Born in Cairo, Egypt — Sep 17 1991
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. Brother André Catholic High School. He is vegan and is the founder of the plant-based food travel show Evolving Vegan.
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Salim

Al Qaeda #2

Tarek Kassar

Justin Srinivasan

Aladdin

Egypt Ambassador

Malik Atassi

Ethan Hart

Salman Zawab

Aladdin (archive footage)

Jared Malik

Kamal

Prince Thomas

Chaz

Hamza

Self

Adam

Jason

Jude

Ollie Santos


Self

John

Production

Jalal-al-din "Jalal" Rumi (voice)

Luke
Tecie

Majid