Rami Malek

Rami Malek
Portrays	Joshua Washington
Occupation	Actor Model
Date of birth	May 12, 1981
Years active	2004-present
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Ethnicity	Egyptian-American
Also known for	Mr. Robot as Elliot Alderson The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 as Benjamin Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury

Rami Said Malek (born May 12, 1981) is an American actor and model. He is known for his roles as Elliot Alderson in Mr. Robot (2015), Benjamin in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011), and Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), which caused him to win his first Academy Award (Oscar).

He voiced and motion captured the role of Joshua Washington in the game Until Dawn.

Early Life

Malek was born in Los Angeles, California, to Egyptian parents. His late father was a tour guide in Cairo and later sold insurance. His mother is an accountant. Malek was raised in the Coptic Orthodox faith. Malek has an identical twin brother named Sami, younger by four minutes, who is a teacher. He also has an older sister who is a medical doctor. Malek attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California where he graduated in 1999 along with fellow actor Rachel Bilson. Malek attended high school with Kirsten Dunst, who was a grade below and shared a musical theater class with him. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2003 from the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana.

Career

2004–09: Early Work

In 2004, Malek began his acting career with a guest-starring role on the TV series Gilmore Girls. That same year he voiced "additional characters" for the video game Halo 2, for which he was uncredited. In 2005, he got his Screen Actors Guild card for his work on the Steven Bochco war drama Over There, in which he appeared in two episodes. That same year, he appeared in an episode of Medium, and was cast in the prominent recurring role of Kenny, on the Fox comedy series The War at Home.

In 2006, Malek made his feature film debut as Pharaoh Ahkmenrah in the comedy Night at the Museum and reprised his role in the sequels Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014).

In the spring of 2007, he appeared on-stage as "Jamie" in the Vitality Productions theatrical presentation of Keith Bunin's The Credeaux Canvas at the Elephant Theatre in Los Angeles.

2010–15: Breakthrough

While shooting the Night at the Museum films, Malek returned to television in 2010 in a recurring role as the suicide bomber Marcos Al-Zacar on the eighth season of the Fox series 24. Later that same year, he received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Corporal Merriell "Snafu" Shelton on the Emmy Award-winning HBO World War II mini-series The Pacific.

During the filming of The Pacific, Malek met executive producer Tom Hanks, who was impressed with his performance and would later cast him as college student Steve Dibiasi in the feature film Larry Crowne, released in July 2011.

After this period, Malek acted in supporting roles in many major films. In August 2010, it was announced that Malek had been cast as the "Egyptian coven" vampire Benjamin in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. In 2013, he played Nate, a new employee of a group home for youths, in the indie darling Short Term 12, opposite Brie Larson. He appeared in two Spike Lee films during this time, the 2012 remake of the South Korean film Oldboy in a part that was cut and later in the crowdfunded Da Sweet Blood of Jesus. He also had minor roles in Battleship, Oscar-nominated The Master, and Aint Them Bodies Saints.

He appeared as Josh , one of the main characters, in Until Dawn, a 2015 horror game released on the PlayStation 4 on August 25, 2015. He lent his voice and was fully motion captured for the game.

2015–present: Mr. Robot and critical success

Malek plays the lead role in the critically acclaimed USA Network computer-hacker psychological drama, Mr. Robot, which premiered on June 24, 2015. His performance earned him Golden Globe Award, Satellite Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Dorian Awards nominations, as well as a Critics Choice Television Award and an Emmy Award. In September 2016, Buster's Mal Heart, Malek's first movie where he is in a starring role, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to positive reviews. In it, Malek plays one man with two lives, Jonah and Buster. In August 2016, it was announced that Malek will co-star with Charlie Hunnam as Louis Dega in a contemporary remake of the 1973 film Papillion. In Autumn 2018, Malek starred as deceased lead singer of the band Queen, Freddie Mercury, in the bio-pic Bohemian Rhapsody. The portrayal would earn Malek the Oscar for Best Actor at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Night at the Museum	King Akhmenrah
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2011	Larry Crowne	Steve Dibiasi
2012	Battleship	Lt. Hill
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Benjamin
2012	The Master	Clark
2013	Ain't Them Bodies Saints	Will
2013	Short Term 12	Nate
2013	Oldboy	Browning
2014	Need for Speed	Finn
2014	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	King Ahkmenrah
2014	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus	Seneschal Higginbottom
2016	Buster's Mal Heart	Jonah/Buster
2017	Papillon	Louis Dega
2018	Bohemian Rhapsody	Freddie Mercury
2019	The Ben Cobb Show	Harry Bardo
2019	The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story	Himself
2020	Dolittle	Chee-Chee
2021	No Time to Die	Safin
2021	The Little Things	Detective Baxter	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Gilmore Girls	Andy	Episode: "In the Clamor and the Clangor"
2005	Over There	Hassan	2 episodes
2005	Medium	Timothy Kercher	Episode: "Time Out of Mind"
2005–2007	The War at Home	Kenny	Series regular, 21 episodes
2010	24	Marcos Al-Zacar	3 episodes
2010	The Pacific	Merriell "Snafu" Shelton	6 episodes
2012	Alcatraz	Webb Porter	Episode: "Webb Porter"
2012	The Legend of Korra	Tahno (voice)	3 episodes
2014	Believe	Dr. Adam Terry	Episode: "Pilot"
2015-2019	Mr. Robot	Elliot Alderson	32 episodes
2017-2018	BoJack Horseman	Flip McVicker	10 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2004	Halo 2	Additional voices	Uncredited
2014	The Legend of Korra	Tahno
2015	Until Dawn	Joshua "Josh" Washington

Gallery

Rami Malek as seen in Meet The Cast.

External Links

• Rami Malek at the Internet Movie Database
• Rami Malek on Twitter