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Birthday: Nov 02, 1966
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Khaled Abol Naga

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Civic Duty Gabe Hassan 2006
One-Zero شريف 2009
Italia's War Fouad 2005
Sleepless Nights Ali 2003
Girl's Love Kimo (Karim El Sharkawy) 2004
Stray Cats 2005
The Long Nights 1967
Why Did You Make Me Love You? خالد 2000
Rendez-Vous 2001
The Unknown Sweet Potato Seller 2016
Downtown Girls Samir 2005
Decor Sherif 2014
Villa 69 Hussain 2013
My Sleeping Lover Ramez 2009
Microphone خالد 2010
Heliopolis Ibrahim 2010
From A to B Senior Syrian Officer 2015
None But That! Nader 2007
In the Heliopolis Flat Yehia 2007
Eyes of a Thief Tarek Khedr 2014
Out of the Ordinary Yehia 2015
Agamista عز 2007
Account Statement Farid 2007
Game of love Essam 2006
A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief Selim (The Citizen) 2001
Double Faces Tareq 2005
Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt Nasser Voice-Over (voice) 2016
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears Sheikh Kahlil Abbas 2020
Madness of Love 1977
Dignity Day 2004
Encrypted Letter Himself 2008
Writing on Snow 2017
Series Cast Year
The Last Post Informant 2017
With You, Mona El Shazly 2014
Vikings Ziyadat Allah 2013
Messiah Yacob (uncredited) 2020
Hekayat Beneeshha عمر/ياسين يوسف الشناوي 2009
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