Fares Fares

Fares Fares

1973-04-29 Beirut, Lebanon 36 Credits

Biography

Fares Fares is a Lebanese-Swedish stage, film and television actor. He often plays starring roles in the feature films of his brother, Josef Fares.

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Eagles of the Republic

Eagles of the Republic

2025

as George Fahmy

Acting

Egypt's most adored actor, George Fahmy is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts the role and fi...

Il était une fois... « La Conspiration du Caire »

Il était une fois... « La Conspiration du Caire »

2024

as Self

8.5
Acting
A Day and a Half

A Day and a Half

2023

as Lukas

6.3
Acting

In a desperate bid to reunite with his daughter, an armed man bursts into the medical center where his estranged wife works and kidnaps her.

A Day and a Half

A Day and a Half

2023

Director, Writer

6.3
Directing Writing

In a desperate bid to reunite with his daughter, an armed man bursts into the medical center where his estranged wife works and kidnaps her.

Cairo Conspiracy

Cairo Conspiracy

2022

as Ibrahim

6.7
Acting

A fisherman's son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after...

The Contractor

The Contractor

2022

as Salim

6.4
Acting

After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organiz...

The Purity of Vengeance

The Purity of Vengeance

2018

as Hafez el-Assad

7.2
Acting

Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institut...

The Nile Hilton Incident

The Nile Hilton Incident

2017

as Noredin

6.6
Acting

Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.

The Nile Hilton Incident

The Nile Hilton Incident

2017

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

as Senator Vaspar

7.5
Acting

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

A Conspiracy of Faith

A Conspiracy of Faith

2016

as Hafez el-Assad

7.0
Acting

Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department ...

The Commune

The Commune

2016

as Allon

6.4
Acting

A funny and moving story of family and free love set in a freewheeling 1970s commune. When Anna and Erik inherit a huge house, they gather a motley cr...

Child 44

Child 44

2015

as Alexei Andreyev

6.3
Acting

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the...

The Absent One

The Absent One

2014

as Hafez el-Assad

7.0
Acting

Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a loca...

The Keeper of Lost Causes

The Keeper of Lost Causes

2013

as Hafez el-Assad

7.1
Acting

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the di...

The Three Musketeers - The Musical

The Three Musketeers - The Musical

2012

as Athos

6.0
Acting

The three musketeers are a theater performance / musical in two acts written by Alexander Mørk-Eidem, based on Alexandre Duma's novel The Three Musket...

Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty

2012

as Hakim

7.0
Acting

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the ...

Sleepwalking in the Rift

Sleepwalking in the Rift

2012

6.2
Acting

On her first visit to East Africa, a young woman crosses paths with the Ranger charged with being her guide. They have something in common and when th...

Easy Money: Hard to Kill

Easy Money: Hard to Kill

2012

as Mahmoud

6.3
Acting

JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life – some venture capitalists are ...

Safe House

Safe House

2012

as Vargas

6.5
Acting

A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative esc...

Easy Money

Easy Money

2010

as Mahmoud

6.5
Acting

When JW becomes a drug runner in order to maintain his double life, his fate becomes tied to two other men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the...

Metropia

Metropia

2009

as Firaz (voice)

6.1
Acting

In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger h...

The Fur

The Fur

2008

as Richardt

Acting

Doctor Henck will die on this cold and dark Christmas Eve 1897. The poor Dr Henck visits his best friend, the wealthy stockbroker John Richardt, to bo...

For a Moment, Freedom

For a Moment, Freedom

2008

5.5
Acting

Centers on a group of weary Middle Eastern refugees who have made their way to Turkey to apply for European visas.

Leende Guldbruna Ögon

Leende Guldbruna Ögon

2007

10.0
Acting

Lennart Johansson grows up with one dream - to lead a Swedish dance band in the spirit of the Swedish legends "Vikingarna". He is a Swedish at heart, ...

7 Millionaires

7 Millionaires

2006

as Kristoffer El-Zeid

4.1
Acting

The rich heir Måns Lundin is about to get married to the equally rich Judith Fahlén but when his brother arrives for the wedding there is a disagreeme...

Kill Your Darlings

Kill Your Darlings

2006

as Omar

5.8
Acting

A desperate young writer is lured on a wild ride through the desert by a mysterious woman in this darkly comic take on the all-American road trip. Alo...

Bang Bang Orangutang

Bang Bang Orangutang

2005

as Patrik

5.0
Acting

An overworked and stressed out man in the middle of his career causes the worst tragedy that can happen to a family...

Zozo

Zozo

2005

5.7
Acting

A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.

Fakiren fra Bilbao

Fakiren fra Bilbao

2004

as Frank Flambert

5.1
Acting

When two children move into an old house with their mother they find magical mystery involving a lively spirit and a precious diamond.

Chlorox, Ammonium and Coffee

Chlorox, Ammonium and Coffee

2004

as Jesus

3.7
Acting

"Salto, salmiakk og kaffe" is movie about a bunch of people who put duty and work in front of all, who wash too much , hovering too little and let lov...

Day and Night

Day and Night

2004

as Kristian

6.5
Acting

Thomas has decided to die, and spends his last day driving around to say good-bye to everybody, his son, wife, mistress and all others. Nobody underst...

Kopps

Kopps

2003

as Jacob

6.4
Acting

A small Swedish village, Högboträsk, is so peaceful that crime is nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chas...

Days Like This

Days Like This

2001

as Michel

5.8
Acting

Vaccuum salesman Evert makes the rounds in a suburban Stockholm apartment building, getting brief glimpses of the various tenants' lives. During the c...

The Best Man's Wedding

The Best Man's Wedding

2000

as Roro

6.2
Acting

Roro, a foreign worker in Swedish parks, loves his girlfriend but is about to marry another girl to prevent her from being sent back to Lebanon. Meanw...

Once in the Archipelago

N/A

as Bobo

Acting

Three fathers join their daughters on a school trip to a quiet island. Stranded with a chaotic group of teenagers, they’re forced to confront past tra...