Tahar Rahim

Tahar Rahim

1981-07-04 Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France 35 Credits

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 Mauritania...

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Les Misérables

2026

as Inspecteur Javert

Acting

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...

Alpha

Alpha

2025

as Amin

Acting

Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.

Monsieur Aznavour

Monsieur Aznavour

2024

as Charles Aznavour

7.3
Acting

From his poor childhood to his rise to fame, from his triumphs to his failures, from Paris to New York, discover the exceptional journey of an artist....

Madame Web

Madame Web

2024

as Ezekiel Sims

5.3
Acting

Forced to confront revelations about her past, paramedic Cassandra Webb forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures...i...

Napoleon

Napoleon

2023

as Paul Barras

6.3
Acting

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his add...

Don Juan

Don Juan

2022

as Laurent

4.1
Acting

Jilted on his wedding day, Laurent, a stage actor playing the role of the famous seducer Don Juan, cannot help but see his ex-fiancée in every women h...

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

2021

as Self - Interviewee

Acting

In eight films, Jacques Audiard has renewed French cinema, without alienating either the critics or the success. It is only at the age of 42 that he s...

The Mauritanian

The Mauritanian

2021

as Mohamedou Ould Slahi

7.4
Acting

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a ...

The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019

as Marc

6.4
Acting

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, t...

Gloomy Eyes

Gloomy Eyes

2019

as French Grave keeper

6.3
Acting

Poor Gloomy. It’s 1983, and the fact that he’s a zombie makes him an outcast. Hiding out in the forest, Gloomy has his sights on a human girl. But he...

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

2018

as Self

6.0
Acting
Treat Me Like Fire

Treat Me Like Fire

2018

as Abel

5.9
Acting

Revolves around the relationship between a gambling addict and a young woman who falls madly in love with him and will stop at nothing to win his hear...

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

2018

as Judas

6.3
Acting

In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radi...

The Price of Success

The Price of Success

2017

as Brahim

5.6
Acting

A comedian's relationship with his family crumbles when his career begins to take off.

Heal the Living

Heal the Living

2016

as Thomas Rémige

6.4
Acting

The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.

Daguerrotype

Daguerrotype

2016

as Jean

5.8
Acting

An aging photographer's obsession with an early form of photography draws his assistant and daughter into a work of mystery.

I Saved My Belly Dancer

I Saved My Belly Dancer

2016

10.0
Acting

A poetic depiction of belly dancers and anxiety over the disappearance of this art form that is unique to the Middle East.

The Anarchists

The Anarchists

2015

as Jean Albertini

5.7
Acting

Set in 1899 Paris, a young police sergeant is chosen to infiltrate a group of anarchists, an opportunity he sees to rise through the ranks. However, h...

Santa Claus

Santa Claus

2014

as Le Père Noël

6.7
Acting

One night, a burglar in a Santa Claus costume is surprised by Victor, a young boy who believes he is the real Santa Claus. Victor then follows him, an...

The Cut

The Cut

2014

as Nazaret Manoogian

5.9
Acting

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughter...

Samba

Samba

2014

as Walid aka Wilson

6.3
Acting

Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recent...

The Informant

The Informant

2013

as Redjani Belimane

6.3
Acting

A story centered on a man who works as an informant for the French border patrol.

Grand Central

Grand Central

2013

as Gary

5.6
Acting

A young unemployed man finds work at a nuclear power plant and begins an illicit affair with the fiancée of one of his senior workmates.

The Past

The Past

2013

as Samir

7.2
Acting

After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing th...

Our Children

Our Children

2012

as Mounir

6.7
Acting

Young and full of life, Murielle has a promising future ahead of her when she meets and falls head over heels for Mounir. A wedding soon follows, and ...

Black Gold

Black Gold

2011

as Auda

6.5
Acting

On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to riva...

Free Men

Free Men

2011

as Younes

5.6
Acting

In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man. Based on not very known...

Love and Bruises

Love and Bruises

2011

as Mathieu

5.6
Acting

Hua, a woman in her late twenties, goes against her family to become a teacher in Paris. She falls in love with men who physically abuse her. Will she...

The Eagle

The Eagle

2011

as Seal Prince

6.2
Acting

In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arr...

You Never Left

You Never Left

2010

Acting

Set in an allegorical "other place" that is a metaphor of a lost Egypt. Sketching a parallel between exile and death, creating a genuine self-portrait...

Behind Bars

2010

as Self

Acting

A documentary that chronicles how ‘A Prophet’ came to exist.

A Prophet

A Prophet

2009

as Malik El Djebena

7.6
Acting

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younge...

Inside

Inside

2007

as Policier municipal 1

6.8
Acting

Scarred for life after a harrowing near-death experience, emotionally fragile mother-to-be Sarah is still struggling to come to terms with her loss. O...

Smiling Hacker

N/A

Acting

Loosely inspired by Algerian hacker Hamza Bendelladj, who made headlines for stealing from U.S. banks and giving the proceeds to charity and came to b...

Tahar l’étudiant

Tahar l’étudiant

N/A

as Tahar

Acting

Tahar is just over twenty years old, with a youthful face and a tender voice. But the carelessness of student life is not for him. Not for him, whose ...