Age: 34
male
Mena Massoud is a Coptic Egyptian-Canadian actor. He was born to Coptic parents in Egypt and raised in Canada. In July 2017, he was cast to play Aladdin in Disney's live-action remake of Aladdin. Massoud was born in Cairo, Egypt to Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christian parents. He has two older sisters. When he was young he emigrated to Canada. He grew up in Markham, Ontario, where he attended St. Brother André Catholic High School. He is vegan and is the founder of the plant-based food travel show Evolving Vegan.
Plot: Khalid Nassour is an Arabic medical student living in Brooklyn, New York and is working to get his doctorate in medicine. One day, he comes across in his family home old relics that belonged to his great uncle Kent Nelson, which include a broach that has the mark of an ankh, a very old yellow cloak, and a golden helmet which looks like it was worn by an ancient Greek general. He decides to try these relics on and he is sent into a different dimension where he meets two spirits. The first spirit is of Nabu, the Mesopotamian god of Wisdom and the other spirit is of the Phantom Stranger, an enigmatic cosmic being. They mentor Khalid in the use of the Helmet of Fate, the broach known as the Amulet of Anubis, and the worn cloak known as the Cloak of Destiny. A dark figure named Wotan also emerges from the shadows and it is up to Khalid to seize the initiative and to decide whether to grant Forgiveness as the Phantom Stranger advocates or Punishment as Nabu advocates.
