Malek starred in Mohamed Diab's Clash, which opened the Un Certain Regard at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

[2] Other roles include Sheikh Jackson (2017), Hepta: The Last Lecture and La Tottfea El Shams.

[3] He had his first English-speaking role (also speaking Dari, Pashto and Badimaya, an Aboriginal Australian language) in the 2020 Australian film The Furnace.

[4] Malek appeared in the 2022 film The Swimmers, dramatising the lives of Yusra and Sarah Mardini.

[5] In 2023, Malek played the role of Musa in the BBC One miniseries Boiling Point.