Tahar Rahim
Acting • Born 1981-07-04
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).
Filmography
55 credits
A Prophet
Movie • 2009
Malik El Djebena
Smiling Hacker
Movie
Monsieur Aznavour
Movie • 2024
Charles Aznavour
Inside
Movie • 2007
Policier municipal 1
Love and Bruises
Movie • 2011
Mathieu
Free Men
Movie • 2011
Younes
Black Gold
Movie • 2011
Auda
Our Children
Movie • 2012
Mounir
The Past
Movie • 2013
Samir
Grand Central
Movie • 2013
Gary
The Informant
Movie • 2013
Redjani Belimane
The Cut
Movie • 2014
Nazaret Manoogian
Madame Web
Movie • 2024
Ezekiel Sims
The Eagle
Movie • 2011
Seal Prince
Samba
Movie • 2014
Walid aka Wilson
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
Movie • 2018
Self
Tahar l’étudiant
Movie
Tahar
Santa Claus
Movie • 2014
Le Père Noël
Napoleon
Movie • 2023
Paul Barras
The Anarchists
Movie • 2015
Jean Albertini
Daguerrotype
Movie • 2016
Jean
Alpha
Movie • 2025
Amin
Heal the Living
Movie • 2016
Thomas Rémige
Mary Magdalene
Movie • 2018
Judas
The Price of Success
Movie • 2017
Brahim
Treat Me Like Fire
Movie • 2018
Abel
The Kindness of Strangers
Movie • 2019
Marc
The Mauritanian
Movie • 2021
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
You Never Left
Movie • 2010
I Saved My Belly Dancer
Movie • 2016
Behind Bars
Movie • 2010
Self
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
Movie • 2021
Self - Interviewee
Gloomy Eyes
Movie • 2019
French Grave keeper
Don Juan
Movie • 2022
Laurent
Les Misérables
Movie • 2026
Inspecteur Javert
Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille
Movie • 2024
Self
L'incident
Movie
The Original+
Movie • 2025
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Extrapolations
TV • 2023
Omar Haddad
Extrapolations
TV • 2023
Ezra Haddad
Bref
TV • 2011
Tahar Rahim
The Last Panthers
TV • 2015
Khalil
The Looming Tower
TV • 2018
Ali Soufan
La Commune
TV • 2007
Yazid Fikry
Cérémonie des César
TV • 1976
Self - President
Beau geste
TV • 2023
Self
The Serpent
TV • 2021
Charles Sobhraj
Burger Quiz
TV • 2001
Self
The Eddy
TV • 2020
Farid Youssfi
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
Quotidien
TV • 2016
Self - Guest
C à vous
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Eddy
TV • 2020
Farid
Prisoner
TV
Tibor Stone