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Tahar Rahim

ActorBorn July 4, 1981 (44 years)
Tahar Rahim (born 4 July 1981) is a French actor. His breakthrough performance was in the 2009 French film A Prophet, for which he won the César Award for Best Actor and Most Promising Actor. He has since starred as FBI agent Ali Soufan in the miniseries The Looming Tower and Judas in the film Mary Magdalene (both 2018). garnered critical acclaim and nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for portraying Mohamedou Ould Salahi in The Mauritanian (2021). He received another Golden Globe Award nomination for portraying Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries The Serpent (2021).

Known For

  • A Prophet
  • The Mauritanian
  • The Serpent
  • Napoleon
  • Madame Web
  • The Past
  • The Looming Tower
  • The Cut
  • Samba
  • Inside
  • Monsieur Aznavour
  • Heal the Living
  • The Eddy
  • Day of the Falcon
  • Our Children
  • Extrapolations
  • Mary Magdalene
  • The Kindness of Strangers
  • Grand Central
  • Free Men
  • Alpha
  • Les anarchistes
  • Daguerrotype
  • Santa Claus!

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    Filmography

    2026
    Les misérables · as Inspecteur Javert
    2025
    Alpha · as Amin
    2024
    Monsieur Aznavour · as Charles Aznavour
    2024
    Madame Web · as Ezekiel Sims
    2023
    Napoleon · as Paul Barras
    2023
    Extrapolations (TV Series) · as Omar Haddad
    2022
    Don Juan · as Laurent
    2021
    The Mauritanian · as Mohamedou Ould Slahi
    2021
    The Serpent (TV Series) · as Charles Sobhraj
    2020
    The Eddy (TV Series) · as Farid
    2019
    2018
    2018
    Mary Magdalene · as Judas
    2018
    The Looming Tower (TV Series) · as Ali Soufan
    2017
    2016
    Heal the Living · as Thomas Rémige
    2016
    Daguerrotype · as Jean
    2015
    Les anarchistes · as Jean Albertini
    2015
    The Last Panthers (TV Series) · as Khalil
    2014
    Santa Claus! · as Le Père Noël
    2014
    The Cut · as Nazaret Manoogian
    2014
    Samba · as Walid Aka Wilson
    2013
    Gibraltar · as Redjani Belimane
    2013
    Grand Central · as Gary
    2013
    The Past · as Samir
    2012
    Our Children · as Mounir
    2011
    2011
    Flower · as Mathieu
    2011
    Free Men · as Younes
    2011
    The Eagle · as Seal Prince
    2009
    A Prophet · as Malik El Djebena
    2007
    La Commune (TV Series) · as Yazid Fikry
    2007
    Inside · as Police Officer
    2006
    The 9/11 Commission Report · as Taliban Interrogator

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