+ Rami Malek awards and nominations Award Wins NominationsAACTA International Awards Academy Awards Alliance of Women Film Journalists Austin Film Critics Association British Academy Film Awards Chicago Film Critics Association Critics' Choice Movie Awards Critics' Choice Television Awards Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Detroit Film Critics Society Dorian Awards Georgia Film Critics Association Gold Derby Awards Golden Globe Awards Houston Film Critics Society IndieWire Critics Poll Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society MTV Movie & TV Awards Palm Springs International Film Festival People's Choice Awards Primetime Emmy Awards San Diego Film Critics Society San Francisco Film Critics Circle Satellite Awards Santa Barbara International Film Festival Screen Actors Guild Awards Seattle Film Critics Society St. Louis Film Critics Association Television Critics Association Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association colspan=2 width=50 colspan=2 width=50
Rami Malek is an American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy Award, an AACTA Award, two Critics' Choice Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Malek earned acclaim for his breakout role as Elliot Alderson, a clinically depressed cybersecurity engineer and hacker on the USA Network thriller series Mr. Robot (2015–2019). For his performance, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series (both in 2016) as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
His portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. He was also nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and became a massive box-office success, grossing over $900 million worldwide on a production budget of about $50 million, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2018 and the highest-grossing musical biographical film of all time, as well as one of 20th Century Fox's top ten highest-grossing films.
Malek took a supporting role as David L. Hill, a nuclear physicist in the Christopher Nolan directed biographical historical epic Oppenheimer (2023). He won alongside the ensemble, which included Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, and Kenneth Branagh for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Major associations
Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Film Actor in a Leading Role Bohemian Rhapsody
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody 2024Best CastOppenheimer Critics' Choice Television Awards 2015 Best Actor in a Drama Series Mr. Robot (season one) 2016 Mr. Robot (season two)
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2016 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Mr. Robot (episode: "eps1.0_hellofriend.mov")
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama Mr. Robot (season one) 2016 Mr. Robot (season two) 2018 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Bohemian Rhapsody 2019 Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama Mr. Robot (season four)
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Mr. Robot (season one) 2016 Mr. Robot (season two) 2018 Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Bohemian Rhapsody Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture 2023 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Oppenheimer
Miscellaneous associations Organizations Year Category Work Result AACTA Awards 2019 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody Capri Hollywood International Film Festival2023Best Ensemble CastOppenheimer Dorian Awards 2016 TV Performance of the Year – Actor Mr. Robot "We're Wilde About You!" Rising Star Award 2019 Film Performance of the Year – Actor Bohemian Rhapsody MTV Movie & TV Awards 2019 Best Performance Bohemian Rhapsody Palm Springs International Film Festival 2019 Breakthrough Performance Award Bohemian Rhapsody People's Choice Awards 2017 Favorite Cable TV Actor Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2019 Outstanding Performance of the Year Bohemian Rhapsody Satellite Awards 2016 Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama Mr. Robot 2017 2019 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Bohemian Rhapsody
Critics awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2019 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody Austin Film Critics Association, 2019 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody Chicago Film Critics Association 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody Detroit Film Critics Society 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody Georgia Film Critics Association 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody Houston Film Critics Society 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody IndieWire Critics Poll 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society 2019 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody San Diego Film Critics Society 2018 Best Breakout Artist Bohemian Rhapsody San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody Seattle Film Critics Society 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody St. Louis Film Critics Association 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody Television Critics Association 2016 Individual Achievement in Drama Mr. Robot Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2018 Best Actor Bohemian Rhapsody
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