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Nicknames
- Dodi, Superman!
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Biography
Khaled Abol
Naga deserves the nickname his friends gave him,
Mr.Superman!.
Khaled Abol
Naga ia an Egyptian Celebrity, Actor, TV & radio shows host as well
as a
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Human rights activist & ... oh He can
sing as well!!
Khaled
minored in Theatre and Drama while taking Computer Science courses at
the The American
University in Cairo (AUC), that was juggled while he srudied
Tele-communication Engineering
and graduated with honours from Ain Shams University, one of
the most respected Engineering schools in Egypt.
Simultaneously played
Water-polo as a hobby that grew fast to become almost a profession
when
he teamed up with Egypt's Water-polo National team (Goal Keeper),.
Khaled kept acting
& singing for years after graduation at the stage productions of
the Theatre Department at The
American
University in Cairo, where acted in most
university
play productions collecting "Best Actor Award" title for
varsity-competition plays year after year.
He Exchanged
hobbies and professions
several times.
First when Water-polo became his main
focus 1986-1989,.
Then in 1990-1992 Satellites
Research and Tele-Communications
while researching it at University
of Surrey UK,
where He was a part of a team who built UoSat-5 (a Low Earth orbit
spacecraft that is still in orbit till today).
He still kept a
second hobby of playing Water polo for his
varsity team in
European tournaments while based in the UK. where He also kept in touch
with plays shown in
London,
He also started a parallel Fashion Modeling career/hobby 1993-1996.
After
winning a Best
short art-film prize of the Cairo biennalle for his directoral
debut Sol Star (1996); Khaled decided to
give his growing artistic side better potential of
growth into a career by dedicating the year of 1997 to study Film this
time, Acting, Cinematography and Directing as well in the USA.
n
1999, The
rythem fastened for
Khaled,
First when he (as a famous young face & well established catwalk
model
in Egypt) was offered to Host TV programs at Nile Variety Channel; part
of
a new Thematic Network
inaugurated
by state owned ERTU in Egypt.
Khaled in a very short period became the talk of the town with his new fresh style and unconventional ways. He hosted many programs including the hit Live talk show Eshar Ma'ana and interviewed stars from all walks of Arts - Local and International.
Khaled
left Nile
Variety channel October 2000, joined the pan-arab MBC TV in June 2001 hosting MUZIKANA (www.muzikana.com) creating massive
pan-Arab audience awareness.
In 2000 He was also chosen by News Dept. (ERTU Ch:1 in Egypt) as a result of winning the title of "BEST NEW TV ANNOUNCER"; to present, "GOOD MORNING EGYPT", one of the most widely known programs in Egypt, and continued presenting it till end of 2001.
At the same
time,
another major dream came true; Acting in film, By
the end of year 2001 Khaled became a movie star for Arab youth with
movies released in Egypt & the Arab world.
It all
started
when the the well known and respected Egyptian Film
maker"Daoud Abdel
Sayed" (IMDB)
chose
Khaled as the lead role with Salah Abdallah and the first time actor
and
contraversial singer Shaaban Abdel Reheem in:
"Le Citoyen et l’indic et le voleur" "A Citizen & a Detective & a Thief " "Mowaten we Mokhber we Haramy (2001)" (www.egyfilm.com/mowaten) (IMDB)
The film style
and cast took critics and audiences by surprise, and it
took almost three weeks before critics could get over the initial shock
and felt the overwhelming audience response which was one step ahead of
the
critics and gave the film quite a bonus at the box office, It was clear
that this is a new classic of Daoud Abdel Sayed
with new stars being born.
Egyptian Director Ali
Abdel-Khalek (IMDB)
who
casted and directed Khaled's earlier role as Ashraf in "Rendez-Vous (2000)" (http://rendez-vous-movie.com/)
(IMDB)
landed him another role in the true story shot in
Alexandria & Port-said locations to be a war action film "Yom EL Karama (2002)" (file data) as Lt. Hasan Hosny,
a
different and unexpected role by the audience proving Khaled's
versatility as a promising new actor and star much needed for the
anticipated new rennainssance of the Egyptian cinema of the new
millenium.
From 2002 Khaled has
established a proffessional star
actor
status which lead to his nomination to star many other projects, like
the musical comedy "WEST EL BALAD" where He sang and performed
a contemporary "Romeo"
set in a Cairene downtown alley. and also as "Seif El Daly" in "EL BANAT" (2003) (IMDB) TV Series which
won him BEST TV Award from Minister Safwat El-Sherif of Egypt. He performed the role of "Kimo" a famous young actor / star who finds stardom a prison only when he falls in real love in "Girls' Love" a.k.a. "Women's love" a.k.a. "Hob El Banat" (2004) (IMDB) written once again by Tamer Habib and got Special mention awards in Cairo International Film Festival October 2003. It was shot March till August 2003. Directed by Khaled El Hagar (IMDB).
