Rami Malek Height, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Rami Said Malek
Profession	Actor
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 9" (175 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Green
Hair Colour	Light Golden Brown
Career
Debut	Feature Film: 'Night at the Museum' (2006) as Pharaoh Ahkmenrah
Awards, Honours	For 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (2018) • 2019- Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Satellite Awards • 2019- Outstanding Performance of the Year at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival • 2019- Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival • 2019- Best Actor Award by the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society • 2019- Best Actor Award at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards • 2019- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture Award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards • 2019- Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Award at the Golden Globe Awards • 2019- Best Actor in a Leading Role at the British Academy Film Awards • 2019- Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards (The Oscars) For 'Mr. Robot' (2015) • 2016- Best Actor in a Drama Series Award at the Critics' Choice Awards • 2016- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Award at the Primetime Emmy Award Other Award • 2024- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for 'Oppenheimer' (2024)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	12 May 1981 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2025)	44 Years
Birthplace	Torrance, California, United States
Zodiac sign	Taurus
Signature
Nationality	American
Hometown	Torrance
School	Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks
College/University	• University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana • Harlaxton College in Harlaxton, Lincolnshire
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Evansville, Evansville
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Lucy Boynton (Actor) (2017-2023) • Emma Corrin (Actor) (2023-2025)
Family
Parents	Father- Said Malek (Deceased) (Travel agent, Tour Guide) Mother- Nelly Abdel Malek (Retires Accountant)
Siblings	Brother- Sami Malek Sister- Yasmine (ER Doctor)
Favourites
Music Band	Queen
Money Factor
Assets/Properties	House in Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles worth $2.7 million ((GQ))

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rami Malek

• Rami Malek holds Egyptian ancestry as his parents were Egyptian. He also mentioned in one of his interviews that he holds ‘an eighth Greek’ ancestry.

• Before Rami was born, his parents and his elder sister moved from Cairo, Egypt, to the United States in 1978 after Rami’s father, who was a travel agent and tour guide, became intrigued with Western visitors.

• After moving to the United States, Rami’s parents settled in Sherman Oaks and mostly stayed in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California.

• As a child, Rami Malek used to think that he lived a million miles away from Hollywood until he truly found out that Hollywood was just a 10-minute drive from where he lived.

• Rami was raised by his parents in their traditional Coptic Orthodox Christian faith, and spoke Egyptian Arabic at home until the age of four.

• Rami Malek was raised by his parents in a very strict household. Rami and his siblings were not allowed to have sleepovers.

• His twin brother, Sami Malek, is younger than him by just four minutes.

• Rami Malek’s parents always taught their children to stick to their Egyptian roots and the importance of preserving their roots. Rami once stated in an interview that his father used to wake him up in the middle of the night to talk on the phone to his Arabic-speaking extended family in Samalut, Egypt.

• Rami is a first-generation American in his entire family. While growing up, Rami Malek used to find it difficult to fully understand the American culture during his childhood, because of cultural differences. He even spent most of his childhood having his name mispronounced.

• Talking about his experience, Rami was quoted as saying in an interview that
  

  It only took me ’til high school where I found the confidence to tell everybody, ‘No, my name is Rami.’ It’s a very upsetting thing to think about, that I didn’t have the confidence to correct anyone at that point.”

• He also stated in one of his interviews that it was difficult for him to form a self-identity as a child, and he was inclined towards creating characters and doing voices to create an identity for his own self.

• During the 1994 Northridge earthquake that affected Greater Los Angeles, California, Rami Malek’s house walls were destroyed.

• During the 1992 Rodney King riots, Rami was studying in school and he and all the kids were told that they couldn’t wear red or blue at school because of the crips and the bloods because of the gangwar.

• To contribute a little towards their school fees, Rami and his brother used to work on the school grounds in the holidays. Detailing the experience, Rami Malek was quoted as saying in an interview that
  

  We ended up digging the sprinkler system for our high school football pitch over a summer just so we could get some relief in terms of the cost of going to school.”

• At the Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Rami Malek was in the same class as the American actress Rachel Bilson.

• The American actress Kirsten Dunst also attended the same school and shared a musical theatre class with Rami.

• Rami Malek first fell in love with acting during high school, but he had major doubts about whether to choose it as his career option or not.

• His parents wanted Rami Malek to become a lawyer, which made him join the debate team in his freshman year; however, he struggled to form arguments during the debates.

