Rami Said Malek (English: /ˈrɑːmi ˈmælɪk/; Arabic: رامي سعيد مالك, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈɾɑːmi sæˈʕiːd ˈmæːlek]; born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He gained recognition for portraying Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), for which he won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2019, becoming the first actor of Egyptian heritage to win in that category. He played computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot (2015–2019), for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Born in Torrance, California, to Coptic immigrant parents, he studied theater before acting in plays in New York City. He had supporting roles in film and television, including the Fox sitcom The War at Home (2005–2007), the HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), and the Night at the Museum film trilogy (2006–2014). Since his breakthrough, Malek has starred in the crime film The Little Things (2021), played the main antagonist Lyutsifer Safin in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021), portrayed David Hill in Christopher Nolan's biographical film Oppenheimer (2023), starred as a CIA cryptographer in the spy film The Amateur (2025), and starred as psychiatrist Douglas Kelley in the film Nuremberg (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rami Malek, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 12, 1981 (45)
- Torrance, California, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 32 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all
What are Rami Malek's films like?
Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 19
A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 4 · Dark 8
A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 5
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 10
A split, not a type: Steady 9 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 5
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 8
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 4
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 6 of 11 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton in The Pacific (2010)
- Allyas Finn in Need for Speed (2014)
- Tricksteras Elliot Alderson in Mr. Robot (2015)
- Heroas Buster in Buster's Mal Heart (2016)
- Heroas Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
- Shadowas Safin in No Time to Die (2021)
- Heroas Jim Baxter in The Little Things (2021)
- Heroas Douglas Kelley in Nuremberg (2025)
- Tricksteras Charlie Heller in The Amateur (2025)
- Heroas Charlie Heller in The Amateur (2025)
- Heroas Jimmy George in The Man I Love (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Rami Malek's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Rami Malek's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
37 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page; 26 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Man I Love(2026)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Nuremberg(2025)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Amateur(2025)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Oppenheimer(2023)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Amsterdam(2022)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
No Time to Die(2021)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Little Things(2021)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Dolittle(2020)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Ben Cobb Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Papillon(2017)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Buster's Mal Heart(2016)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Project X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Mr. Robot(2015)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus(2014)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
BoJack Horseman(2014)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Need for Speed(2014)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Believe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Oldboy(2013)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Short Term 12(2013)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Ain't Them Bodies Saints(2013)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Master: Unguided Message (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Master(2012)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Legend of Korra(2012)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Battleship(2012)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Alcatraz(2012)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Larry Crowne(2011)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Pacific(2010)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Night at the Museum(2006)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Over There(2005)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
The War at Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Medium(2005)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
24(2001)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Gilmore Girls(2000)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 37 titles, 36 of them dated from 2000 to 2025; peak year 2025.
Biggest box office
Oppenheimer (2023)
Highest rated
Oppenheimer (2023)
Most popular right now
Mr. Robot (2015)
Film career
Peak 2025 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 9 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2005Screen debut· The War at Home
- 2006First film· Night at the Museum
- 2015Career best· Mr. Robot
- 2015Primetime Emmy win· Mr. Robot
- 2017First top-billed film· Buster's Mal Heart
- 2018Career best· Bohemian Rhapsody
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- 2018Oscar win· Bohemian Rhapsody
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
an Oscar, a Primetime Emmy, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award and 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards from 13 major nominations, 2016–2024.
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
- Oscar, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Leading Actor
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Rami Malek's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 23; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up14
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 32 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved9
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser13
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Rami Malek's work okay for kids?
Across up to 16 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Rami Malek work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rami Malek's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Daniel Craig shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Daniel CraigShared titles: The Sound of 007 (2022), Being James Bond: The Daniel Craig Story (2021), No Time to Die (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Daniel Craig
- Robert Downey Jr.Shared titles: Oppenheimer (2023), Dolittle (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Downey Jr.
- Naomie HarrisShared titles: The Sound of 007 (2022), No Time to Die (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Naomie Harris
- Tom HanksShared titles: 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022), The Pacific (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Hanks
Producers
- Jim BeachShared titles: The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story (2019), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jim Beach
Mixed roles
- Cary Joji FukunagaShared titles: The Sound of 007 (2022), No Time to Die (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Barbara BroccoliShared titles: Being James Bond: The Daniel Craig Story (2021), No Time to Die (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Barbara Broccoli
