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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.051 |
Birthday | 1966-11-02 |
Place of Birth | Cairo, Egypt |
Also Known As | خالد أبو النجا, Kal Naga, |
2006
Civic Duty
6/41
An American accountant bombarded with cable news and the media's obsession with terrorist plots in the post 9-11 world, receives a jolt when an unatta...
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Civic Duty
2009
One-Zero
5.5/10
Many characters of different backgrounds with various problems have their lives intertwine, as they come together through the one thing that unites th...
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One-Zero
2005
Italia's War
6.7/20
Yaseen is a lawyer who works for senior attorney, Kamaal. When he discovers that Kamal is involved in an illegal business with a tycoon, he gets publi...
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Italia's War
2003
Sleepless Nights
6.5/31
A social romance that portrays the lives of 4 married couples who are friends. As they gather to celebrate the birthday of the daughter of one of them...
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Sleepless Nights
2004
Girl's Love
7/14
The story of three half-sisters who are united when their father dies and his will dictates they live together if they are to get their inheritance. T...
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Girl's Love
2005
Stray Cats
0/0
A short feature about a prostitute named Dunia who spends the night with Amir, a rich man who loves Cairo at night. But when she returns the 500 dolla...
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Stray Cats
1967
The Long Nights
0/0
After his wife's death, Mokhtar decides to stay celibate and take care of his children. But he changes his mind when he falls for Nihad and marries he...
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The Long Nights
2000
Why Did You Make Me Love You?
5/4
Dalia abandoned her beloved Hisham, which made him get over her and become friends and he got involved with Noha.
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Why Did You Make Me Love You?
2001
Rendez-Vous
0/0
A group of young men meets a prostitute, who changes the course of their lives. The girl begins a new life, away from the parties and the corrupt atmo...
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Rendez-Vous
2016
The Unknown Sweet Potato Seller
0/0
An Egyptian man named Khaled is investigating a murder in which a child that sells sweet potatoes in Tahrir Square is killed. During his investigation...
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The Unknown Sweet Potato Seller
2005
Downtown Girls
6.3/9
The film takes place inside the world of Downtown that is full of stories and many social relations,through two girls,one is a hairdresser and the oth...
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Downtown Girls
2014
Decor
8.1/9
Maha has always been passionate about cinema, and as a set designer she's become an expert at creating imaginary worlds. Under immense pressure at wor...
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Decor
2013
Villa 69
7/8
Hussein is a terminally ill yet charming architect who enjoys a solitary routine in his old family home, and a variety of female visitors. Not realizi...
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Villa 69
2009
My Sleeping Lover
3.2/8
After undergoing hypnosis, Ramez finally meets the woman of his dreams — but his vision of her appearance doesn't quite match up with reality.
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My Sleeping Lover
2010
Microphone
7.7/13
Upon his return to Alexandria, Khaled becomes intrigued with a graffiti mural opposite his apartment. As he pursues this further, a larger underground...
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Microphone
2014
Eyes of a Thief
5.2/9
Tareq is released from an Israeli prison and returns to his hometown in Palestine, a place transformed by drastic changes and filled with secrets, to...
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Eyes of a Thief
2010
Heliopolis
7.2/10
8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant...
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Heliopolis
2007
None But That!
1/1
"Nahed" (Nabila Ebeid) as the Greedy Mother fight over "Dina" (Arwa) the innocent talent who falls in love with "Nader" (Khaled Abol Naga) as a Music...
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None But That!
2007
In the Heliopolis Flat
6.8/19
Najwa, a music teacher from the city of Minya, Upper Egypt, seizes the opportunity to come to Cairo on a trip with her students to search for Tahany,...
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In the Heliopolis Flat
2015
From A to B
7.1/10
Three estranged childhood friends (Omar, Ramy, Jay), travel on a road trip from Abu Dhabi to Beirut in memory of their lost friend. If what happens en...
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From A to B
2015
Out of the Ordinary
6.8/6
When Yehia's scientific investigation of the paranormal yields nothing, he takes a forced vacation from his work and regular life. Wandering aimlessly...
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Out of the Ordinary
2007
Agamista
5.5/2
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Agamista
2006
Game of love
0/0
Laila, who is abandoned by her lover dentist because of her excessive freedom, and collected by the Egyptian station for trains, "Essam," who lives a...
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Game of love
2007
Account Statement
0/0
(Soha) works with the Police as a sketch artist,and falls in love with the mysterious decoration designer (Farid). When a girl gets raped, (Soha) draw...
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Account Statement
2001
A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief
5.273/11
Selim, a handsome and successful writer triggers an elaborate chain of events when he visits police headquarters to report his car stolen. There he ru...
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A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief
2005
Double Faces
6.2/4
Mahmoud is a professor of acting, who lives an isolated life, a shift in his personality occurs when he discovers the betrayal of his wife with a youn...
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Double Faces
2016
Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt
0/0
In 1952 a young Egyptian colonel named Gamal Abdel Nasser led a coup that became a revolution, winning the support of millions of his countrymen. Over...
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Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt
2020
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
6.1/107
After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective fr...
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Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
1977
Madness of Love
0/0
Mona loves her Husband Ahmed and Kid Khaled, but Husband is always away on business trips around the world, which leaves the wife and kid in constant...
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Madness of Love
2004
Dignity Day
0/0
The Egyptian navy prepares for a crucial military operation to sink the Israeli destroyer Eilat. The mission is carried out by a group of officers and...
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Dignity Day
2008
Encrypted Letter
6.5/8
Fayez discovers a code sheet that his grandfather left to him before he was killed, of a treasure map in Jerusalem, drawn by the Jews fleeing to Egypt...
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Encrypted Letter
2017
Writing on Snow
0/0
The film discusses different ideologies in terms of religion, geography and intellect reflected as well in the current rifts between different parts o...
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