Tahar Rahim | |
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 Rahim in 2014 | |
| Born | 4 July 1981 Belfort, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
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 then starred as FBI agent Ali Soufan in the miniseries The Looming Tower and Judas in the film Mary Magdalene (both 2018).
Rahim 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).[1][2] He received another Golden Globe Award nomination for portraying Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries The Serpent (2021). Rahim has since portrayed Paul Barras in the period film Napoleon (2023) and has a role in the Sony Spider-Man Universe film Madame Web (2024).
- ^ "Female Filmmakers Lead Nominees For London Critics' Circle Film Awards". Deadline. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Waterboarding, Starvation, and Great Acting: Tahar Rahim Could Be In the Oscar Race". IndieWire. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.