Freddie Mercury

Rami Malek may be a James Bond baddie to some of you, but to the Oscar committee, he's the man who brought Freddie Mercury from the Live Aid stages to the ...

He attended graphic art and design at Ealing Art College, becoming friends with songwriting bassist Tim Staffell. As it happens, Staffell was in a power trio with May and Taylor, but Staffell left the orbit to join another group. In an interview, Malek described himself as Egyptian through and through, stating that there is no first or second-generation attachment to it. In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Malek recalled the nerves he endured putting on the outfits and moustaches for the first time.