Rami Malek

Rami Said Malek

12 May 1981

An American actor. Malek attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2003 from the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana.

In 2004, Malek began his acting career with guest-starring roles on several notable television series including "Gilmore Girls", "Over There", and "Medium", as well as voicing "additional characters" for the video game "Halo 2".

In 2006, Malek made his feature film debut as Pharaoh Ahkmenrah in the comedy "Night at the Museum" and reprised his role in the sequels "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" (2009) and "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" (2014). In August 2010 it was announced that Malek had been cast as the Egyptian vampire Benjamin in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2".

He appears as one of the main characters (Josh) in Until Dawn, a 2015 horror game released on the Playstation 4 on August 25. He lent his voice and was fully motion captured for the game.

In 2015, Malek took on the lead role of Elliot Alderson in the critically acclaimed USA Network's television series "Mr. Robot", for which he has received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

As actor

• Gilmore Girls (2004)
• Over There (2005)
• Medium (2005)
• The War at Home (2005-2007)
• Night at the Museum (2006)
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
• 24 (2010)
• The Pacific (2010)
• Larry Crowne (2011)
• Alcatraz (2012)
• Battleship (2012)
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
• The Legend of Korra (2012)
• The Master (2012)
• Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
• Short Term 12 (2013)
• Oldboy (2013)
• Need for Speed (2014)
• Believe (2014)
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
• Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
• Project X (2016)
• Mr. Robot (2015-...)
• Until Dawn (2015)
• Buster's Mal Heart (2016)
• Papillon (2017)
• Bohemian Rhapsody (2017)

Quotations

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I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

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There's fears in everyone's job. Ours are in the limelight, and people think we're incredibly privileged or nuts to do what we do for a living.

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Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.

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Being on a Paul Thomas Anderson film, the best decision an actor can make is to listen to Paul Thomas Anderson. Because he's probably not going to steer anyone in the wrong direction. I would always say go with your gut on any other movie set, but with Paul, I would say go with Paul's gut.

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Mara Casey gave me my first job. I saw something online, and it was for a part in a 'Gilmore Girls' episode, and I thought I was right for it.

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'Twilight' fans are different. They're very civil with one another. It's a respect because they're all in this together and they all appreciate the same things.

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