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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Les Misérables
2026
as Inspecteur Javert
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
2025
as Amin
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
2024
as Charles Aznavour
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
2024
as Ezekiel Sims
Forced to confront revelations about her past, paramedic Cassandra Webb forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures...i...

Napoleon
2023
as Paul Barras
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
2022
as Laurent
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
2021
as Self - Interviewee
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
2021
as Mohamedou Ould Slahi
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
2019
as Marc
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
2019
as French Grave keeper
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
2018
as Self

Treat Me Like Fire
2018
as Abel
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
2018
as Judas
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
2017
as Brahim
A comedian's relationship with his family crumbles when his career begins to take off.

Heal the Living
2016
as Thomas Rémige
The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.

Daguerrotype
2016
as Jean
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
2016
A poetic depiction of belly dancers and anxiety over the disappearance of this art form that is unique to the Middle East.

The Anarchists
2015
as Jean Albertini
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
2014
as Le Père Noël
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
2014
as Nazaret Manoogian
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
2014
as Walid aka Wilson
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
2013
as Redjani Belimane
A story centered on a man who works as an informant for the French border patrol.

Grand Central
2013
as Gary
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
2013
as Samir
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
2012
as Mounir
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
2011
as Auda
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
2011
as Younes
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
2011
as Mathieu
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
2011
as Seal Prince
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
2010
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
A documentary that chronicles how ‘A Prophet’ came to exist.

A Prophet
2009
as Malik El Djebena
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
2007
as Policier municipal 1
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
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
N/A
as Tahar
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 ...