Amir El-Masry
أمير المصري
El-Masry in 2022
Born	(1990-08-02)2 August 1990 (age 34)
Alma mater	Royal Holloway, University of London LAMDA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present

Amir El-Masry (Arabic:أمير المصري) is an Egyptian-British actor. He won aScottish BAFTA for his performance in the filmLimbo (2020) and was nominated for aBritish Independent Film Award. He was named a 2020BAFTABreakthrough Brit and a 2021Screen International Star of Tomorrow.^[1][2]

El-Masry debuted in the Egyptian comedyRamadan Mabrouk Abu El Alamein Hamouda (2008), for which he was awarded Best Movie Debut at the Egyptian Cinema Oscar Festival.^[3]

Born on August 2, 1990^[4] to an Egyptian family, El-Masry was brought up inActon, West London.^[5] He attendedTower House School and theHarrodian School. He went on to graduate with aBachelor of Science in criminology and sociology fromRoyal Holloway, University of London.^[6] After interning at a law firm, he trained at theLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2013.^[7][2]

After a conversation with actorOmar Sharif while his father was on a business trip, El-Masry met a screenwriter at a screening ofHassan and Marcus and made his debut in the Egyptian comedy filmsRamadan Mabrouk Abu El Alamein Hamouda as Ramzy andEl-Talatah Yishtaghaloonha as Nabil.^[6] For the former, El-Masry was awarded Best Movie Debut at the 2009 Egyptian Cinema Oscar Festival. He took time out of his first year at Royal Holloway to be in the latter.^[2]

After graduating from LAMDA, El-Masry first appeared on British television in a 2013 episode of the medical soap operaCasualty as Naveed. The following year, he made hisHollywood debut as Alireza inJon Stewart'sRosewater.^[8] He had guest roles in the internationally co-producedTransporter: The Series and theFX seriesTyrant, and appeared in theBBC Three pilotRude Boys.^[9]

El-Masry received praise for his performance as Youssef in the 2016BBC One miniseriesThe Night Manager. This was followed by 2017 roles in theChannel 4 serialThe State and the independent filmLost in London. That same year, El-Masry made his professional stage debut in theRoyal Court Theatre production ofGoats^[10][11] and appeared in the Danish seriesHerrens Veje.

In 2018, El-Masry played Dante in theBBC One dramaAge Before Beauty and had a recurring role as Ibrahim inTom Clancy's Jack Ryan onAmazon Prime.^[12] He starred in the filmShoot. The following year, he played Kazem in the Egyptian seriesEl-Brinseesa Beesa and Commander Trach inStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

El-Masry starred as refugee Omar in Ben Sharrock'sLimbo. For his performance, he won Best Actor in a Film at the2021 British Academy Scotland Awards. He was also nominated for aBritish Independent Film Award (BIFA) and aChlotrudis Award, and appeared on end-of-year lists fromPeter Bradshaw ofThe Guardian andThe Playlist.^[13] El-Masry had television roles in the first series of theBBC One andHBO seriesIndustry as Usman Abboud in 2020 and theNetflix science fiction seriesThe One as Ben Naser in 2021.

El-Masry was cast as a youngMohamed Al-Fayed in thefifth season of theNetflixRoyal Family dramaThe Crown.^[14] He also has a recurring role in the BBCWorld War II dramaSAS: Rogue Heroes andJessica Hausner'sClub Zero.

In April 2024, it was announced that he had been cast asPrince Naseem in the upcoming biopicGiant.^[15]

El-Masry lives inActon, London. He is Muslim.^[16] During theCOVID-19 lockdown, El-Masry helped to launch MENA Arts UK.^[17][18]

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