- Born
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Amin El Gamal (he/they) is an American actor of Egyptian, Lebanese, and Palestinian heritage.
Shortly after graduating with his MFA in Acting from USC's School of Dramatic Arts, Amin 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 made him 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 indies First Love (2019), Spring Bloom, and Breaking Fast (2020), Amin is well on his way to establishing himself as one of Hollywood's most striking and versatile performers.
- IMDb mini biography by: Kasey Kitchen
- His last name means "The Camel" in Arabic.
- Amin is on the leadership committee for the IRC's GenR volunteer wing, an ally of Black Lives Matter, and the founder of a group for LGBTQ Muslims.
- His maternal grandmother was Egyptian child actress Salwa Abaza. He is also distantly related to Rushdy Abaza.
- Amin is the first openly queer Muslim actor to play a leading role on a TV show.
- He attended Stanford University and USC's MFA in Acting program, under the direction of Andrew Robinson.
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