AHMED MALEK
ACTOR
EGYPT
The youngest acting hotshot in the Arab world,
Ahmed got his first audition at the age of eight and
then became known internationally for his performance
as a Michael Jackson-obsessed teenager in
SHEIKH JACKSON. The first Arab to join Rising Stars
in TIFF in 2018, he has appeared in Ahmad Abdallah’s
EXT.NIGHT and THE GUEST (which got an Audience
Award from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival) and
was cast in the lead role of Patricia Chica’s comingof-
age drama MONTREAL GIRLS.