# Rami Malek

Rami Said Malek (born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He won a Critics' Choice Award and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his lead role as Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot. He also received Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and TCA Award nominations. In 2018, he portrayed Freddie Mercury in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, for which he won several awards, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and the British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a leading role.

## Quotes

* My brother was like, We're going to have to change the locks and put bars on the windows! But I thought about it for a minute and I thought, Here's a role I could look back on and say, Man, I played a vampire. In, like, Twilight. I mean, how many people get to do that?
** (February 2011)"IMPACT". Esquire 155 (2): 102-111.
* Everything has become so easy. It's great that it's at your fingertips, but I miss those good old days. And we're connected, but it can be very alienating. There is this distance between all of us because we're speaking to each other through cameras and monitors and icons and Emojis.
** Zemler, Emily (6 August 2015). Rami Malek, Star of 'Mr. Robot,' on the 'Shocking' Twists Ahead. Esquire.
** In an Esquire interview in response to the question, "How would you define your relationship with technology and computers?"
* I really wanted Elliot's clothes to feel like it was a bit of an urban combat uniform. We needed the wardrobe to reflect his desire to disappear from the world. So I suggested a hoodie. Well, maybe I shouldn't say 'suggest.'
** Screws, Nic (31 August 2015). Rami Malek, star of 'Mr. Robot,' is ready to start dressing like a grown up. Daily Herald. Retrieved on December 28, 2018.
* Please tell me you're seeing this, too.
** Schneller, Johanna (September 29, 2016). Mr. Robot star Rami Malek digs deep into life’s big questions. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved on 9 December 2018.
** In his 2016 acceptance speech for his Emmy for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series. The line comes from the program Mr. Robot.
* It's sad! Some really tragic moments have happened in my life and I found myself not getting emotional. Subconsciously, I was saving the grief so that, down the line, I could layer pain on top of pain. Because I want to feel that throughout my life. I want it to be easily accessible.
** Schneller, Johanna (September 29, 2016). Mr. Robot star Rami Malek digs deep into life’s big questions. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved on 9 December 2018.
* Someone took a selfie with me today on the street, and to see them plug in their passcode right in front of you — it’s not something I would ever do, and it’s borderline creepy, but my show just makes me so much more aware of how to conduct oneself in public. It’s little things we take for granted, like holding your passport out while you wait in line at an airport, and someone can screenshot that in a heartbeat. The amount of information that we arbitrarily extend to the world is very mind-boggling to me. It’s like we’re saying, “Go ahead,” Clint Eastwood-style, “make my day.”
** Shattuck, Kathryn (6 October 2017). Rami Malek of ‘Mr. Robot’ Doesn’t Want to Be Alone Anymore. The New York Times.
** In an interview for The New York Times, answering the question, "How are your own tech skills these days?"
* I know Elliot does not come across as charismatic, but to me he is.
** Shattuck, Kathryn (6 October 2017). Rami Malek of ‘Mr. Robot’ Doesn’t Want to Be Alone Anymore. The New York Times.
* One word: Mischief.
** Shattuck, Kathryn (6 October 2017). Rami Malek of ‘Mr. Robot’ Doesn’t Want to Be Alone Anymore. The New York Times.
** In an interview for The New York Times, answering the question, "What’s the key to capturing that Mercury charisma?"
* I could use my imagination and I read a lot about mental health. And that puts you in the perspective of just how difficult it is to live in a mind that that doesn't always feel like your own and how…I mean, just, that's brutal in its own way. And that can be a very lonely, difficult place, and a very difficult frame of mind to articulate to anyone, to even want to share with anyone.
** Stacey Wilson Hunt.. (2018). Conversations with Rami Malek [video]. YouTube.
** On the darkness of playing Elliot Alderson

## About

* Malek has about three facial expressions in his arsenal, so his eyes do a lot of the work on Mr. Robot.
** How 'Mr. Robot' Star Rami Malek Hacked His Way Into Hollywood (in en). GQ (11 July 2016). Retrieved on 5 December 2018.

## External links

* Rami Malek on IMDB