Rami Said Malek is an American actor. He is known for portraying computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot, for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and as Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, for which he won the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and British Academy Film Award for Best Actor. He has received many other accolades, and is the first actor of Egyptian heritage to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Time magazine named Malek one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. Born in Torrance, California, to Egyptian immigrant parents, Malek studied theater at the University of Evansville in Indiana.
Award-winning actor best recognized for his roles as Elliot Alderson in Mr. Robot and Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018. In the final Twilight film, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, he also played Benjamin. Short Term 12, Need for Speed, The Master, and the Night at the Museum films are among his other prominent cinematic credits.
