Rami Malek
Award-winning American actor celebrated for transformative roles in Mr. Robot, Bohemian Rhapsody, and the James Bond franchise.
Rami Malek - Personal Information
- Name: Rami Malek
- Date of Birth: May 12, 1981
- Place of Birth: Torrance, California, USA
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer
Biography
Rami Said Malek (born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He is known for portraying computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot (2015–2019), for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and as Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), for which he won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first actor of Egyptian heritage to win in that category. Time magazine named Malek one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.
Born in Torrance, California, to Egyptian immigrant parents, he studied theater before acting in plays in New York City. He had supporting roles in film and television, including the Fox sitcom The War at Home (2005–2007), the HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), and the Night at the Museum film trilogy (2006–2014). Since his breakthrough, Malek has starred in Papillon (2017), the crime film The Little Things (2021), played the main antagonist Lyutsifer Safin in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021), and portrayed David Hill in Christopher Nolan's biographical film Oppenheimer (2023).
Selected Filmography
A selection of Rami Malek's most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.
- Nuremberg (2025) as Douglas Kelley
- The Amateur (2025) as Heller
- Oppenheimer (2023) as David Hill
- The 2010s (TV - 2023) as Self - Actor, Mr. Robot
- 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022) as Self
- The Sound of 007 (2022) as Self
- Amsterdam (2022) as Tom Voze
- Designing Bond (2021) as Self
- No Time to Die (2021) as Lyutsifer Safin
- Being James Bond (2021) as Self (archive footage)
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