Amin El Gamal

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.