Portrait of Rahel Romahn

Rahel Romahn

Acting

Biography

Rahel Romahn (born c. 1993) is a Kurdish-Iraqi born Australian actor. For his performance in The Principal he was nominated for the 2016 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama and the 2016 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer. He was the winner of the 2022 Heath Ledger Scholarship. Roles he has played include the TV series Shantaram and Mr Inbetween and mini-series Australian Gangster, films Little Monsters, Ali's Wedding, Down Under and Alex & Eve and on stage as Mozart opposite Michael Sheen in Amadeus at the Sydney Opera House.

Place of Birth: Kurdistan, North Iraq

Filmography

2025
The Correspondent

as Baher Mohamed

2025
The Surfer

as Conlon

2024
Human Error

as Jarred Pines

2023
2023
Streets of Colour

as Terence 'Tez' Hadid

2022
Shantaram

as Rafiq

2022
2022
Here Out West

as Rashid

2021
Australian Gangster

as Little Crazy

2018
Mr Inbetween

as Hassam

2017
2017
Pulse

as Adam Aswany

2017
2016
Down Under

as Nick

2015
Alex & Eve

as Shadi

2015
The Principal

as Tarek Ahmad

2014
Janet King

as Sam Nobakht

2009
Bani Ibrahim

as Yusof

2008
Underbelly

as Talal Assaad