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Rami Malek

Actor

Rami Malek

Born May 12, 1981 in Torrance, California, USA24 films

Rami Said Malek (English: /ˈrɑːmi ˈmælɪk/; Arabic: رامي سعيد مالك, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈɾɑːmi sæˈʕiːd ˈmæːlek]; born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He gained recognition for portraying 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 in 2019, becoming the first actor of Egyptian heritage to win in that category. He played 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.

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Born in Torrance, California, to Coptic 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 the crime film The Little Things (2021), played the main antagonist Lyutsifer Safin in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021), portrayed David Hill in Christopher Nolan's biographical film Oppenheimer (2023), starred as a CIA cryptographer in the spy film The Amateur (2025), and starred as psychiatrist Douglas Kelley in the film Nuremberg (2025).

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Essential films

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Bohemian Rhapsody poster7.9Bohemian Rhapsody2018No Time to Die poster7.3No Time to Die2021Night at the Museum poster6.6Night at the Museum2006The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 poster6.5The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 22012The Master poster7.1The Master2012Short Term 12 poster7.7Short Term 122013Papillon poster7.3Papillon2017Nuremberg poster7.6Nuremberg2025

Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 2027The Man I LoveJimmy
  2. 2025NurembergDouglas Kelley
  3. 2025The AmateurHeller
  4. 2023OppenheimerDavid Hill
  5. 2022AmsterdamTom Voze
  6. 2021No Time to DieLyutsifer Safin
  7. 2021The Little ThingsJim Baxter
  8. 2020DolittleChee-Chee (voice)
  9. 2019The Ben Cobb ShowHarry Bardo
  10. 2018Bohemian RhapsodyFreddie Mercury
  11. 2017PapillonLouis Dega
  12. 2017Buster's Mal HeartBuster
  13. 2015Da Sweet Blood of JesusSeneschal Higginbottom
  14. 2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the TombAhkmenrah
  15. 2014Need for SpeedFinn
  16. 2013OldboyBrowning
  17. 2013Short Term 12Nate
  18. 2013Ain't Them Bodies SaintsWill
  19. 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2Benjamin
  20. 2012The MasterClark
  21. 2012BattleshipWatch Officer
  22. 2011Larry CrowneSteve Dibiasi
  23. 2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianAhkmenrah
  24. 2006Night at the MuseumAhkmenrah