Line #50 Creator/RamiMalek


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2	[[caption-width-right:280: [[Series/MrRobot Hello, Friend]].]]
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4	->''"I love film. I've always been enchanted by doing film. It's something I grew up watching - classics and directors I admire - so that's something I've always been passionate about."''
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6	Rami Said Malek (born May 12, 1981 in Torrance, California) is an American actor of Coptic Egyptian descent.
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8	He won the 68th Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his work as Elliot Alderson in ''Series/MrRobot'', which was his StarMakingRole. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Music/FreddieMercury in ''Film/BohemianRhapsody''.
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10	Amusingly, his later role in ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' means he's been in the two highest grossing {{biopic}}s in history (the other being ''Bohemian Rhapsody'').
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12	!!Roles
13	* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' (2005) as Andy
14	* ''Series/{{Medium}}'' (2005) as Timothy Kercher
15	* ''Series/TheWarAtHome'' (2005 - 2007) as Kenny
16	* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'' as Ahkmenrah
17	** ''Night at the Museum'' (2006)
18	** ''Battle of the Smithsonian'' (2009)
19	** ''Secret of the Tomb'' (2014)
20	* ''Series/ThePacific'' (2010) as Merriel "Snafu" Shelton
21	* ''Series/TwentyFour'' (2010) as Marcos Al-Zacar
22	* ''Film/LarryCrowne'' (2011) as Steve
23	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' (2012) as Tahno
24	* ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' (2012) as Lt. Hill
25	* ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} Breaking Dawn Part 2]]'' (2012) as Benjamin
26	* ''Film/TheMaster'' (2012) as Clark
27	* ''Film/ShortTerm12'' (2013) as Nate
28	* ''Film/NeedForSpeed'' (2014) as Finn
29	* ''Series/MrRobot'' (2015 - 2019) as [[Characters/MrRobotElliotAlderson Elliot Alderson]]
30	* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' (2015) as Josh Washington
31	* ''Literature/{{Papillon}}'' (2017) as Louis Dega
32	* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' (2017 - 2018) as Flip [=McVicker=]
33	* ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' (2018) as Music/FreddieMercury (Academy Award winner for Best Actor; Golden Globe winner for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama)
34	* ''Film/{{Dolittle}}'' (2020) as Chee-Chee
35	* ''Film/TheLittleThings'' (2021) as Jim Baxter
36	* ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' (2021) as Lyutsifer Safin
37	* ''Film/{{Amsterdam\|2022}}'' (2022) as Tom Voze
38	* ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' (2023) as David Hill
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40	!!Tropes
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42	* CreepyMonotone: He often plays characters who talk like this. It can be a little jarring to see him in real life where he's noticeably more lively.
43	* FaceOfAThug: In his ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' monologue he commented that he tends to play intense, dramatic characters, because he has "resting villain face".
44	* FakeBrit: As Music/FreddieMercury, who was British-Parsi.
45	* FakeNationality: An American who has played a [[FictionalCountry Kamistani]] (judging by the name, somewhere in south/central Asia or perhaps the Caucasus), a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture fantasy!North Asian]], and [[Music/FreddieMercury a Parsi-Brit]], among others. In an unusual coincidence, while he has played Americans (e.g. the Cajun Merriel Shelton in ''The Pacific'') and Egyptians (e.g. Ahkmenrah in ''Night at the Museum'' and Benjamin in ''Breaking Dawn''), he has never actually played an American of Egyptian descent (unless Alderson's family changed its name at some time).
46	* FakeRussian: As Lyutsifer Safin in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.
47	* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Inverted. He's most famous for playing a socially awkward, serious character but interviews show that he's much more lively, outgoing and funny in real life.
48	* OlderThanTheyLook: He's in his forties but can still easily pass for his twenties.
49	* PhenotypeStereotype: His light skin and blue eyes have thrown some viewers off in regards to his ethnicity, even though these features aren't exactly unheard of in North Africa. Amusingly, a few people [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1061438-we-wuz-kings even complained]] when he was cast in ''Night at the Museum'', accusing the movie of whitewashing Egyptians. ''Malek is an Egyptian'' (although he is of partial Greek descent, but still of Coptic heritage -- the Coptic language is directly descended from Ancient Egyptian and not Arabic).
50	* ReclusiveArtist: He has social media pages, but is rarely active on them.
51	* RomanceOnTheSet: Began dating Creator/LucyBoynton on the set of ''Film/BohemianRhapsody''.
52	* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Many people have commented on the resemblance between Malek and Creator/PeteDavidson. It came to the point where they impersonated each other in a skit when Malek hosted an episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
53	* SpeechImpediment: Though he can hide it when he's acting, he has a lisp that's very common with Egyptians speaking English. Presumably he picked it up from his family.
54	* VocalDissonance: His unusually deep voice can be a sharp contrast to his youthful appearance.
55	* WaifFu: He usually plays characters who are this. Be it Elliot from ''Series/MrRobot'', Louis Dega in ''Film/{{Papillon}}'', Jim in ''Film/TheLittleThings'' or Safin in ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.

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