Rami Malek

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Rami Malek (2015)

Rami Said Malek (born May 12, 1981 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actor . He was best known for the role of hacker Elliot Alderson on the television series Mr. Robot in 2015 , for which he received an Emmy and a Critics' Choice Television Award .

For his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in the music biopic Bohemian Rhapsody he received in 2019 a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Drama and Oscar as Best Actor .

life and career

Malek was born in Los Angeles in 1981 to Coptic parents from Egypt . His father was a tour guide in Cairo and later an insurance broker. Malek's mother is an accountant . He has an identical twin brother who is a teacher and a sister who practices as a trauma doctor in Washington, DC . Malek studied acting at the University of Evansville in Indiana until he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2003 .

Malek became known to a wider audience as Kenny in the sitcom Family Quarrel de Luxe . He has also had guest roles on episodes of Series 24 , Medium , Gilmore Girls and Over There . In the comedies Night in the Museum , Night in Museum 2 and Night in the Museum: He played the mysterious tomb as Pharaoh Ahkmenrah . He also had a role in the ten-part miniseries The Pacific as Merriell "Snafu" Shelton .

In 2012, Malek played the role of Benjamin in the fifth part of the Twilight saga Breaking Dawn - Bite to the End of the Night, Part 2 . Further film and television appearances followed. 2015 he borrowed the figure Josh in the survival horror - Computer game Until Dawn his looks and his voice. Since the same year he has played the lead role as Elliot Alderson in Sam Esmail's television series Mr. Robot , which won him an Emmy and a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2016 .

In September 2016, Buster's Mal Heart was the first film with Malek in the lead role at the Toronto International Film Festival . In addition to Charlie Hunnam , he subsequently took on the role of Louis Dega in the remake Papillon . In the original from 1973 this was played by Dustin Hoffman .

In 2017 Malek was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Malek's portrayal of the singer Freddie Mercury in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) received wide-ranging critical acclaim. He won a Golden Globe, an Oscar and a BAFTA .

Malek is with his British fellow actress Lucy Boynton romantically involved, with whom he in Bohemian Rhapsody stood in front of the camera. In the 25th James Bond film, the 2020 James Bond 007: No Time to Die , Malek embodies the antagonist of the eponymous secret agent.

It has been dubbed by Bastian Sierich since Mr. Robot .

Filmography

Movies

Series

Computer games

  • 2014: The Legend of Korra (role of Tahno )
  • 2015: Until Dawn (role of Joshua Washington )

Awards and nominations

Oscar

Golden Globe Award

Primetime Emmy Award

  • 2016 : Award for leading actor in a drama series (Mr. Robot)

British Academy Film Award

Screen Actors Guild Award

Critics' Choice Television Award

Critics' Choice Movie Award

Satellite Award

AACTA Award

  • 2019 : Award for Best Actor (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • 2019: Awarded the Breakthrough Performance Award (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Web links

Commons : Rami Malek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rami Malek - Biography. In: IMDb . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Neil Drumming: Looking Back on 'Mr. Robot 'and a Season of Hacker Drama. In: The New York Times . August 25, 2015, accessed on January 16, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b Sarah Hughes: Mr Robot's Rami Malek: 'The world is in chaos - and all we do is hyperconsume'. In: The Guardian . July 14, 2016, accessed January 16, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Ben Travers: 'Mr. Robot 'Star Rami Malek on Making an' Indie Film 'on USA Network and Its' Iconic' Potential. In: IndieWire. June 25, 2015, accessed January 16, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Brennan Girdler: Local Stars. In: Evansville Living. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Class of 2017. oscars.org; accessed on June 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ Rami Malek confirms he found 'somebody to love' in Bohemian Rhapsody costar Lucy Boynton. January 4, 2019, accessed January 6, 2019 .
  8. ↑ James Bond 25 with Rami Malek - The cast of the new 007 film. April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019 .
  9. ↑ German synchronous files. March 27, 2020, accessed March 27, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Malek, Rami
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malek, Rami Said
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California, United States