Mena Massoud parents Gorgit and Mansour Masoud moved to Canada when Mena was three years old. Gorgit and Mansour Massoud are originally from Egypt.
The talented actor is best known for his acting career, especially his starring role in the 2019 live-action remake of the classic Disney animated film Aladdin. The film introduced him to larger audiences.
However, Mena has already been working in acting since 2011 and has acted in various shorts and television shows. His first significant breakthrough came in 2015 when he played the starring role in the Canadian drama Open Heart.
Since then, he has had many other significant roles, like Tarek Kassar in the 2018 Jack Ryan series for Amazon Prime and Ethan Hart in the 2019 Reprisal series for Hulu.
His most recent role was in The Royal Treatment, a 2022 Netflix original film.
Mena Massoud Parents
Mena Massoud was born to parents Gorgit and Mansour Massoud on September 17, 1991. Gorgit and Mansour are both Coptic Christians.
Mansour Massoud
Mena’s father moved the family to Canada when the young boy was three years old.
According to the actor, the family decided that things were starting to get dangerous back in Egypt. The family is Coptic Christians, a minority in the Muslim-majority country.
Mansour moved the family to Markham, Ontario, and decided to raise his family there. Although he was initially hesitant when his son’s aspirations moved towards the uneven path of acting and theatre, he eventually supported him on this journey.
He is a proud father and enjoys celebrating his son’s accomplishments. The actor can often be seen accompanying his son on the red carpet.
Gorgit Massoud
Mena’s mother is also a Coptic Christian. She moved to Canada alongside her husband to ensure the safety of her children.
According to her son, the Massoud household was rigorous growing up, with her and her husband having strict guidelines for their three children.
The actor once shared how he had to beg for days to get a pet bird. However, the mother and her husband did well to foster their children’s, especially their son’s artistic leanings, by allowing them to see films.
Like her husband, Gorgit is also very proud of her son and can often be seen at press events with him.
Menas Family Live In Ontario Canada
Mena has two sisters named Marian and Margaret and is the youngest in the family. Both Marian and Margaret Massoud are musicians.
Unlike their brother, Marian and Margaret live quieter lives without the pressures of the limelight. Marian is a Clinical Pharmacist and has worked at The Hospital For Sick Children in Vaughan, Ontario, for over nine years.
She started the job in June 2013. The pharmacist does have a social media presence, as she has an Instagram with over 1.3K followers.
However, her Instagram is filled with pictures of her two children. She has a son named Martin and an unnamed older daughter. Sadly, she hasn’t updated her Instagram page since November 2017.
Like her sister, Margaret also likes to keep a low profile and has a little over 2.3K followers on her Instagram. Unlike her sister, she is more revealing about her personal life on Instagram.
She is in a long-term relationship with a man named Lawrence Artin, and they have a daughter named Valentina. Little Valentina was born earlier last year, on January 8, 2022.
Like Marian, Margaret is a pharmacist and works for the Ontario Ministry of Health in their Drug Submissions divisions. She has worked in this position since June 2021.
Previously, she worked for the same company in their OHIP+/EAP division from October 2017 to June 2021.
Like their parents, both sisters support Mena’s acting career and have appeared in events supporting him. The family is close-knit and often revel in each other’s successes.