Khaled Abol Naga

Kal Naga aka Khaled Abol Naga is a Multi Awardwinning Actor Producer and Director from Egypt based in California He is a wellestablished movie star in the middleeast 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 ALLimportant Best Actor Awards offered in his home country Egypt in 2014 Egypts 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 Oscars 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 Nagas 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 miniseries The Last Post to a muchcelebrated gueststar 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 Egypts 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 Egypts 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 Middleeast TV networks as a TV radio host in primetime 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 coproducing 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