Acting
Tahar Rahim
Born 1981-07-04
Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France
Department: 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).
Known For
Prominent works featuring Tahar Rahim
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Napoleon
2023
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Madame Web
2024
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A Prophet
2009
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The Eagle
2011
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The Mauritanian
2021
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The Graham Norton Show
2007
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Samba
2014
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Inside
2007
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Quotidien
2016
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The Past
2013
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (57 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Les Misérables | Inspecteur Javert | Movie | 2026 |
 | Prisoner | Tibor Stone | TV Series | 2026 |
 | The Original+ | Self - Guest | Movie | 2025 |
 | Alpha | Amin | Movie | 2025 |
 | Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille | Self : Guest | Movie | 2024 |
 | Monsieur Aznavour | Charles Aznavour | Movie | 2024 |
 | Madame Web | Ezekiel Sims | Movie | 2024 |
 | Napoleon | Paul Barras | Movie | 2023 |
 | Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2023 |
 | LEGEND | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Extrapolations | Omar Haddad | TV Series | 2023 |
| Extrapolations | Ezra Haddad | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Beau geste | Self | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Don Juan | Laurent | Movie | 2022 |
 | Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur | Self - Interviewee | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Mauritanian | Mohamedou Ould Slahi | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Serpent | Charles Sobhraj | TV Series | 2021 |
 | The Eddy | Farid Youssfi | TV Series | 2020 |
| The Eddy | Farid | TV Series | 2020 |
 | The Kindness of Strangers | Marc | Movie | 2019 |
 | Gloomy Eyes | French Grave keeper | Movie | 2019 |
 | Omar Sy, c'est ta chance | Self | Movie | 2018 |
 | Treat Me Like Fire | Abel | Movie | 2018 |
 | Mary Magdalene | Judas | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Looming Tower | Ali Soufan | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Price of Success | Brahim | Movie | 2017 |
 | Heal the Living | Thomas Rémige | Movie | 2016 |
 | Daguerrotype | Jean | Movie | 2016 |
 | Quotidien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2016 |
 | I Saved My Belly Dancer | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Last Panthers | Khalil | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Anarchists | Jean Albertini | Movie | 2015 |
 | Santa Claus | Le Père Noël | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Cut | Nazaret Manoogian | Movie | 2014 |
 | Samba | Walid aka Wilson | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Informant | Redjani Belimane | Movie | 2013 |
 | Grand Central | Gary | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Past | Samir | Movie | 2013 |
 | Our Children | Mounir | Movie | 2012 |
 | Black Gold | Auda | Movie | 2011 |
 | Free Men | Younes | Movie | 2011 |
 | Love and Bruises | Mathieu | Movie | 2011 |
 | Bref | Tahar Rahim | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Eagle | Seal Prince | Movie | 2011 |
 | You Never Left | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2010 |
| Behind Bars | Self | Movie | 2010 | |
 | C à vous | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 |
 | A Prophet | Malik El Djebena | Movie | 2009 |
 | La Commune | Yazid Fikry | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Inside | Police Officer | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Burger Quiz | Self | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Cérémonie des César | Self - President | TV Series | 1976 |
| Smiling Hacker | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
 | Tahar l’étudiant | Tahar | Movie | — |
| L'incident | Harry | Movie | — | |
| The Little Fears | Damien | Movie | — |