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 (2025), and starred as psychiatrist Douglas Kelley in the film Nuremberg (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rami Malek, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027The Man I Love — Jimmy
• 2025Nuremberg — Douglas Kelley
• 2025The Amateur — Heller, Producer
• 2023Oppenheimer — David Hill
• The 2010s — Self - Actor, Mr. Robot
• 2022Amsterdam — Tom Voze
• 2021No Time to Die — Lyutsifer Safin
• 2021The Little Things — Jim Baxter
• 2020Dolittle — Chee-Chee (voice)
• 2019The Ben Cobb Show — Harry Bardo
• 2018Bohemian Rhapsody — Freddie Mercury
• 2017Buster's Mal Heart — Buster
• 2017Papillon — Louis Dega
• 2016Project X — Narrator 1 (voice)
• 2015Da Sweet Blood of Jesus — Seneschal Higginbottom
• Mr. Robot — Elliot Alderson, Producer
• Believe — Dr. Adam Terry
• BoJack Horseman — Flip McVicker / Jose Guerrero (voice), Flip McVicker (voice)
• 2014Need for Speed — Finn
• 2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb — Ahkmenrah
• 2013Ain't Them Bodies Saints — Will
• 2013Oldboy — Browning
• 2013Short Term 12 — Nate
• 2013The Master: Unguided Message
• Alcatraz — Webb Porter
• 2012Battleship — Watch Officer
• The Legend of Korra — Tahno (voice)
• 2012The Master — Clark
• 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 — Benjamin
• 2011Larry Crowne — Steve Dibiasi
• The Pacific — PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton
• 2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian — Ahkmenrah
• 2006Night at the Museum — Ahkmenrah
• Medium — Timothy Kercher
• Over There — Hassan
• The War at Home — Kenny
• 24 — Marcos Al-Zacar
• Gilmore Girls — Andy

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2022'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen — Self
• 2022The Sound of 007 — Self
• 2021Being James Bond — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Designing Bond — Self
• 2019Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid — Self
• 2019Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie — Self / Freddie Mercury
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2019The Look and Sound of Queen — Self
• 2019The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story — Self
• 2016Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc — Self - Elliot
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• El hormiguero — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• The View — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee