Ahmed 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. Other roles include Sheikh Jackson (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.
Selected filmography Film 2008: Mafish Fayda (No Use) as Child 2012: Geddo Habibi (My Dear Grandpa) as Amir 2014: The Island 2 as Ali Mansour El-Hefny 2015: Regatta as Siko 2015: Ahwak (I Adore You) as Ahmed 2015: 4G (The Fourth Generation) as Rami 2016: Hepta: The Last Lecture as Karim 2016: Clash as Mans 2017: Sheikh Jackson as Khaled Hany 2018: Exterior/Night as Jimmy 2018: Gunshot as Alaa Abu Zeid 2018: El-Kwayeseen (The Good Ones) as Bolonaki 2019: The Treasure 2: Love and Destiny as Thutmose III 2019: The Guest as Osama 2020: New Year's Eve as Sherif 2020: The Furnace as Hanif 2022: Full Moon Night as Sherif 2022: Wahed Tany as Gasser 2022: Kira & El Gin as Ibrahim Shawkat 2022: The Swimmers as Nizar 2025: 6 Days as Youssef 2026: Cologne 2026: EgyBest
Television 2010: Al-Gama'a 2017: La Tottfea El Shams 2023: Boiling Point 2025: Welad El Shams
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