Khaled El Sawy is an Egyptian actor He was born in Alexandria in 1963 He studied law at Cairo University and started acting while at college on the universitys theater and after graduating in 1985 he studied directing at the Academy of Arts till 1993 El Sawy then started working as an assistant director on the film Samaka we Arbaa Oroush A Fish and Four Sharks then as a director for several of the Nile International networks satellite channels El Sawy cofounded the Egyptian Foundation for Theater Enthusiasts He wrote the plays Haflet Maganin Crazy Party and Operette El Darfil The Dolphin Operette for which he won the Taymour Award for Theatrical Ingenuity in 1991 and 1992 respectively El Sawys career includes a variety of distinct roles on film including Emaret Yacoubian Yacoubian Building Keda Reda Cabaret El Farah The Wedding and El Feel El Azraq The Blue Elephant He also starred as a lead in television series like Tofahet Adam Adams Apple and Khatem Suleiman Suleimans Ring