Mena Massoud - Wikipedia

Mena Massoud is an Egyptian-born Canadian actor and singer known for starring as the titular character in the Disney fantasy film Aladdin (2019). MenaMassoud FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Egyptian-bornCanadianactor MenaMassoudمینامسعودMassoudin2019Born(1991-09-17)17September1991(age 30)[1]Cairo,EgyptNationalityCanadianCitizenshipEgyptian,CanadianAlma materRyersonUniversity[2]Occupation Actor singer Years active2011–presentNotableworkAladdinAwardsFulllist MenaMassoud(Arabic:مينامسعود‎;born17September1991)isanEgyptian-bornCanadianactor[3]andsingerknownforstarringasthetitularcharacterintheDisneyfantasyfilmAladdin(2019).HealsostarredasJaredMalikintheCanadiandramaseriesOpenHeart(2015),TarekKassarintheAmazonPrimeseriesTomClancy'sJackRyan(2018),andasEthanHartintheHuluseriesReprisal(2019). Contents 1Earlylife 2Career 3Artistry 4Personallife 5Filmography 6Awardsandnominations 7References 8Externallinks Earlylife[edit] MassoudwasborninCairo,Egypt,toEgyptianCopticOrthodoxChristianparents.Hehastwooldersisters.[4]HeandhisfamilyemigratedtoCanadawhenhewasthreeyearsold.[5]WhenaskedwhyhisfamilyleftEgypt,Massoudstated,"we'reCopticChristianandmyparentsjustfeltlikethingsweregettingalittletoodangerouswhenIwasgrowingupinEgypt.TheywantedtocreateabetterlifefortheirfamilysotheydecidedtoemigratetoCanada."[6]MassoudgrewupinMarkham,Ontario,[1]whereheattendedSt.BrotherAndréCatholicHighSchool.[6][7] Career[edit] Massoudbeganactingin2011,withguestappearancesonthetelevisionseriesNikitaandCombatHospital.[8]In2015,hewascastasJaredMalikintheCanadian-dramaseriesOpenHeart,whichwascancelledafteroneseason.In2017,hestarredasOllieSantosinthefilmOrdinaryDays.[9]In2018,hehadarecurringroleasTarekKassarintheAmazonPrimeoriginalseriesJackRyan. Massoudin2019 In2019,MassoudportrayedthetitularcharacterinDisney'sfantasy-adventurefilmAladdin,whichisalive-actionadaptionoftheanimatedfilmofthesamename.[1]Forhisperformance,hereceivedaTeenChoiceAwardnomination,andtwoNationalFilm&TVAwardnominations.[10][11]Inthesameyear,hewascastinthemainroleofEthanHartintheHuluoriginalseriesReprisal.[12]Alsoin2019,heappearedasChazinthethrillerfilmStrangebutTrue,andstarredasKamalinthedramafilmRunThisTown.[13] InJanuary2021,MassoudwasannouncedtoplaythemaleleadinNetflix'sfeaturefilm,TheRoyalTreatment.[14]Thatsamemonth,itwasannouncedthatMassoudwouldstarastheleadingroleinhisfirstEgyptianfilm,FeEzEl-Dohr.[15]HeisslantedtoreprisehisroleofAladdininanupcomingsequel.[15] Artistry[edit] MassoudisahugeadmirerofEgyptiancomedymovies,inaninterviewwiththeBBC,hestatedhowhisEgyptianheritagehasinspiredhimasacomedian,stating:"IgrewupwatchingEgyptiancomedyfilmsbythegreatEgyptiancomedianssuchasIsmailYassineandAdelEmam.[16]Thewaytheyentertaintheaudiencewithnotonlytheirwordsbutwiththeirbodylanguageandfacialexpressionsistotallydifferentfromthatoftheactorshere.IplayedalotofcomedyrolesinAmericanproductions.MyroleinAladdinisalsoacomedyrole.IbelieveIplaycomedyroleswithadifferenttastethatIlearnedfromourownEgyptiancinemaandthismakesitappealinginadifferentway."[17] Personallife[edit] Massoudisanavidfanofhislocalbasketballteam,theTorontoRaptorsoftheNBA.[18]MassoudisaveganandthefounderofthebookandcommunityofEvolvingVegan.[19][20] In2019,helaunchedtheEthnicallyDiverseArtistsFoundationtohelpartistsfromunderrepresentedgroupsjumpstarttheircareersthroughsecuringmentors,training,headshotsandincludessupportforactors,musiciansandvisualartists.