Amir El-Masry

Amir El-Masry

Although a born and bred Londoner, British-Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry made his film debut in Egyptian cinema, following advice given to him by screen legend Omar Sharif. That film, Ramadan Mabrouk Abou El-Alamein Hamouda (2008), earned him the Best Young Actor award at the Egyptian Oscars at the tender age of 18.

After graduating from LAMDA in 2013, Amir quickly landed several high-profile roles, namely Jon Stewart’s directorial debut, Rosewater (2014), the multi award-winning television series The Night Manager (2016) and the BAFTA-nominated The State (2017). In 2017, he starred in Woody Harrelson’s Lost in London, the first film to ever be shot and screened live in cinemas across the US and UK. A year later, he scored prime roles in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Amazon Studios) and Age Before Beauty (BBC), and also made his feature film lead debut in Shoot (aka The Arabian Warrior, 2018).

In 2019, he featured in Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker and Daniel (Ser du månen, Daniel), alongside Toby Kebbell. The following year saw him appear in the hugely successful Industry (BBC) and then in refugee drama film Limbo (2020), which won him a BAFTA Scotland award and a BIFA nomination. He followed this up in 2021 with The One (Netflix), based on John Marr’s bestselling novel.

Over the past few years, Amir has added some impressive film, games and television credits. For the big screen, there was Club Zero (2023), In Camera (2023) and, the highest profile of them all, A Haunting in Venice (2023). His teleography now includes Steven Knight’s SAS: Rogue Heroes (BBC), season five of The Crown (Netflix), season two of Vigil (ITV) and Faithless (Apple TV+). He also provided his voice for the latest in the popular Assassin’s Creed game series, Mirage (2023).

Amir is represented by Independent Talent.

Talent Agent: UK
Independent Talent Group
independenttalent.com
+44 20 7636 6565
Oliver Azis - [email protected]

Talent Agent: US
United Talent Agency (UTA)
unitedtalent.com
+1 310 273 6700
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