
Rami Malek
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1981-05-12 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
Torrance, California, USA
Rami Malek
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).
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Known For
Acting
Nuremberg
as Douglas Kelley
(2025)
The Amateur
as Heller
(2023)
Oppenheimer
as David Hill
(2022)
Amsterdam
as Tom Voze
(2022)
The Sound of 007
as Self
(2022)
(2021)
No Time to Die
as Lyutsifer Safin
(2021)
The Little Things
as Jim Baxter
(2021)
Being James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Designing Bond
as Self
(2020)
Dolittle
as Chee-Chee (voice)
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
The Ben Cobb Show
as Harry Bardo
(2019)
Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie
as Self / Freddie Mercury
(2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody
as Freddie Mercury
(2017)
Papillon
as Louis Dega
(2017)
Buster's Mal Heart
as Buster
(2016)
Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc
as Self - Elliot
(2016)
Project X
as Narrator 1 (voice)
(2015)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
as Seneschal Higginbottom
(2014)
Need for Speed
as Finn
(2014)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Ahkmenrah
(2014)
(2013)
Oldboy
as Browning
(2013)
Short Term 12
as Nate
(2013)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
as Will
(2012)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
as Benjamin
(2012)
Battleship
as Watch Officer
(2012)
The Master
as Clark
(2011)
Larry Crowne
as Steve Dibiasi
(2009)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Ahkmenrah
(2006)
Night at the Museum
as Ahkmenrah
Crew
(2025)
The Amateur
Producer