
Tahar Rahim
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).
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Acting History
2026
Les Misérables as Inspecteur Javert
2025Alpha as Amin
2024Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille as Self
2024Monsieur Aznavour as Charles Aznavour
2024Madame Web as Ezekiel Sims
2023Napoleon as Paul Barras
2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
2023Extrapolations as Omar Haddad
2023Extrapolations as Ezra Haddad
2023Beau geste as Self
2022Don Juan as Laurent
2021Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur as Self - Interviewee
2021The Mauritanian as Mohamedou Ould Slahi
2021The Serpent as Charles Sobhraj
2020The Eddy as Farid Youssfi
2020The Eddy as Farid
2019The Kindness of Strangers as Marc
2019Gloomy Eyes as French Grave keeper
2018Omar Sy, c'est ta chance as Self
2018Treat Me Like Fire as Abel
2018Mary Magdalene as Judas
2018The Looming Tower as Ali Soufan
2017The Price of Success as Brahim
2016Heal the Living as Thomas Rémige
2016Daguerrotype as Jean
2016Quotidien as Self - Guest
2016I Saved My Belly Dancer
2015The Last Panthers as Khalil
2015The Anarchists as Jean Albertini
2014Santa Claus as Le Père Noël
2014The Cut as Nazaret Manoogian
2014Samba as Walid aka Wilson
2013The Informant as Redjani Belimane
2013Grand Central as Gary
2013The Past as Samir
2012Our Children as Mounir
2011Black Gold as Auda
2011Free Men as Younes
2011Love and Bruises as Mathieu
2011Bref as Tahar Rahim
2011The Eagle as Seal Prince
2010You Never Left
2010Behind Bars as Self
2009C à vous as Self - Guest
2009A Prophet as Malik El Djebena
2007La Commune as Yazid Fikry
2007Inside as Policier municipal 1
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2001Burger Quiz as Self
1976Cérémonie des César
—Smiling Hacker
—Tahar l’étudiant as Tahar