Khaled roles varry from Drama, to Romantic Comedies, to Musicals ("MEFEESH GHER KEDA" aka: "None but That!" (2007) ) , an Action drama released in 2006 ( "AGAMISTA" (2006) )
Khaled's English speaking feature and American debut was in 2005: CIVIC DUTY (2006)
Khaled is now reported to be shooting a new English speaking American production film in LA: "CITIZEN BRANDO" (2009)
Filmography:
One-Zero - Sherry 2009
Heliopolis - Ibrahim 2009
Habibi Naeman (Sleeping Habibi) - Ramez 2008
Agamista - Ez 2007
Kashf hesab - Farid 2007
Fi shaket Masr El Gedeeda - Yehia 2007
None But That! - Nader 2006
Leabet el hob - Essam 2006
Civic Duty - Gabe Hassan 2006
Downtown Girls - Chef Samir 2005
Harb Atalia - Fouad 2005
Malek wa ketaba - Tarek 2005
Youm el karama - Hasan Hosny 2004
Hob el banat - Kimo (Karim El Sharkawy) 2004
Sahar el layaly - Ali 2003
Mowaten we Mokhber we Haramy - Selim 2001
Rendez-Vous - Ashraf 2000
Leh khaletny ahebak - Khaled Abol Naga 2000
Genoun el hob - Khaled (The Hero Kid) 1977
Past Television (1 title)
Banat, El (TV mini-series) - Seif El Daly 2003
Khaled won several Awards including:
(Awards details>> here )
BEST ACTOR AWARD for his role "Essam" in "A game of love" (2006) at Alex International Film Festival 2007
Egyptian Oscars ACTING AWARD for his role "Ali" in "Sahar El Layaly" (2003) from Egyptian Film Society 2004
BEST ACTOR AWARD for his role "Ali" in "Sahar El Layaly" (2003) at (Paris) Arab Cinema Biennale at the Institute du Monde Arabe IMA Int'l Film Festival 2003
BEST ACTOR AWARD for his role "Ali" in "Sahar El Layaly" (2003) at (Syria) Damascus Int'l Film Festival 2003
BEST ACTOR AWARD from ART for his achievement as a Young Actor from 1998-2003, 2003
BEST FILM AUDIENCE AWARD at (Tunisian) Sousse FIFEJ 2003 Film Festival.
BEST ACTOR AWARD for his role "Ali" in "Sahar El Layaly" (2003) from several Media & Magazine Polls, 2003
Nominated by Egypt for the Acadamy OSCARS Awards (LA, USA) for Best Foreign Film Competition 2003.
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Personal quotes
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"Material THINGS do NOT give us any extra Value, we are the ones who give material THINGS all its value."
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Where now:
- as an Actor, Khaled is based in Cairo, Egypt. But he is constantly travelling for work either as an actor, or as a TV-Host
| An Egyptian Phenomenon
on Egyptian television,
commercials, modeling, Egyptian cinema, hosting & interviewing on
programs, Khaled Abolnaga, the Egyptian jack of seven trades, Khaled
Abolnaga was only 12 years old when he started his career as an actor.
He starred alongside Naglaa Fathy and Hussein Fahmy in film "GENOUN AL
HOB" aka.. Madness of Love. Besides being a computer science student and teaching assistant at the AUC, Khaled studied Tele-Communication Engineering at the Ain Shams University. Throughout those years of studying from 1989-1994, he kept on taking roles in plays to fullfill his artistic desire. Having being graduated with highest honours , he won a scholarship in the UK to research spacecraft design!. In 1995 launched his first experimental satellite with a group of students from all over the world in Orbit... they called it UoSAT-5 satellite.. it is still in the orbit up till present. In 1998-1999, Khaled decided to turn seriously into his artistic side and study acting/directing and cinematography when he went to Hollywood to study cinema. Khaled Abolnaga just finished filming his first string film "MOWATEN WE MOKHBER WE HARAMY" were he shares the starring roles with Salah Abdallah, Shaaban Abd El Rehim, and Hend Sabry. Dawood Abd El Sayed directs the film. "MOWATEN WE MOKHBER WE HARAMY" is an attempt by Dawood Abd El Sayed to investigate a hilarious assumption: What would happen if a classically educated and cultured person a symbol of "A Citizen" played by Khaled Abolnaga happened to be in a clash with a "Thief" played by Shaaban Abd El Rehim who is a Street-wise thief with no education nor sophistication of the Citizen. The detective role "Mokhber" played by Salah Abdallah a symbol of the authority, tries to help and asks for help in return, also introduces to the "Citizen" his future wife, "Hayat" played by Hend Sabry who becomes the link between the two different worlds of the Citizen and the Thief. The Film is a Black Comedy with few new songs released for the first time. Khaled Abolnaga is preparing now for his new film, He will be playing "ALI" in "SAHAR EL LAYALY", directed by Hany Khalifa and written by Tamer Habib, co-stars: Sherif Mouneer, Mona Zaki, Ahmed Helmy, on air for 45 minutes talking while it was a scheduled 5 minutes interview, a lot of reporters quoted that interview in the press, ANOTHER MEDIA VICTORY FOR KHALED AS A TV-HOST.
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