Michael Karim Malarkey (born 21 June 1983) is a British-American actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of Enzo St. John in the series The Vampire Diaries.
Malarkey was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Jim Malarkey, an Irish American, and Nadia Bushrui, who has British, Palestinian and Italian origins. His grandfather was the famous Palestinian poet, Suheil Bushrui, the first Arab national to be appointed to the Chair of English at the American University of Beirut, a position he held from 1968 to 1986. He is the oldest of three brothers and was raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio. In 2006, Malarkey travelled to England to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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