During a recent interview, Rami Malek recalled an alleged encounter with LA police, in which the actor said he was racially profiled after a robbery.

Rami Malek has revealed he was once arrested for robbing a liquor store in Los Angeles – despite having nothing to do with the crime. The Bohemian Rhapsody Oscar winner, 43, who is of Egyptian heritage, was incorrectly profiled as fitting the description of a thief of Latin descent by officers operating in the area at the time.

Rami Malek revealed that he was once racially profiled by the Los Angeles Police Department. “I got thrown on the bonnet of an LAPD cop car because someone had robbed a liquor store and stolen a woman’s bag,” the Oscar winner, 43, recalled in a new interview with The Guardian.

Malek, who won an Oscar for his role in Bohemian Rhapsody as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, grew up in L.A. with his parents and twin brother Sami. Their Middle Eastern heritage was always apparent to the siblings.

Rami Malek feared jail after Los Angeles Police Department officers reprimanded him because he "looked Latino". The Bohemian Rhapsody actor, who is of Egyptian descent, spoke about the ugly incident in an interview with The Guardian.

In a recent discussion with The Guardian, Rami Malek detailed his experiences with racism as an Egyptian-American, pointing to one racial profiling incident where he found himself on the hood of a cop car.

Rami Malek got real about what sounds like a pretty scary situation with the police. In a new interview with the Guardian, the Oscar-winning actor — who is Egyptian — claimed that he was once racially profiled by the Los Angeles Police Department.

Oscar winner Rami Malek revealed a previous encounter with the Los Angeles Police Department during which he was racially profiled and thrown onto a cop car as authorities tried to locate a robber. The actor,

Actor Rami Malek recalled a harrowing incident in which he said he was “thrown” on the hood of a cop car after being mistaken for a robbery suspect in California. In a new interview with The Guardian,

Rami Malek says he was once mistakenly profiled by Los Angeles police who thought he was a robbery suspect. Speaking to The Guardian, the 43-year-old Oscar winner described being pushed onto the hood of a police car after officers responded to a liquor store robbery and purse snatching.