• One of his debate teachers noticed his talent in dramatic interpretation and encouraged him to perform the Charles Fuller play titled ‘Zooman and The Sign’ at a competition instead of sticking to debates. He agreed to the suggestion and went forward with the acting competition.

• Expressing his experience about the acting competition, Rami Malek mentioned that it was the first time he saw his father become emotional. His parents’ positive reaction to his acting performance left him feeling free and confident to go ahead and pursue a professional acting career.

• Rami Malek and his brother, Sami Malek, were both involved in the school’s drama department.

• During his years of study at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana, Rami moved to England for a semester. He used to study at Harlaxton College in Harlaxton, Lincolnshire.

• In the duration of the summer before his senior year, he interned at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Centre in Waterford, Connecticut, where he became an associate of the American playwright August Wilson.

• Rami credits his university for polishing his acting talent, and he was quoted as saying in an interview that
  

  The level of talent at the University of Evansville was formidable from faculty to fellow actors. There’s a commitment and dedication that the theater program required that unearthed a work ethic I didn’t know I had.”

• After completing his graduation from the Indiana’s University of Evansville in 2003, Rami Malek also wanted to attend graduate school for theatre. Meanwhile, his college debt was also growing, which at that time caused him a lot of stress.

• Rami moved to New York and began performing in small stage productions while auditioning for screen opportunities side by side. To manage funds, he used to share a one-bedroom Lower East Side apartment with friends who were also in the theatre community.

• The majority of his friends were writers and directors, and many of them later started the Slant Theatre Project, where they used to put on their own plays and perform around the city.

• During one of his trips to visit his family in Los Angeles, Rami Malek met the casting director Mali Finn, who convinced him to stay and look for work in Hollywood. On his advice, Rami moved back in with his parents in Los Angeles.

• To make ends meet, Rami started doing multiple odd jobs, including delivering pizzas and making falafel and shawarma sandwiches at a restaurant in Hollywood. On the side, he also used to send his resume to various production houses in search of acting roles.

• For a long time, he failed at getting work as an actor, which led him to fall into depression and have a loss of confidence. At one point, he also considered getting a real estate license instead of pursuing an acting career.

• After auditioning for so many roles, he used to never hear back from anybody. After a year and a half, he received a call from the casting director, Mara Casey. She asked to speak to his agent, to which he confessed that he did not have one. She told him to get an agent first, but Rami suggested she meet anyway.

• Mara Casey agreed to meet him, and the meeting led to him finally landing a small role in the American comedy drama television series titled ‘Gilmore Girls’ (2004). He got the role through an agent.
  

  Rami Malek (left) in a still from the American comedy drama TV series titled ‘Gilmore Girls’ (2004)

• In the same year, Rami was cast in the theatre production play titled ‘Johnny Boy,’ which took place at the 130-seat Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California. Soon after, he was also cast in the theatrical play titled ‘Shoes’ in a collaboration with the Slant Theatre Project in New York City.

• In 2004, Rami Malek lent his voice to many additional characters in the first-person shooter video game titled ‘Halo 2,’ which was the second instalment in the ‘Halo franchise,’ and the sequel to 2001’s critically acclaimed ‘Halo: Combat Evolved.’ However, Rami was uncredited for his voice roles in the video game.

• In 2007, Rami played the character of Jamie in the Vitality Productions theatrical presentation of Keith Bunin’s play titled ‘The Credeaux Canvas,’ which took place at the Elephant Theatre in Los Angeles.

• In 2009, Rami Malek repeated his role of Ahkmenrah in the 2009 American fantasy comedy film titled ‘Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,’ which was the second instalment in the ‘Night at the Museum’ series, followed by ‘Night at the Museum’ (2006).

• After he played the character of a suicide bomber named Marcos Al-Zacar in the eighth season of the American action drama television series titled ’24,’ Rami Malek instructed his agent to reject any role that painted Arabs or Middle Easterners in a ‘bad light.’

• During filming the American drama film, titled ‘The Pacific’ (2010), Rami received a letter from executive producer Tom Hanks praising Rami’s performance. After being impressed by his performance, Tom Hanks offered him the role of a college student, Steve Dibias, in the American romantic comedy feature film titled ‘Larry Crowne,’ which was released in 2011.

• After filming the 2010 American drama film, titled ‘The Pacific,’ Rami chose to leave Hollywood and move to Argentina for a certain period of time. He was quoted as saying in an interview that
  

  I went to live in Argentina. I thought I was going to live there. I thought, ‘I’m done—I’m living here until I fix my head again.”

