave of possibilities in the Egyptian independent film industry, from co-producing "Heliopolis" 2009 which went on to feature in over a dozen festivals, to the revolutionary production of "Microphone" 2010 in which a new generation of photography DSLR cameras were used, He is among a leading "iTeam Cairo" that is becoming a seed of to help indie filmmakers. He was appointed as a UNICEF UN Goodwill Ambassador in Egypt 2007 till 2015.

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Civic Duty

Apr 26, 2006

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One-Zero

Mar 04, 2009

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Italia's War

Jul 27, 2005

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Sleepless Nights

Jul 16, 2003

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Girl's Love

Jan 14, 2004

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Stray Cats

Jan 08, 2005

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The Long Nights

Mar 20, 1967

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Why Did You Make Me Love You?

Dec 27, 2000

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Rendez-Vous

Mar 05, 2001

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The Unknown Sweet Potato Seller

Jan 01, 2016

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Downtown Girls

Nov 04, 2005

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Decor

Sep 18, 2014

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Villa 69

Oct 06, 2013

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My Sleeping Lover

Dec 04, 2009

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Microphone

Jan 26, 2010

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Heliopolis

Apr 28, 2010

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From A to B

Jan 08, 2015

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None But That!

Mar 02, 2007

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In the Heliopolis Flat

Mar 14, 2007

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Eyes of a Thief

Oct 01, 2014

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Out of the Ordinary

Nov 24, 2015

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Agamista

Jun 13, 2007

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Account Statement

Mar 21, 2007

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Game of love

Oct 23, 2006

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A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief

Dec 15, 2001

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Double Faces

Jan 01, 2005

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Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt

Apr 17, 2016

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Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Feb 27, 2020

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Madness of Love

Jun 13, 1977

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Dignity Day

Sep 01, 2004

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Encrypted Letter

Apr 02, 2008

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Writing on Snow

Nov 04, 2017

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The Last Post

Oct 01, 2017

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With You, Mona El Shazly

Oct 11, 2014

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Vikings

Mar 03, 2013

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Messiah

Jan 01, 2020

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Hekayat Beneeshha

Aug 22, 2009