Cast & creator
Rami Malek
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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.
Also known as: Rami Saíd Malek
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Filmography (66)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
24
Marcos Al-Zacar
2001
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Gilmore Girls
Andy
2000
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
2006
Medium
Timothy Kercher
2005
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
BoJack Horseman
Flip McVicker / Jose Guerrero (voice)
2014BoJack Horseman
Flip McVicker (voice)
2014
The Legend of Korra
Tahno (voice)
2012
Mr. Robot
Elliot Alderson
2015Mr. Robot
Producer
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Oppenheimer
David Hill
2023
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
The Pacific
PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton
2010
The Oscars
Self
1953
No Time to Die
Lyutsifer Safin
2021
The Amateur
Heller
2025The Amateur
Producer
2025
Bohemian Rhapsody
Freddie Mercury
2018
The Little Things
Jim Baxter
2021
The War at Home
Kenny
2005
Night at the Museum
Ahkmenrah
2006
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Benjamin
2012
Battleship
Watch Officer
2012
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Ahkmenrah
2014
Alcatraz
Webb Porter
2012
Dolittle
Chee-Chee (voice)
2020
Need for Speed
Finn
2014
Nuremberg
Douglas Kelley
2025
Oldboy
Browning
2013
Believe
Dr. Adam Terry
2014
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Ahkmenrah
2009
The Master
Clark
2012
Over There
Hassan
2005
Papillon
Louis Dega
2017
Larry Crowne
Steve Dibiasi
2011
Amsterdam
Tom Voze
2022
Short Term 12
Nate
2013
Being James Bond
Self (archive footage)
2021
The 2010s
Self - Actor, Mr. Robot
2023
The Sound of 007
Self
2022
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Will
2013
The Man I Love
Jimmy
2027
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
Self
2019
Buster's Mal Heart
Buster
2017
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Seneschal Higginbottom
2015
The Ben Cobb Show
Harry Bardo
2019Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes
Self
2014
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Self
2022
Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc
Self - Elliot
2016
The Look and Sound of Queen
Self
2019
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Self
2019Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie
Self / Freddie Mercury
2019
The Master: Unguided Message
2013
Project X
Narrator 1 (voice)
2016Designing Bond
Self
2021