Rami Said Malek born May 12 1981 is an American actor He is known for portraying computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr Robot 20152019 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 biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 for which he won numerous accolades including the Academy Award for Best Actor becoming the first actor of Egyptian heritage to win in that category Time magazine named Malek one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019 Born in Torrance California to Egyptian 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 20052007 the HBO miniseries The Pacific 2010 and the Night at the Museum film trilogy 20062014 Since his breakthrough Malek has starred in Papillon 2017 the crime film The Little Things 2021 played the main antagonist Lyutsifer Safin in the James Bond film No Time to Die 2021 and portrayed David Hill in Christopher Nolans biographical film Oppenheimer 2023 Description above from the Wikipedia article Rami Malek licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia