Portrait of Tahar Rahim

Tahar Rahim

Acting

Biography

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).

Born: July 4, 1981

Place of Birth: Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France

Filmography

2025
Alpha

as Amin

2024
Monsieur Aznavour

as Charles Aznavour

2024
Madame Web

as Ezekiel Sims

2023
Napoleon

as Paul Barras

2023
2023
Extrapolations

as Omar Haddad

2023
Extrapolations

as Ezra Haddad

2023
Beau geste

as Self

2022
Don Juan

as Laurent

2021
2021
The Mauritanian

as Mohamedou Ould Slahi

2021
The Serpent

as Charles Sobhraj

2020
The Eddy

as Farid Youssfi

2020
The Eddy

as Farid

2019
Gloomy Eyes

as French Grave keeper

2018
2018
The Looming Tower

as Ali Soufan

2016
Heal the Living

as Thomas Rémige

2016
2016
Quotidien

as Self - Guest

2015
2015
The Anarchists

as Jean Albertini

2014
Santa Claus

as Le Père Noël

2014
The Cut

as Nazaret Manoogian

2014
Samba

as Walid aka Wilson

2013
The Informant

as Redjani Belimane

2013
2013
The Past

as Samir

2012
Our Children

as Mounir

2011
Black Gold

as Auda

2011
Free Men

as Younes

2011
2011
Bref

as Tahar Rahim

2011
The Eagle

as Seal Prince

2009
C à vous

as Self - Guest

2009
A Prophet

as Malik El Djebena

2007
La Commune

as Yazid Fikry

2007
Inside

as Policier municipal 1

2001