Starring in the highly anticipated action-crime drama Need for Speed as well as claiming a role in the new NBC sci-fi series Believe, Rami Malek is definitely a star to keep an eye on in 2014.
Graduating with a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Evansville, the Egyptian actor soon picked up parts in popular television shows such as Gilmore Girls and The Medium.
In 2006, Malek earned his claim to fame as the Egyptian pharaoh brought back to life in Night at the Museum, later reprising his role in the sequel. He received critical acclaim in 2010 for his role as Snafu Shelton in Steven Spielberg’s television series The Pacific. After that, his credits in films came one after another including parts in Larry Crowne, The Master, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Short Term 12 and Oldboy.
In Need for Speed, based on the popular videogame, a street racer fresh from prison, played by Aaron Paul, seeks revenge for his incarceration. Malek will play the role of his friend, Finn. In the NBC sci-fi series Believe, produced by J.J. Abrams, a young girl with several abilities forms a bond with a man just out of prison who must protect her from those that wish to pursue her power. Malek will play the role of Dr. Adam Terry and certainly has a big year ahead of him.
Sammi Brennan can be reached at samantha.brennan@spartans.ut.edu