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Biographie de:
Khaled Abol Naga



aka:
Kal Naga

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updated Juin 2002

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Nicknames
Dodi, Superman!
Mini biographie:

Khaled a etudie les tele-communications a  l' Universite de Ain Shams (mention : Excellent avec honneurs). Tout en etant joueur a l'Equipe Nationale Egyptienne de Water-Polo, il   jouait aussi  au  Theatre a l'Universite Americaine du Caire  ou il a suivi  des cours et a recu le prix du meilleur acteur  universitaire plusieurs fois. 

Pour Khaled, l'echange de talents et de professions a eu lieu plusieurs fois. D'abord avec le Water Polo (1986-1989), puis avec les recherches de Satelittes et tele-communications a l'Universite de Surrey (Angleterre-1990-1992).


Mais il jouait toujours au Waterpolo et gardait toujours l'interet pour les Arts et le Theatre a Londres. Il a aussi commence une carriere de mannequin entre 1993 et 1996.

Khaled a decide d'ameliorer ses talents artistiques en consacrant l'annee 1997 pour etudier le cinema. Il avait eu le prix du meilleur court-metrage dans le Biennale du Caire  pour son premier film comme metteur en scene : Sol Star (1996).

En 1999, Khaled a commence sa carriere de presentateur a la Television Egyptienne a la Chaine de Nile Variety, et MBC En tres peu de temps, il a attire l'attention a cause de son style frais et contraverse. Il a participe a plusieurs programmes comme Eshar Maana et
MUZIKANA (www.muzikana.com) ou il  a interviewe des stars Arabes et Internationales.

En 2000, apres avoir eu le prix du meilleur nouveau    presentateur, Khaled a ete selectionne pour presenter le programme "Bonjour  L'Egypte"un des programmes quotidiens les plus populaires.
 
En meme temps, un autre reve a ete realise en 2001 : Le metteur en scene renomme  "Daoud Abdel Sayed" (IMDB) a choisi Khaled pour jouer le role principal avec Salah Abdallah et le chanteur controverse Shaaban Abdel Rehim dans Mowaten we Mokhber wa Haramy"Le Citoyen , l’indic et le voleur" (www.egyfilm.com/mowaten) (IMDB)
 
Le style du film ainsi que ses comediens ont surpris ou meme choque le public et les critiques.Il leur a fallu trois semaines pour se relever du  choc initial et admettre que le film n'est qu'un nouveau chef d oeuvre  de "Daoud Abdel Sayed"(IMDB).

Le metteur en scene Egyptien Ali Abdel-Khalek (IMDB) qui avait  choisi Khaled  dans "Rendez-Vous (2000)" (http://rendez-vous-movie.com/) (IMDB) lui a offert un nouveau role  dans son nouveau film  "Yom EL Karama (2002)" : "Le jour de la dignite" (file data), Une histoire vraie  d'action et de  guerre entierement filmee cette annee a  Alexandrie et
Port-Said.

Khaled a aussi collabore avec le jeune cineaste Hany Khalifa et le Scenariste Tamer Habib dans "Sahar El Layali"(2003) :
"Les nuits Veillees" qui sortira cet ete.

Khaled a aussi collabore avec  Scenariste Tamer Habib dans"Hob El Banat" (2004) avec le scene renomme Khaled El Hagar



UPDATES:
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 is now reported to be shooting the new film MALEK WE KETABA  directed by Kamla Abu Zekry



Khaled won several Awards including: 
(Awards details>>  here )


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

Egyptian Oscars ACTING AWARD
for his role "Ali" in "Sahar El Layaly" (2003)  from Egyptian Film Society 2004

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.


mini-biography by webmaster and:
(several sources: IMDB, EGYFILM, NILECINEMA, ARABTORONTO ... etc.)


Personal quotes

"Material THINGS do NOT give us any extra Value, we are the ones who give material THINGS all its value."


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


Mini Filmography 2000-2005:   >  More details here>>
2005: Malek we Ketaba (2005) Feature - Main role: Tarek
2004: Hob El Banat (2004) Feature Film - Main role: Kimo
2003: Sahar El Layaly (2003) Feature Film - Lead role: Ali
2003: EL Banat (2003-2004) TV Series - Lead role: Seif El Daly
2003: Yom El Karama (2002) Feature Film - Lead role: Lt.Hasan Hosny
2002: WEST EL BALAD (2002) Play - Lead role: Romeo/Ramadan
2001: Mowaten we Mokhber we Haramy (2001) Feature Film - Lead role: Selim
2000: Rendez-Vous (2000) Feature Film - Lead role:  Ashraf
2000: Leh Khaletny Ahebak (2000) Feature Film - role: as himself
OTHER BIOGRAPHIES:

FROM ARABTORONTO.COM ARABTORONTO

Khaled Abolnaga,
From Fashion to Acting
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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