• In 2012, Rami Malek was cast in the American romantic fantasy film titled ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2,’ which was based on the 2008 novel titled ‘Breaking Dawn’ by Stephenie Meyer. Rami played the character of Benjamin in the film.
  

  Rami Malek in a still from the American romantic fantasy film titled ‘The Twilight Saga- Breaking Dawn – Part 2’ (2012)

• In 2015, Rami did motion capture and voice acting for the character of Josh for the interactive drama survival horror game titled ‘Until Dawn,’ which was developed by Supermassive Games for the PlayStation 4.

• American Screenwriter Sam Esmail auditioned more than 100 actors to play the lead role of Elliot Alderson, who was a mentally unstable computer hacker for the American drama thriller television series titled ‘Mr. Robot’ that Sam Esmail was developing.
  

  Rami Malek in a still from the American drama thriller TV series titled ‘Mr. Robot’ (2015)

• Sam Esmail was never satisfied with anyone who gave the audition for the lead role, and at one point, he also considered rewriting the character altogether. He was majorly stressed out for the casting of the character until seeing Rami Malek’s audition in late summer of 2014.

• In 2014, Rami Malek was cast in the American fantasy drama television series titled ‘Believe,’ which was part of the 2013–14 United States network television schedule on NBC. Rami played the character of Dr. Adam Terry in the TV series.

• In 2015, the American digital and print magazine named ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ included him on the Next Gen 2015, which is an annual list of stars who are 35 and under and ‘on the rise’ with their work.

• Sam Esmail stated in an interview that after seeing Rami’s audition for the role, it opened his eyes to who Elliot Alderson really was. According to him, Rami Malek was the most accurate and perfect fit for the character and the TV series altogether.

• Rami Malek was the first non-white actor to win an Emmy Award in the category of Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series since 1998.

• In 2017, he accepted the invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, along with 774 others, as part of the Academy’s effort to include more diverse members after being criticised for a lack of diversity at the 88th Academy Awards.

• In the same year, Rami, along with the English singer Boy George and rapper A$AP Rocky, were chosen to be part of Dior Homme’s Spring 2017 campaign.

• Rami Malek attended the 2017 Women’s March in Paris, France, which was a large demonstration in support of women’s rights and other issues.

• Rami Malek was present at the worldwide protest that took place on 21 January 2017, the day after the first inauguration of Donald Trump. 

• Rami was one of the 3000 actors who auditioned for the role of Han Solo for the American space Western film titled ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story,’ which was released in 2018.

• In 2018, Rami Malek was cast in the American biographical musical drama film titled ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’
  

  Rami Malek in a still from the American biographical musical drama film titled ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (2018)

• Rami played the character of Freddie Mercury, and the film focuses on the life of Freddie Mercury, who was the lead singer of the British rock band Queen. The film focused on the formation of the band in 1970 to their 1985 Live Aid performance at the original Wembley Stadium.

• The film ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has been Rami Malek’s biggest film as of 2025. The film grossed over $900 million worldwide on a production budget of about $50 million.

• ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ became the sixth highest-grossing film of 2018 worldwide. It has also been the highest-grossing musical biographical film of all time, as of 2025.

• While preparing for the role of Freddie Mercury, Rami Malek moved to London, where he worked with a dialect coach and a movement coach, and also took piano and singing lessons.

• While preparing for the role, every day for four hours, Rami used to watch and study videos of the British singer Freddie Mercury with his movement coach, Polly Bennett. Rami watched many old videos of the singer, including the 1985 Live Aid concert video on YouTube, at least 1500 times to perfect his performance for the film.

• Rami Malek also had to get used to speaking and singing with a set of false teeth that mimicked Freddie Mercury’s overbite. He also lost significant weight to play the character. Talking about the experience, Rami was quoted as saying in an interview that
  

  I kept the teeth. Well, I had the teeth cast in gold. It is the most ostentatious thing I have probably ever done, and, in the spirit of Freddie, being as outlandish as I could, I said, ‘What would be more him than casting these in gold?”

• Rami Malek stated in an interview that playing the character of Freddie Mercury has been his most important part of his career. He was quoted as saying that
  

  This is a role I don’t think can be outdone. I think we’re always searching for that next great role, and I guess I’m fortunate that I’ve already been met with it. I’d like to think that there is more out there for me to do, and there is, but I do doubt that there is anything that lives up to how precious this role and this human being have been in my life.”

