Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1991-01-01
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Evolving Vegan
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Film & TV
Acting · Cairo, Egypt
Mena Massoud is a Coptic Egyptian-Canadian actor. He was born to Coptic parents in Egypt and raised in Canada. In July 2017, he was cast to play Aladdin in Disney's live-action remake of Aladdin. Massoud was born in Cairo, Egypt to Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christian parents. He has two older sisters. When he was young he emigrated to Canada. He grew up in Markham, Ontario, where he attended St.…
Known for
- Daniel: The Fiery Furnace — Daniel2026
- Wish You Were Here — Adam2025
- In Broad Daylight — Hamza2025
- The Sacrifice Game — Jude2023
- Evolving Vegan — Self2023
- History of the World: Part II — Egypt Ambassador2023
- Hotel for the Holidays — Luke2022
- The Royal Treatment — Prince Thomas2022
- Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 — Self2021
- Lamya's Poem — Jalal-al-din "Jalal" Rumi (voice)2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 161,265
- Total plays
- 1,181,791
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Mena Massoud (Egyptian Arabic: مينا مسعود; born September 17, 1991, is a Canadian actor. He played Aladdin in Disney's 2019 live action remake of Aladdin. He has also worked in television; his roles include Jared Malik in the 2015 Canadian series Open Heart, and Tarek Kassar in the Amazon Prime series Jack Ryan. Massoud was born in Cairo, Egypt to Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christian parents. He has two older sisters.When he was young he emigrated to Canada. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Me
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- An assessment of the use of partial least squares structural equation modeling in marketing research
· 2011 · cited 5,969x
- The Genome Sequence of
<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>
· 2000 · cited 4,798x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,391x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy
· 2012 · cited 2,917x
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Key facts
- Born
- Mena Mansour Massoud , ( 1991-09-17 ) September 17, 1991 (age 34) , Cairo , Egypt
- Alma mater
- Ryerson University
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 2011–present
- Spouse
- Emily Shah (m. 2025)
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Cairo
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Egyptian Arabic
- Religion
- Christianity
- Notable work
- Aladdin
- Field of work
- acting
Article
Mena Mansour Massoud (Arabic: مينا منصور مسعود; born September 17, 1991) is an Egyptian-born Canadian actor. He made his film debut in the 2017 Canadian dramatic thriller Ordinary Days. His breakthrough came with playing the title character in the Disney fantasy film Aladdin (2019), which earned him nominations for a Teen Choice Award and two National Film & TV Awards.
Massoud also had roles in the Canadian drama series Open Heart (2015), the Amazon Prime series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) and the Hulu series Reprisal (2019). He starred in the Netflix film The Royal Treatment (2022) and the horror film The Sacrifice Game (2023), the latter of which he also executive produced.
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