Rami Malek
Acting
Born: May 12, 1981
From: Torrance, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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. 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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Amateur | Heller | 2025 | 6.9 |
| Nuremberg | Douglas Kelley | 2025 | 7.417 |
| Oppenheimer | David Hill | 2023 | 8.032 |
| The Sound of 007 | Self | 2022 | 7.2 |
| 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen | Self | 2022 | 5.0 |
| Designing Bond | Self | 2021 | 5.5 |
| Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 2021 | 7.8 |
| No Time to Die | Lyutsifer Safin | 2021 | 7.3 |
| The Little Things | Jim Baxter | 2021 | 6.345 |
| Dolittle | Chee-Chee (voice) | 2020 | 6.6 |
| Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie | Self / Freddie Mercury | 2019 | 6.0 |
| The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story | Self | 2019 | 7.472 |
| The Ben Cobb Show | Harry Bardo | 2019 | 2.7 |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Freddie Mercury | 2018 | 7.958 |
| Buster's Mal Heart | Buster | 2017 | 6.126 |
| Papillon | Louis Dega | 2017 | 7.32 |
| Project X | Narrator 1 (voice) | 2016 | 6.3 |
| Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | Seneschal Higginbottom | 2015 | 4.8 |
| Need for Speed | Finn | 2014 | 6.433 |
| Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Ahkmenrah | 2014 | 6.222 |
| Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes | Self | 2014 | 7.0 |
| Oldboy | Browning | 2013 | 5.919 |
| Ain't Them Bodies Saints | Will | 2013 | 6.1 |
| Short Term 12 | Nate | 2013 | 7.8 |
| The Master | Clark | 2012 | 7.1 |
| Battleship | Watch Officer | 2012 | 5.884 |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | Benjamin | 2012 | 6.457 |
| Larry Crowne | Steve Dibiasi | 2011 | 5.995 |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Ahkmenrah | 2009 | 6.153 |
| Night at the Museum | Ahkmenrah | 2006 | 6.599 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1981 |
| From | Torrance, California, USA |