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
Cast Credits
Les Misérables
Character: Inspecteur Javert
MOVIE • 2026
Alpha
Character: Amin
MOVIE • 2025
Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
Monsieur Aznavour
Character: Charles Aznavour
MOVIE • 2024
Madame Web
Character: Ezekiel Sims
MOVIE • 2024
Napoleon
Character: Paul Barras
MOVIE • 2023
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 2023
Extrapolations
Character: Omar Haddad
TV • 2023
Extrapolations
Character: Ezra Haddad
TV • 2023
Beau geste
Character: Self
TV • 2023
Don Juan
Character: Laurent
MOVIE • 2022
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
Character: Self - Interviewee
MOVIE • 2021
The Mauritanian
Character: Mohamedou Ould Slahi
MOVIE • 2021
The Serpent
Character: Charles Sobhraj
TV • 2021
The Eddy
Character: Farid Youssfi
TV • 2020
The Eddy
Character: Farid
TV • 2020
The Kindness of Strangers
Character: Marc
MOVIE • 2019
Gloomy Eyes
Character: French Grave keeper
MOVIE • 2019
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
Treat Me Like Fire
Character: Abel
MOVIE • 2018