Maged El Kedwany

Acting

Maged El Kedwany

Born 1967-12-10 · Egypt

Maged El Kedwany is an Egyptian film and television actor. In 1967, he was born in Shubra in Cairo, but lived in Kuwait up until age 18. He began his professional career while studying design at the Faculty of Fine Arts. He began acting in a number of amateur plays, which led to him being cast in various TV shows like "Qanfad" (Hedgehog) and "Nahnu al Nazre el-Shook." He's worked on dozens of films, among them are some of the most well-known films of the 1990s, like "Afareet el-Asphalt" (Asphalt Ghosts) in 1996 and "Saidi fe Gaea al-Amrikeya" (Saidi at the American University in Cairo) in 1998. His other films include "Harameya Ki-Gi-To" (Ki-Gi-To Thieves), "Harameya fe Thailand" (Thieves in Thailand), "Al-Ragel al-Abyad al-Motawast" (Average White Guy), and "Khaly min Kolesterol" (Cholesterol-Free). In 2012, he appeared in two high-profile movies, "Hafla Montasif al-Leil" (Midnight Party) and "Saaa we Nos" (Hour and a Half). studied in the (design) division of the faculty of fine arts. Thereafter he enrolled in the Institute of Theatrical Arts and graduated in 1995. Amongst the theatrical productions that he has performed in are “Pallo” and “Diwan Al Baqar”. Maged has also made several television appearances, which include roles in “Nahnu la Nazra Al Shawk”, “Al Farar Men Al Hob”, “Al Shara’a Al Jadeed”, “Zayzenia” and “Arabesque”.

Acting credits

Asad poster
7.7

A slave in 19th Century Egypt revolts against his masters for equal rights for slaves to live freely.

Asad

2026

Diamond Dust poster
7.6

Taha works as a pharmacist and lives a normal life with his disabled father. When a mysterious murder occurs, Taha's world changes forever. He starts tracking down many secrets that leads him to unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!

Diamond Dust

2018

A Break We'll Be Right Back poster
6.5

A story of a taxi driver, who cares for nothing in the world except his friend and his son whose grandfather tries to be his guardian after his mother dies, but Karim refuses and get a court ruling that supports his right to his son. The plot escalates when the boy is kidnapped and Karim loses his memory in a seemingly planned accident.

A Break We'll Be Right Back

2011

Thieves in KG2 poster
6.4

Two thieves, Hassan and Sebaey, plan to rob the safe in the Kaitby Fortress in Alexandria, but the police capture Sebaey, who asks Hassan to take care of Nesma, his daughter; if he does this, Sebaey will not say that Hasan conspired in the robbery attempt. Hassan meets Nesma's teacher, Miss Reem, and the two become romantically involved. Miss Reem does not know of Hasan's history.

Thieves in KG2

2002

727 poster
NR

727 Starring: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz Hala Sedky Majed El Kadwany Abdullah Farghaly Haggag Abdel Azim El Ghabas Mohamed El Sharqawy Naeem Issa

727

1994

Decor poster
7.8

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 work, she sights another life on the horizon and begins slipping between realities-one resembling the film set she's designed and the other her supposed real life. As she grows ever more entangled in each, the border between reality and imagination becomes blurred, and she must choose for the first time what she truly desires.

Decor

2014

The Guest poster
6.6

A young man is invited for dinner with the family of Dr. Yehia Hussein Al-Tijani at the invitation of Yehia's lovestruck daughter. But Yehia is under a lot of pressure ever since his bold opinions put a target on his back, which turns the dinner into a stirring debate between Yehia and his guest.

The Guest

2019

The Egyptian Martyr St. Menas poster
8.0

The life of St. Menas

The Egyptian Martyr St. Menas

1989

Adam's Village poster
5.0

A group of friends gathered coastal village depend on fishingpoverty forces them to perform some petty theft tobe involved in the murder and Vistkhaddmanm corruptpolice officer to implement its objectives in that village and escalate events

Adam's Village

2009

The Crime poster
5.6

Set in the 70's, A middle-aged man, Adel is raised by his strict grandfather who he was deeply inspired by. he met his first love, Nadia who later became his wife and the mother of his son. After this, a chain of events lead to Adel committing many crimes, which are investigated by Amgad Al Husseiny and later, a series of surprises are revealed.

