Ahmed Malek, also known as Ahmad Malek, is an Egyptian actor.
Career
Malek starred in
Mohamed Diab's ''
Clash'', which opened the
Un Certain Regard at the
2016 Cannes Film Festival
The 69th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 May 2016. Australian director George Miller was the President of the Jury for the main competition. French actor Laurent Lafitte was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies. On 15 Marc ...
.
Other roles include ''
Sheikh Jackson
''Sheikh Jackson'' is a 2017 Egyptian drama film directed by Amr Salama. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Fi ...
'' (2017), ''
Hepta: The Last Lecture'' and ''
La Tottfea El Shams''.
He had his first English-speaking role (also speaking
Dari,
Pashto and
Badimaya, an
Aboriginal Australian language) in the 2020 Australian film ''
The Furnace''.
For his role he was nominated for the 2021
AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Malek appeared in the 2022 film ''
The Swimmers'', dramatising the lives of
Yusra and
Sarah Mardini.
In 2023, Malek played the role of Musa in the
BBC One miniseries ''
Boiling Point
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''.
References
External links
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Living people
Egyptian male film actors
Egyptian male television actors
1995 births
Actors from Cairo
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