--- title: Rami Malek Instagram Gets First Post on Stephen Colbert description: The 'Mr. Robot' actor was convinced to post his first-ever photo to the social media platform when Colbert showed him his 100,000 followers. canonical: https://time.com/4465108/mr-robot-rami-malek-instagram-colbert/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-24T20:44:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:50.052Z og:title: Rami Malek Posted His First Instagram Due to Stephen Colbert og:description: The host convinced the "Mr. Robot" actor to engage with social media, for once. og:url: https://time.com/4465108/mr-robot-rami-malek-instagram-colbert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rami Malek Posted His First Instagram Due to Stephen Colbert twitter:description: The host convinced the "Mr. Robot" actor to engage with social media, for once. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _Mr. Robot's_ Rami Malek Posts His First-Ever Instagram Thanks to Stephen Colbert > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 24, 2016 8:44 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 24, 2016 8:44 PM UTC Breakout [_Mr. Robot_ star Rami Malek](http://time.com/4379485/mr-robot-rami-malek-season-2/?iid=sr-link4) plays a reclusive hacker [in the standout conspiracy drama.](http://time.com/4404197/mr-robot-season-2-review/?iid=sr-link3) His character is hyper-aware of his digital footprint, and has pretty much scrubbed the internet and social media of his presence. In real life, actor Malek also keeps a low profile online. But on a visit to Stephen Colbert’s _Late Show_ on Tuesday night, Colbert put Malek’s connection to his character to the test. That is, he got Malek to post his first photo — a selfie, no less — to his personal Instagram. “I’m not crazy about social media because… I think it’s a little bit polarizing, it’s difficult to figure out exactly what’s happening on social media, you know?” Malek tells Colbert. “Things seem very manicured. I think it pits people against each other.” “Is that why you have an Instagram account with almost 100,000 followers and no posts yet?” Colbert rejoined, showing Malek the proof. “I had no idea I had that many followers,” Malek admitted. “That’s crazy.” So Colbert busted out his selfie stick, and history was made. 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