[21] Filmography[edit] Film Year Title Role Notes 2011 WhatHappensNext Jad 2014 Americanistan MohammedAli 2015 Let'sRap John 2017 OrdinaryDays OllieSantos 2017 FinalExam Zaid 2018 MastersinCrime Majid 2019 Aladdin Aladdin 2019 StrangebutTrue Chaz 2019 MergingwiththeInfinite CharlieSmith 2020 RunThisTown Kamal 2021 Lamya'sPoem Rumi(voice) TBA TheRoyalTreatment PrinceThomas Filming[22] Television Year Title Role Notes 2011 Nikita AlQaedaNo.2 1episode 2011 Poser BrettenThomason Recurring 2011 CombatHospital SalmanZawab 1episode 2011 The99 HafizthePreserver/Dave/Saad Mainrole 2012 CuttotheChase Jason Recurringrole 2012 King MalikAtassi 1episode 2015 OpenHeart JaredMalik Mainrole 2017 SavingHope JustinSrinivasan 1episode 2018 JackRyan TarekKassar Recurring(Season1) 2019 Reprisal EthanHart Mainrole 2021 9-1-1:LoneStar Salim 1episode Videogames Year Title Role 2016 WatchDogs2 Variousvoices Awardsandnominations[edit] Year Awards Category Nominatedwork Result Ref 2019 TeenChoiceAwards ChoiceSci-Fi/FantasyMovieActor Aladdin Nominated [10] GQMenoftheYearAwards BreakthroughTalent Himself Won [23] NationalFilm&TVAwards BestActor Aladdin Nominated [11] BestNewcomer Nominated 2020 GoodreadsChoiceAwards BestFood&Cookbooks EvolvingVegan Nominated [24] References[edit] ^abc"7ThingsYouNeedtoKnowAboutAladdin'sMenaMassoud".E!.July15,2017.RetrievedJuly16,2017. ^Balcerzak,Izabella(July25,2017)."RyersonalumnusMenaMassoudcastasDisney'sAladdin".TheEyeopener. ^Omar,Eslam(May29,2019)."Aladdin'sEgyptianactorMenaMassoudunderfireoverinterviewwithIsraelioutlet".AhramOnline.RetrievedAugust15,2019. ^"MenaMassoudonthemakingof'Aladdin',starringoppositeWillSmith",ABCNews,May24,2019,retrievedJune25,2019 ^"AladdinBreakoutStarMenaMassoud:'PeopleWhoLookLikeMeStruggletoGetRoles'".People.May24,2019.RetrievedJune22,2019. ^ab"MenaMassoudOnBeing'Aladdin'",NPR,May26,2019,retrievedJuly1,2019 ^"'Ifollowedmydream':CanadianAladdinstarMenaMassoud'smagiccarpetridetostardom",CBCNews,May24,2019,retrievedJune25,2019 ^"WhoisMenaMassoud?MeetDisney'snewAladdin".EntertainmentWeekly.July15,2017.RetrievedJune25,2019. ^Barrett,Brandon."OrdinaryDays,threedifferentwaysatWFFDec.2".Pique.RetrievedMay7,2020. ^abMoreau,Jordan(June19,2019)."'Avengers:Endgame,''Riverdale,''Aladdin'Top2019TeenChoiceAwardNominations".Variety.RetrievedJune19,2019. ^abWakeling,Naomi(October21,2019)."Nominationsforthe2ndannualNationalFilm&TVAwardsareannounced".NationalFilmAcademy.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonOctober22,2019.RetrievedFebruary20,2020. ^Petski,Denise(August8,2018)."MenaMassoudJoinsHulu'sFemmeFatalePilot'Reprisal'FromWarrenLittlefield&A+EStudios".Deadline.RetrievedMay8,2020. ^N'Duka,Amanda(March26,2018)."BenPlatt,NinaDobrev,MenaMassoud&DamianLewisToStarIn'RunThisTown'".Deadline.RetrievedMay7,2020. ^N'Duka,Amanda(January25,2021)."'Austin&Ally'AlumLauraMarano&'Aladdin'sMenaMassoudGet'TheRoyalTreatment'FromNetflix".Deadline.RetrievedJanuary26,2021. ^ab"WhatWeKnowAboutMenaMassoud'sFirstEgyptianMovie".FLAIRMAGAZINE.January28,2021.RetrievedSeptember16,2021. ^"مينامسعود،بطلفيلمعلاءالدين:استلهمتالاداءالكوميديمنعادلامام"[MinaMasoud,theheroofAladdin:IwasinspiredbyAdelImamwithacomedicperformance].BBCNews(inArabic).May5,2019–viaYouTube. ^Nasr,Nahed(May16,2019)."Apresent-dayAladdin:MenaMassoud,anewEgyptianstarininternationalcinema".AhramOnline. ^Massoud,Mena[@MenaMassoud](May13,2019)."Kawhiisanabsolutebeast!!Iwillusemymagiccarpettogobringhimbackifhedecidestoleavethissummer.Thinkthere'stoomuchloveinthatlockerroom.Let'sgoRAPTORS!!#WeTheNorth"(Tweet).RetrievedJanuary8,2021–viaTwitter. ^"Home".EvolvingVegan. ^"Disney'sVegan'Aladdin'ActorMenaMassoudLaunchesPlant-BasedFoodTravelShow'EvolvingVegan'",LIVEKINDLY,October8,2018,retrievedJune25,2019 ^"'Aladdin's'MenaMassoudTalksClosingHollywood'sDiversityGap,AuthenticCasting–TheHollywoodReporter".TheHollywoodReporter.RetrievedSeptember16,2021. ^Houseman,Molly(February27,2021)."Dunedinstreetstobeclosedforfilming".OtagoDailyTimes.RetrievedFebruary27,2021.FilmingalsotookplaceinDunedinatLarnachCastleonThursday. ^"MenaMassoudisGQ'sBreakthroughTalent".GQ.October6,2019.RetrievedOctober8,2019. ^"EmilySt.JohnMandel,EmmaDonoghue,SilviaMoreno-Garciaamong2020nomineesforGoodreadsChoiceAwards".CBCBooks.November3,2020.RetrievedSeptember25,2021. 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