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My Take
Rami Malek fascinates me because he weaponizes strangeness. Those wide, unblinking eyes made Mr. Robot's paranoia feel physical and won him an Emmy in a role almost nobody else could have inhabited. Then came Freddie Mercury — casting that looked risky on paper — and he committed so completely that the Academy gave him Best Actor, the first win for an actor of Egyptian heritage. I value him as proof that Hollywood's idea of a leading man has finally stretched. He does not so much disappear into characters as let them vibrate through him, and that slightly alien intensity is exactly why I keep watching.
Overview
Rami Said Malek (English: ; 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rami Malek
- Name (Japanese)
- ラミ・マレック
- Reading
- らみ・まれっく
- Born
- May 12, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rooster
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / voice actor / actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Notre Dame High School
- University
- University of Evansville
Awards & achievements
- 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- 2019 Academy Award for Best Actor
- 2019 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- 2019 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- 2016 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series
- 2019 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.