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.

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.

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.

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.

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 is recounting his at-times complicated upbringing as an Egyptian-American growing up in Southern California.

Discover the unbelievable story of Rami Malek being mistaken for a criminal and the shocking encounter with LAPD officers during his younger years. Find out how a simple case of mistaken identity led to a police confrontation for the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' star.

In an interview with The Guardian, actor Rami Malek revealed that he was arrested in Los Angeles after being a victim of racial discrimination during a police stop.

"I remember laughing on the cop car, thinking, 'Okay, this is a very precarious situation. I may well be going to jail for something I've not done,'" he recalls