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Tahar Rahim

Tahar Rahim

Born: 1981-07-04 • 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 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
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Les Misérables
2026 • Inspecteur Javert
The Original+ poster
The Original+
2025 • Self - Guest
Alpha poster
Alpha
2025 • Amin
Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille poster
Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille
2024 • Self
Monsieur Aznavour poster
Monsieur Aznavour
2024 • Charles Aznavour
Madame Web poster
Madame Web
2024 • Ezekiel Sims
Napoleon poster
Napoleon
2023 • Paul Barras
Don Juan poster
Don Juan
2022 • Laurent
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur poster
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
2021 • Self - Interviewee
The Mauritanian poster
The Mauritanian
2021 • Mohamedou Ould Slahi
The Kindness of Strangers poster
The Kindness of Strangers
2019 • Marc
Gloomy Eyes poster
Gloomy Eyes
2019 • French Grave keeper
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance poster
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018 • Self
Treat Me Like Fire poster
Treat Me Like Fire
2018 • Abel
Mary Magdalene poster
Mary Magdalene
2018 • Judas
The Price of Success poster
The Price of Success
2017 • Brahim
Heal the Living poster
Heal the Living
2016 • Thomas Rémige
Daguerrotype poster
Daguerrotype
2016 • Jean
I Saved My Belly Dancer poster
I Saved My Belly Dancer
2016
The Anarchists poster
The Anarchists
2015 • Jean Albertini
Santa Claus poster
Santa Claus
2014 • Le Père Noël
The Cut poster
The Cut
2014 • Nazaret Manoogian
Samba poster
Samba
2014 • Walid aka Wilson
The Informant poster
The Informant
2013 • Redjani Belimane
Grand Central poster
Grand Central
2013 • Gary
The Past poster
The Past
2013 • Samir
Our Children poster
Our Children
2012 • Mounir
Black Gold poster
Black Gold
2011 • Auda
Free Men poster
Free Men
2011 • Younes
Love and Bruises poster
Love and Bruises
2011 • Mathieu
The Eagle poster
The Eagle
2011 • Seal Prince
You Never Left poster
You Never Left
2010
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Behind Bars
2010 • Self
A Prophet poster
A Prophet
2009 • Malik El Djebena
Inside poster
Inside
2007 • Policier municipal 1
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Smiling Hacker
Tahar l’étudiant poster
Tahar l’étudiant
— • Tahar
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L'incident