Mena Massoud (Egyptian Arabic: مينا مسعود‎; born September 17, 1991[1][2]) is a Canadian actor. In July 2017, he was cast to play Aladdin in Disney's live-action remake of Aladdin.[3][4][5] He has also worked in television; his roles include Jared Malik in the 2015 Canadian series Open Heart, and Tarek Kassar in the Amazon Prime series Jack Ryan.[6]