The Crime

2022

Before the Summer Crowds poster
6.1

In a tourist resort on the northern coast, Dr. Yahya decides to spend the holiday with his wife Magda before the coast gets crowded . The two are introduced to a recently divorced translator and a mother of two called Hala .

Before the Summer Crowds

2016

A Stand Worthy of Men poster
6.9

A comedy about a group of friends as they get reunited to help one of their own find his way out of major trouble. As the situation gets more complicated, they are forced to take a trip to a coastal town.

A Stand Worthy of Men

2021

Project X poster
5.9

When a troubled archaeologist uncovers ancient secrets that could revolutionize the world’s energy supply, he becomes the target of a shadowy organization determined to keep the knowledge buried. In a race against time and powerful enemies, he must decide between revealing the truth and protecting his daughter from the deadly forces closing in on them.

Project X

2025

Cairo 6,7,8 poster
7.4

Three women seek justice due to the difficult daily situation which sexual harassment causes in the streets of Cairo, Egypt.

Cairo 6,7,8

2010

Thieves Trick poster
5.5

A band of thieves get together and begin planning the heist of a lifetime. Will they succeed or will their planning be in vain?

Thieves Trick

2009

The Wedding poster
6.3

Facing financial strain, a man organizes a fake wedding to raise money. A deeply touching Egyptian drama.

The Wedding

2009

An Hour and a Half poster
7.3

Based on the Ayyat train accident that killed 361 in 2002, this ensemble drama delves into the intense human stories of the passengers in a third-class coach car during the hour and a half before the crash.

An Hour and a Half

2012

The Secret Men Club poster
6.3

Adham helps a group of his friends join a getaway club for men called “The Secret Men’s Club”. But Adham's own marriage is in trouble as his wife of ten years starts following him to find out what he is keeping from her, which results in many funny situations.

The Secret Men Club

2019

Hepta: The Last Lecture poster
7.7

Based on the best-selling novel of the same title. Dr. Shukri Mokhtar is a renowned social psychology specialist, best known for his ability to answer the simplest questions, who decides to give one last lecture about the very simple question: "how do we love?" He gives a full description of the different stages of love by recounting four different love stories going through curves and various crises.

Hepta: The Last Lecture

2016

Lembi 8 Giga poster
5.6

Lembi.. a poor lawyer who marries a school teacher and he causes her troubles due to his bad financial status, and then he meets with an accident which changes the way he was living....

Lembi 8 Giga

2010

What's the Big Deal?! poster
7.4

A retired accountant lives captive to the memories of an old, incomplete love story. Then, by chance, he meets a housewife who is his old flame. Their lives quickly take an unexpected path, as their romance is rekindled as they got older.

What's the Big Deal?!

2025

Induced Labor poster
6.6

Some people will do anything to secure an American visa, as hard as that might be. Some enter lotteries, others beg friends and families to invite them. Others still, just sneak in and hope Mr Trump doesn’t notice they are there. But in this raucous comedy, one Egyptian couple come up with a splendid wheeze. With twin babies due any minute, and all other efforts to secure citizenship fail, the couple decide to storm the US Embassy in Cairo and give birth there. Surely that will mean the babies are born as Americans, right? Well, er, no. As you might expect, things don’t quite go according to plan…

Induced Labor

2018

Guest from Heaven poster
8.0

The story of the life of the monk (Andrew Samuel), who grew up in the province of Beni Suef at the end of the nineteenth century, lost his sight at the age of three years, and sent to the monastery for the purpose of learning, but years later decided to monk in the monastery of St. (Samuel confessor). The film is subject to asceticism, humility, miracles and biography until his death in the 1980s.

Guest from Heaven

2003

No artwork available
NR

A satirical fantasy play about a poor cobbler who lives in a working-class neighborhood and is known for his wisdom and contentment, but his life is turned upside down when he is suddenly chosen to become king, as part of an authoritarian game or conspiracy.

The King Cobbler

2008