
Tahar Rahim
Actor
Born: July 4, 1981 (44 years old)
Place of birth: Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France
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 (35)
- A Prophet (2009, ★ 7.6)
- Monsieur Aznavour (2024, ★ 7.2)
- The Past (2013, ★ 7.2)
- The Mauritanian (2021, ★ 7.4)
- Bref (2011, ★ 8.2)
- Inside (2007, ★ 6.7)
- The Serpent (2021, ★ 7.4)
- Free Men (2011, ★ 5.6)
- Black Gold (2011, ★ 6.5)
- Our Children (2012, ★ 6.7)
- Grand Central (2013, ★ 5.6)
- The Informant (2013, ★ 6.2)
- The Cut (2014, ★ 5.9)
- The Eagle (2011, ★ 6.2)
- Samba (2014, ★ 6.4)
- Omar Sy, c'est ta chance (2018, ★ 6)
- Santa Claus (2014, ★ 6.7)
- The Looming Tower (2018, ★ 7.3)
- Burger Quiz (2001, ★ 7.3)
- Love and Bruises (2011, ★ 5.4)
- Napoleon (2023, ★ 6.3)
- Madame Web (2024, ★ 5.3)
- The Anarchists (2015, ★ 5.7)
- Daguerrotype (2016, ★ 5.6)
- Alpha (2025, ★ 6.4)
- Heal the Living (2016, ★ 6.4)
- Mary Magdalene (2018, ★ 6.3)
- The Price of Success (2017, ★ 5.5)
- Treat Me Like Fire (2018, ★ 5.8)
- The Kindness of Strangers (2019, ★ 6.3)