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Tahar Rahim

Birthplace: Belfort

Born: 1981-07-04

Occupations recorded in source

actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor

Biography from Wikipedia

Tahar Rahim (born 4 July 1981) is a French actor, most known for his performance in A Prophet (2009), for which he won the César Award for Best Actor and César Award for Best Male Revelation, alongside a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination.

In Hollywood, Rahim first starred as FBI agent Ali Soufan in the miniseries The Looming Tower (2018). For his performance as Mohamedou Ould Slahi in The Mauritanian (2021) he received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. For his portrayal of French serial killer Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries The Serpent (2021), Rahim received his second Golden Globe nomination.

He also portrayed Paul Barras in the period film Napoleon (2023), and Ezekiel Sims in the Sony Spider-Man Universe film Madame Web (2024). For his performance as Charles Aznavour in the musical biographical drama Monsieur Aznavour (2024), he received his third César nomination.

Sources & attribution

Wikidata · revision
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Wikipedia · revision 1369374053
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Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.