Rami Malek is a prominent Academy Award-winning actor who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of rock star Freddie Mercury in the 2018 biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.” In addition to Malek’s receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor, “Bohemian Rhapsody” received four additional Oscars at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019: Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
In 2019, Time magazine listed Malek as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Prior to his now-iconic performance depicting Mercury, Malek won a 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for his role in the television series “Mr. Robot.” Malek, who studied theater at the University of Evansville, is the first actor of Egyptian heritage to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. In his personal life, Malek is notable for his lack of engagement with social media and his oftentimes reserved manner in interviews.
How old is Rami Malek? Rami Malek was born in Los Angeles on May 12, 1981.
What are Rami Malek’s most notable awards won? Malek won a 2019 Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody” — a performance for which he also won a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a British Academy Film Award for Best Actor. For his television work on the series “Mr. Robot,” Malek was awarded a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
How did Rami Malek get his acting career start? Malek made his film debut in 2006’s “Night at the Museum” and appeared in numerous television series and smaller films for much of the ensuing decade. Prior to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Malek’s main breakthrough acting role was his starring role as computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series, “Mr. Robot.”
What is Rami Malek’s acting style? Malek would best be described as a traditional character actor.