Actor
Tahar Rahim
Born July 4, 1981 in Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France34 films
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).
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First watchA Prophet20097.6as Malik El DjebenaSentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
34 films as actor- TBASmiling Hacker
- TBATahar l’étudiantTahar
- TBAL'incidentHarry
- TBAThe Little FearsDamien
- 2026Les MisérablesInspecteur Javert
- 2025AlphaAmin
- 2024Monsieur AznavourCharles Aznavour
- 2024Madame WebEzekiel Sims
- 2023NapoleonPaul Barras
- 2022Don JuanLaurent
- 2021The MauritanianMohamedou Ould Slahi
- 2019The Kindness of StrangersMarc
- 2019Gloomy EyesFrench Grave keeper
- 2018Treat Me Like FireAbel
- 2018Mary MagdaleneJudas
- 2017The Price of SuccessBrahim
- 2016Heal the LivingThomas Rémige
- 2016DaguerrotypeJean
- 2016I Saved My Belly Dancer
- 2015The AnarchistsJean Albertini
- 2014Santa ClausLe Père Noël
- 2014The CutNazaret Manoogian
- 2014SambaWalid aka Wilson
- 2013The InformantRedjani Belimane
- 2013Grand CentralGary
- 2013The PastSamir
- 2012Our ChildrenMounir
- 2011Black GoldAuda
- 2011Free MenYounes
- 2011Love and BruisesMathieu
- 2011The EagleSeal Prince
- 2010You Never Left
- 2009A ProphetMalik El Djebena
- 2007InsidePolice Officer