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Massoud in 2018, photo by Prphotoscom
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Date of Birth: September 17, 1991
Ethnicity: Egyptian
Mena Massoud is a Canadian actor. He has starred in Disney’s live-action Aladdin (2019), as the title character. His roles also include the films Strange but True , Run This Town , Lamya’s Poem , in voice performance; The Royal Treatment , and Hotel for the Holidays , and the series Open Heart , Jack Ryan , and Reprisal .
He was born in Egypt, the son of Gorgit and Mansour Massoud, and moved to Canada when he was three, settling in Markham, Ontario. His family are Coptic Christians. A picture of Mena with his parents can be seen here . A picture of Mena with his father can be seen here .
He has said :
A lot of the Egyptian community is made up of doctors, pharmacists and engineers. All throughout high school I took sciences, but eventually I chose to pursue what I truly want to do…
A lot of the Egyptian community is made up of doctors, pharmacists and engineers. All throughout high school I took sciences, but eventually I chose to pursue what I truly want to do…
Mena founded the plant-based food travel show Evolving Vegan .
Source: Interview with Mena Massoud – https://www.thedailybeast.com