Sami Malek is the twin brother of actor and producer Rami Said Malek. Sami’s brother Rami Malek is admired for his acting talent and good looks. He is a noticeable figure in the movie industry who is best known for appearing as Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot (2015–2019) and Freddie Mercury in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
Sami Malek: Bio Summary
| Name | Sami Malek |
| Date of birth | May 12, 1981 |
| Place of birth | Torrance, California, U.S. |
| Famous as | brother of Rami Malek |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | American-Egyptian |
| Spouse | N/A |
| Siblings | Rami Malek and Yasmine Malek |
| Parents | Said Malek and Nelly Malek |
How Old Is Rami Malek’s Twin Brother, Sami Malek?
Sami Malek was born on May 12, 1981, in Torrance, California, U.S. He is 42 years old and will be turning 43 on May 12, 2024. He is an American but of Egyptian descent. Egyptian immigrant, Said Malek and Nelly Malek are his parents. His father was a tour guide in Cairo who later sold insurance while his mother was an accountant. He was raised in his family’s Coptic Orthodox Christian faith.
Sami’s parents left Cairo in 1978 and they settled in Sherman Oaks, mostly staying in the San Fernando Valley. Sami who is not the only child of his parents has an identical twin brother actor and producer Rami Said Malek and an older sister Yasmine Malek who works as a doctor. Rami is 4 minutes older than Sami. The Malek siblings are very close to each other.
Sami Malek’s parents Said and Nelly Malek made sure he and his siblings were connected to their family in Egypt and they were taught the importance of preserving their Egyptian roots. They grew up speaking Arabic and practiced cultural traditions. Sami double majored in American Literature & Culture and African-American Studies at UCLA.
Continuing his studies in education, Sami earned a Master of Arts in Secondary English Education from Loyola Marymount University. Unfortunately, his father Said Malek passed away in 2006.
Sami Malek Is A Qualified Teacher
Sami Malek is an ESL and English teacher. He started his teaching career through Teach for America and has taught multiple levels of English. He has a passion for his work and is very good at what he does. His teaching work includes teaching students new to the United States the fundamentals of English and analyzing literature with 9th graders.
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In the year 2011, Sami gained National Board Certification in English Language Arts. Following years of working with middle school students, he was proud to utilize his skills to empower students at the STEM Academy of Hollywood. In 2019, he joined the teacher strike in California, protesting for more public school funding. In support of his brother, Rami Malek took to Twitter:
“I know how hard teachers work and how dedicated they are to their students. I support my brother and all other teachers in their fight for the schools their students deserve. #istandwithlateachers.” Sami Malek has appeared on an episode of Entertainment Tonight. He also appeared in the TV Mini-Series, Dempsey.
Sami Malek’s Relationship With His Twin
Sami Malek and Rami Malek are very close to each other. They have supported each other since their childhood. Sami often accompanies his twin to public events including the Golden Globes and Oscars in 2019. Sami and his twin Rami “were troublemakers as kids” and “did some bad stuff” according to Rami. Rami even switched places with Sami while they were college students.
“He calls me one day, I had just gotten back from theater school — we went to different colleges — and he calls me in a panic, saying, ‘Hey, do you know a Greek monologue from a Greek tragedy?’,” Rami once recalled. “I’m like, ‘Yeah, of course, I’ve just been doing this for four years.’ He goes, ‘Listen, I need you to come down to my university. I need you to do this for my class, it’s going to get me the points I need to get me my degree.”
“I’m short on these units, she’s offering points if anybody comes in and does this monologue.’” Rami who joked he “was born to do this” accepted to help his twin brother. “So I make it to the lecture hall, [the professor] pulls me into the lecture class. I deliver this monologue in front of the entire lecture hall and I get a few applause, people dig it,” Rami said.
“[The professor] starts looking at me kind of accusatorily like, ‘Where the hell did you come up with that? I’ve watched you this whole year.’ So she pulls me out of the class… and goes, ‘How did you learn how to do that?’” “I go, ‘Um, it’s just a hobby.’” Rami added: “And then she looks at me and says, ‘Well, listen I have a class in about 30 minutes, can you come back and do it for them?’
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“I go, ‘Did I get the points that I’m going to need to pass the class and get my degree?’ She goes, ‘Yeah, you got the points.’ I go, ‘My car’s parked in the red, I gotta go!’” Meanwhile, Rami has shared that, he and his twin brother’s appearances have differed as they’ve grown older. “Well, we were identical, we were born identical, and somewhere around, I don’t know, 18, we started to diverge a little bit,” Rami said.
Sami Malek Is A Private Person
Although Sami Malek is the twin brother of Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek, he prefers a low-key life. He doesn’t share much about himself with the public either. At the moment, it is not known whether he is in a relationship or not. He has kept his love life a secret. It is difficult to tell if he has any children or not.
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