• The guitarist of the British rock band Queen, Brian May, once stated in an interview that while watching Rami Malek’s performance in the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was so accurate that he would sometimes forget he was Rami and not Freddie.

• In 2018, Rami produced and was cast in the American apocalyptic thriller podcast drama series titled ‘Blackout,’ in which he played the character of Simon Itani.

• In the same year, Rami Malek started attending a lot of charity events for the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation and the American nonprofit civil rights organisation named ‘American Civil Liberties Union’ (ACLU).

• In 2018, Rami Malek started working with the private sector named ‘RED,’ which works in raising awareness and funds to help eliminate HIV/AIDS in eight African countries. He started working for the organisation after being inspired by his Freddie Mercury role.

• Being an ambassador for the ‘RED’ organisation to raise awareness and funds to help eliminate HIV/AIDS, and he travelled to Eswatini to learn more about the state of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

• The international monthly men’s magazine ‘GQ’ placed him at number 29 on the list of Best Dressed Men 2019.

• In the same year, Time magazine named Malek one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

• In 2019, Rami Malek became the first actor of Egyptian heritage to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’

• In 2020, Rami Malek lent his voice to the character of Chee-Chee the gorilla in the American fantasy adventure film titled ‘Dolittle.’

• In the same year, he was selected as the face of Saint Laurent’s Spring/Summer 2020 campaign.

• To promote the release of his film titled ‘The Little Things’ (2021), Rami Malek hosted the forty-seventh season of the NBC sketch comedy series titled ‘Saturday Night Live’ in October 2021.
  

  Rami Malek in a still from the ‘Saturday Night Live’ (2021)

• In 2021, Rami Malek became the first American actor to play a main James Bond villain in the American spy thriller film titled ‘No Time to Die’ (2021) since Robert Davi in Licence to Kill (1989).

• In the same year, Rami Malek was cast in the American epic biographical thriller film titled ‘Oppenheimer,’ which was based on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II.

• Rami played the character of a nuclear physicist named David L. Hill in ‘Oppenheimer.’ The film was released in 2023.

• The American comedian and actor Pete Davidson imitates Rami Malek’s characters in the NBC sketch comedy series titled ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketches.

• Rami Malek revealed in one of his interviews that he keeps his identity as ‘anonymous’ when he travels abroad, as he tends to be reserved in life, and he tries to stay off social media as much as possible.

• Rami met the American actress Lucy Boynton for the first time during the shoot of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ and they both started dating each other soon after. They dated for 6 years before parting ways in 2023.

• In 2025, Rami Malek played the character of Oedipus in the Athenian tragedy play by Sophocles titled ‘Oedipus.’ The play was performed at the nonprofit producing theatre named ‘The Old Vic’ in Waterloo, London.
  

  Rami Malek in a still from the theatrical play titled ‘Oedipus’ (2025)

• Rami didn’t speak English until he was five or six years old, as everyone at his home used to speak Arabic.

• As kids, Rami and his brother, Sami Malek, used to change the markings of their report cards while the ink was still wet enough to erase the Bs and Cs and used to copy their sister’s report card, which was straight As.

• Rami is the second male born after 1980 to have won an acting Oscar. Eddie Redmayne was the first to win the Best Actor Award for the British biographical drama film titled ‘The Theory of Everything (2014).’

• He occasionally consumes alcohol.
  

  Rami Malek drinking wine with the American film producer Hutch Parker

• Rami Malek has been part of many TV series, and some of them include ‘Over There’ (2005), ‘The War at Home’ (2005), ‘The Pacific’ (2010), ‘Alcatraz’ (2012), ‘The Legend of Korra’ (2012), and ‘BoJack Horseman’ (2017).
  

  Rami Malek in a still from the American drama film titled ‘The Pacific’ (2010)

• He has been part of many theatrical plays, and some of them include ‘The Bebop Heard in Okinawa’ (2002), ‘Johnny Boy’ (2004), ‘Shoes’ (2004), and ‘The Credeaux Canvas’ (2007).

• Rami Malek has been part of many American films, and some of them are ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ (2013), ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb’ (2014), ‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus’ (2014), ‘Buster’s Mal Heart’ (2016), ‘Papillon’ (2017), ‘Amsterdam’ (2022), and ‘The Amateur’ (2025).
  

  Rami Malek on the poster of the American action thriller film titled ‘The Amateur’ (2025)