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Amin El Gamal

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Amin El Gamal
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Amin El Gamal was born during an earthquake in Palo Alto, California. His parents are both Egyptian immigrants - his mother came to the United States with her family at 13 to escape political persecution and his father immigrated to study electrical engineering at Stanford University. He attended Palo Alto High School and then earned two BAs at Stanford University before progressing to the USC School of Dramatic Arts, where he graduated with an MFA in acting in 2011.

Shortly thereafter, El Gamal landed roles on The Newsroom (2012), Shameless (2011), and The Librarians (2014). In 2017, he played sinister fan favorite Cyclops on the Prison Break (2005) revival, which established him as the first openly queer Muslim actor to play a leading role on a TV show. With a recurring role on Good Trouble (2019) and notable appearances in the films Namour (2016), Message from the King (2016) (opposite Chadwick Boseman and Alfred Molina), and the upcoming indies First Love (2019), Spring Bloom, and Breaking Fast (2020), El Gamal is well on his way to establishing himself as one of Hollywood's most striking and versatile performers.
BornMarch 31
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Amin El Gamal
Amin El Gamal in Prison Break (2005)
Maia Mitchell and Amin El Gamal in In the Middle (2019)
Amin El Gamal as Apep.
Amin El Gamal as Apep.
Shameless (2016)
Amin El Gamal in Prison Break (2005)
Amin El Gamal in Prison Break (2005)
Inbar Lavi and Amin El Gamal in Prison Break (2005)
Amin El Gamal
Amin El Gamal in Unfiltered (2019)
Nicole Lynn Evans and Amin El Gamal in Unfiltered (2019)

Known for

Bryan Craig, Emma Hunton, Cierra Ramirez, Josh Pence, Priscilla Quintana, Zuri Adele, Sherry Cola, and Tommy Martinez in Good Trouble (2019)
Good Trouble
7.5
TV Series
  • Cary Plack
Michael Cassidy and Haaz Sleiman in Breaking Fast (2020)
Breaking Fast
6.7
  • Sam
  • 2020
Michael Rapaport, Muse Watson, Stacy Keach, Paul Adelstein, Barbara Eve Harris, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Leon Russom, Wade Williams, Amaury Nolasco, and Marshall Allman in Prison Break (2005)
Prison Break
8.3
TV Series
  • Cyclops
Jeff Daniels in The Newsroom (2012)
The Newsroom
8.6
TV Series
  • Kahlid 'Amen' Salim

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Actor

  • Spring Bloom
    • Tomas
    • Post-production
  • First Date (2021)
    First Date
    • Gabe
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Bryan Craig, Emma Hunton, Cierra Ramirez, Josh Pence, Priscilla Quintana, Zuri Adele, Sherry Cola, and Tommy Martinez in Good Trouble (2019)
    Good Trouble
    • Cary Plack
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2021
  • Josh Thomas, Maeve Press, Kayla Cromer, and Adam Faison in Everything's Gonna Be Okay (2020)
    Everything's Gonna Be Okay
    • Carl
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Michael Cassidy and Haaz Sleiman in Breaking Fast (2020)
    Breaking Fast
    • Sam
    • 2020
  • Lana McKissack, Brian Elerding, Michael Nardelli, Sibongile Mlambo, and Noemi Gonzalez in Dark/Web (2019)
    Dark/Web
    • Dr. Samsa
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Annie Heise and Aaron Costa Ganis in First Love (2019)
    First Love
    • Kalil
    • 2019
  • Sunset Prayer (2018)
    Sunset Prayer
    • Bilal
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Judith Light, and Alexandra Billings in Transparent (2014)
    Transparent
    • Omar
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Michael Rapaport, Muse Watson, Stacy Keach, Paul Adelstein, Barbara Eve Harris, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Leon Russom, Wade Williams, Amaury Nolasco, and Marshall Allman in Prison Break (2005)
    Prison Break
    • Cyclops
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Rebecca Romijn, Lindy Booth, Christian Kane, John Larroquette, and John Harlan Kim in The Librarians (2014)
    The Librarians
    • Apep
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Message from the King (2016)
    Message from the King
    • Martine
    • 2016
  • Namour (2016)
    Namour
    • Manu
    • 2016
  • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
    • Professor Adrian Mitchen
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • "The only thing you can't have by yourself... is a family."
    Better Half
    • Trev
    • 2015
  • Ablution (2015)
    Ablution
    • Omid Entezari
    • Short
    • 2015

Writer

  • Ablution (2015)
    Ablution
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • The Strange Case of Salman abd al Haqq (2007)
    The Strange Case of Salman abd al Haqq
    • storyline consultant
    • Short
    • 2007

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Demo Reel 6:58
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Official Trailer
Trailer 1:50
Official Trailer
First Love
Trailer 2:27
First Love
Ablution
Trailer 0:48
Ablution

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  • Height
    • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
  • Born
    • March 31
    • Palo Alto, California, USA
  • Other works
    Stage play: The Bacchae, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis, composed by Philip Glass, and commissioned by the NY Public Theater
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    • 23 Articles

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    His last name means "The Camel" in Arabic.

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