A British-Egyptian actor making his mark on the industry after a successful start in Egyptian cinema. His debut role in ”Ramadan Mabrouk Abu El Alamein Hamouda” won him, aged 18, the ‘Best Young Actor’ award at the ‘Egyptian Oscars’.

After graduating from LAMDA, El-Masry first appeared on British television in a 2013 episode of the medical soap opera Casualty as Naveed. The following year, he made his Hollywood debut as Alireza in Jon Stewart’s Rosewater.He had guest roles in the internationally co- produced Transporter: The Series and the FX series Tyrant, and appeared in the BBC Three pilot Rude Boys.

El-Masry received praise for his performance as Youssef in the 2016 BBC One miniseries The Night Manager. This was followed by 2017 roles in the Channel 4 serial The State and the independent film Lost in London. That same year, El-Masry made his professional stage debut in the Royal Court Theatre production of Goats and appeared in the Danish series Herrens Veje.

In 2018, El-Masry played Dante in the BBC One drama Age Before Beauty and had a recurring role as Ibrahim in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime. He starred in the film Shoot. The following year, he played Kazem in the Egyptian series El-Brinseesa Beesa and Commander Trach in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

El-Masry starred as refugee Omar in Ben Sharrock’s Limbo. For his performance, he won Best Actor in a Film at the 2021 British Academy Scotland Awards. He was also nominated for a British Independent Film Award (BIFA) and a Chlotrudis Award, and appeared on end-of-year lists from Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian and The Playlist.El-Masry had television roles in the first series of the BBC One and HBO series Industry as Usman Abboud in 2020 and the Netflix science fiction series The One as Ben Naser in 2021.

In 2021 he also starred in one of the stories of the Egyptian series “Nasiby w esmetak”, as well as a special apperance in “el ekhtyar part 3”. In 2022 he was the main lead in the first arab musical series “magnona beek” .

El-Masry has been cast as a young Mohamed Al-Fayed in the fifth season of the Netflix Royal Family drama The Crown. He also has a recurring role in the BBC World War II drama SAS: Rogue .