Rami Malek: biography and filmography

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Rami Malek is an Egyptian American actor and producer. He is best known to the general public for his lead role in the TV series "Mr. Robot", for which he received an Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series". Also known for his work in the series "24" and "The Pacific" and several minor roles in major Hollywood films.

Childhood and youth

Rami Malek was born on May 12, 1981 in Los Angeles. The actor's parents are Egyptian Copts who moved to the US shortly before Rami's birth. My father was a tourist guide in Cairo, later selling insurance policies. Mother worked as an accountant.

He studied at Notre Dame School, where his classmate was actress Rachel Bilson, known for the youth series "The Lonely Hearts". Also a class younger was actress Kirsten Dunst, with whom Rami attended a theater group together.

After graduating from high schoolSchool Malek entered the University of Evansville, where he received a bachelor's degree.

Career start

In 2004, Rami Malek appeared in a small role in the popular series Gilmore Girls. He also voiced cameo characters in the video game Halo 2, but was not credited.

In 2005, the young actor became a member of the main cast of the sitcom "War at Home". The series was canceled due to low ratings after two seasons.

First successes

In 2006, Rami Malek received a minor role in the blockbuster Night at the Museum. Later, he appeared in two sequels of the picture.

In 2010, he appeared in the eighth season of the popular spy series 24 as a suicide bomber. Also this year, Rami Malek played one of the central roles in the military mini-series The Pacific. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, the massive war drama was a huge hit on HBO, and Malek earned critical acclaim for his work on the project.

In subsequent years, more and more feature films with Rami Malek began to be released. He appeared in minor roles in the directorial project of Tom Hanks, whom Rami met during the filming of The Pacific, Larry Crown, big-budget blockbuster Battleship, in the last film of the Twilight franchise, Paul Thomas Anderson's historical drama The Master "and a remake of the Korean thriller"Oldboy". In the latter scenes with Malek were cut, but working with Spike Lee allowed him to get into the next project of the famous director.

Also, Rami Malek was cast as one of the lead roles in the independent drama "Short Term 12", which became a festival hit. In 2014, he became a member of the cast of the film adaptation of the famous game series "Need for Speed: Need for Speed".

The following year, the actor voiced and modeled for the protagonist of the video game Until Dawn.

Mr. Robot

In 2015, the USA Network premiered the series "Mr. Robot", which became the most important project in the creative biography of Rami Malek. The serial thriller quickly became a hit with critics and viewers, was renewed for a second season even before the premiere of the pilot episode, and was nominated for many prestigious awards.

Malek himself won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and was also nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Three seasons of the show have aired so far and it was recently announced that the fourth season will be the last for the project, as Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail decided to end the storyline before the story ran out.

Recent roles

After the resounding success of "Mr. Robot", Rami Malek began to receive everythingmore proposals for filming feature films. In 2016, the surreal thriller The Heart of Buster Maul premiered. The picture received positive reviews from critics, but was released only in limited release and failed to attract the attention of the general public, collecting just over sixty thousand dollars in the American box office.

In 2018, almost a year after the festival premiere, The Moth, a remake of the classic 1973 prison drama, was released in wide release. The role originally played by Steve McQueen was played by Charlie Hunnam, star of the blockbuster "Pacific Rim" and the series "Sons of Anarchy", and the character, which Dustin Hoffman transferred to the screen forty years ago, was portrayed by Rami Malek. The picture did not become a hit at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics.

In October 2018, the world premiere of the biographical film about the vocalist of the world famous band Queen Freddie Mercury - "Bohemian Rhapsody" is scheduled. The role of the famous musician was originally supposed to be performed by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, but due to a conflict with the studio, he left the project, and Rami got the main role. The fans liked this casting decision, especially when it became clear from the photo of Rami Malek from the set in the image of Mercury that the actor got used to the image perfectly. Many analysts consider the film to be one of the contenders for the Oscar, and many predict the nomination for Malek himself.

A fantasy comedy is scheduled to premiere in 2019"Journey of Doctor Dolittle", where Rami will voice one of the animated characters.

Private life

Rami Malek has an identical twin brother Sami who works as a teacher. There is also a sister, Yasmin, who is a doctor. During his school years, the future actor met with the half-sister of his future partner on the TV series "Mr. Robot" Christian Slater.

Relatively much is known about Rami Malek's personal life, he does not try very hard to hide his relationship. It is known that for some time he met with his partner in "Mr. Robot" Portia Doubleday. Recently, according to media reports, he began dating actress Lucy Boynton, with whom he played together in Bohemian Rhapsody.