Tahar Rahim

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Tahar Rahim

Acting 45 July 4, 1981

Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France

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 Prom…

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Napoleon

Napoleon

6.3 2023 Movie
Madame Web

Madame Web

5.3 2024 Movie
A Prophet

A Prophet

7.6 2009 Movie
The Eagle

The Eagle

6.2 2011 Movie
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

7.2 2007 TV Show
The Mauritanian

The Mauritanian

7.4 2021 Movie
Samba

Samba

6.4 2014 Movie
Inside

Inside

6.7 2007 Movie
The Past

The Past

7.3 2013 Movie
Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

6.3 2018 Movie
Quotidien

Quotidien

5.1 2016 TV Show
The Serpent

The Serpent

7.4 2021 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Les Misérables

    Movie Inspecteur Javert

  2. 2026
    Prisoner

    TV show Tibor Stone

  3. 2025
    The Original+

    Movie Self - Guest

  4. 2025
    Alpha

    Movie Amin

  5. 2024
    Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille

    Movie Self : Guest

  6. 2024
    Monsieur Aznavour

    Movie Charles Aznavour

  7. 2024
    Madame Web

    Movie Ezekiel Sims

  8. 2023
    Napoleon

    Movie Paul Barras

  9. 2023
    Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

    TV show Self - Guest

  10. 2023
    LEGEND

    TV show

  11. 2023
    Extrapolations

    TV show Omar Haddad

  12. 2023
    Beau geste

    TV show Self

  13. 2022
    Don Juan

    Movie Laurent

  14. 2021
    Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

    Movie Self - Interviewee

  15. 2021
    The Mauritanian

    Movie Mohamedou Ould Slahi

  16. 2021
    The Serpent

    TV show Charles Sobhraj

More credits
  1. 2020
    The Eddy

    TV show Farid Youssfi

  2. 2019
    The Kindness of Strangers

    Movie Marc

  3. 2019
    Gloomy Eyes

    Movie French Grave keeper

  4. 2018
    Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

    Movie Self

  5. 2018
    Treat Me Like Fire

    Movie Abel

  6. 2018
    Mary Magdalene

    Movie Judas

  7. 2018
    The Looming Tower

    TV show Ali Soufan

  8. 2017
    The Price of Success

    Movie Brahim

  9. 2016
    Heal the Living

    Movie Thomas Rémige

  10. 2016
    Daguerrotype

    Movie Jean

  11. 2016
    Quotidien

    TV show Self - Guest

  12. 2016
    I Saved My Belly Dancer

    Movie

  13. 2015
    The Last Panthers

    TV show Khalil

  14. 2015
    The Anarchists

    Movie Jean Albertini

  15. 2014
    Santa Claus

    Movie Le Père Noël

  16. 2014
    The Cut

    Movie Nazaret Manoogian

  17. 2014
    Samba

    Movie Walid aka Wilson

  18. 2013
    The Informant

    Movie Redjani Belimane

  19. 2013
    Grand Central

    Movie Gary

  20. 2013
    The Past

    Movie Samir

  21. 2012
    Our Children

    Movie Mounir

  22. 2011
    Black Gold

    Movie Auda

  23. 2011
    Free Men

    Movie Younes

  24. 2011
    Love and Bruises

    Movie Mathieu