Egyptian Americans · Film
Rami Malek
Actor. He won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Actor for Bohemian Rhapsody, the first actor of Egyptian heritage to win in that category, and an Emmy for Mr. Robot.[Source]
Where in the US · Grew upBorn in Torrance, California, and raised in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.[Source]
Family history
His parents, Said Malek, a travel agent and tour guide, and Nelly Abdel-Malek, an accountant, left Cairo in 1978 with his older sister. The family is Coptic Orthodox. He has an identical twin brother, Sami.[Source]
Connection with Egypt
He spoke Egyptian Arabic at home until the age of four, and his father would wake him at night to talk on the phone with the family's Arabic-speaking relatives in Samalut.[Source]
Education
- University of EvansvilleTheater[Source]
Recognition
Sources
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