Actor profile

Tahar Rahim

4th July 1981 Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France Acting

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 Mauritanian (2021). He received another Golden Globe Award nomination for portraying Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries The Serpent (2021).

38 Movies 15 TV Shows 1 In Production 54 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Original+ poster

The Original+ 16th December 2025 as Self - Guest

Alpha poster

Alpha 20th August 2025 as Amin

Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille poster

Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille 16th December 2024 as Self

Monsieur Aznavour poster

Monsieur Aznavour 23rd October 2024 as Charles Aznavour

Madame Web poster

Madame Web 14th February 2024 as Ezekiel Sims

Napoleon poster

Napoleon 22nd November 2023 as Paul Barras

Don Juan poster

Don Juan 23rd May 2022 as Laurent

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur poster

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur 16th May 2021 as Self - Interviewee

The Mauritanian poster

The Mauritanian 12th February 2021 as Mohamedou Ould Slahi

The Kindness of Strangers poster

The Kindness of Strangers 12th December 2019 as Marc

Gloomy Eyes poster

Gloomy Eyes 18th January 2019 as French Grave keeper

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance poster

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance 21st November 2018 as Self

Treat Me Like Fire poster

Treat Me Like Fire 4th July 2018 as Abel

Mary Magdalene poster

Mary Magdalene 15th March 2018 as Judas

The Price of Success poster

The Price of Success 30th August 2017 as Brahim

Heal the Living poster

Heal the Living 1st November 2016 as Thomas Rémige

Daguerrotype poster

Daguerrotype 15th October 2016 as Jean

I Saved My Belly Dancer poster

I Saved My Belly Dancer 3rd February 2016

The Anarchists poster

The Anarchists 11th November 2015 as Jean Albertini

Santa Claus poster

Santa Claus 4th December 2014 as Le Père Noël

The Cut poster

The Cut 16th October 2014 as Nazaret Manoogian

Samba poster

Samba 15th October 2014 as Walid aka Wilson

The Informant poster

The Informant 11th September 2013 as Redjani Belimane

Grand Central poster

Grand Central 28th August 2013 as Gary

The Past poster

The Past 17th May 2013 as Samir

Our Children poster

Our Children 30th May 2012 as Mounir

Black Gold poster

Black Gold 21st December 2011 as Auda

Free Men poster

Free Men 28th September 2011 as Younes

Love and Bruises poster

Love and Bruises 1st September 2011 as Mathieu

The Eagle poster

The Eagle 8th February 2011 as Seal Prince

You Never Left poster

You Never Left 10th December 2010

Behind Bars 17th February 2010 as Self

A Prophet poster

A Prophet 26th August 2009 as Malik El Djebena

Inside poster

Inside 13th June 2007 as Police Officer

L'incident as Harry

Smiling Hacker

Tahar l’étudiant poster

Tahar l’étudiant as Tahar

The Little Fears as Damien

Prisoner poster

Prisoner 30th April 2026 as Tibor Stone

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma poster

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma 22nd September 2023 as Self - Guest

Extrapolations poster

Extrapolations 16th March 2023 as Ezra Haddad

Beau geste poster

Beau geste 22nd January 2023 as Self

The Serpent poster

The Serpent 1st January 2021 as Charles Sobhraj

The Eddy poster

The Eddy 8th May 2020 as Farid

The Looming Tower poster

The Looming Tower 28th February 2018 as Ali Soufan

Quotidien poster

Quotidien 12th September 2016 as Self - Guest

The Last Panthers poster

The Last Panthers 12th November 2015 as Khalil

Bref poster

Bref 29th August 2011 as Tahar Rahim

C à vous poster

C à vous 7th September 2009 as Self - Guest

La Commune poster

La Commune 26th November 2007 as Yazid Fikry

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

Burger Quiz poster

Burger Quiz 27th August 2001 as Self

Cérémonie des César poster

Cérémonie des César 3rd April 1976 as Self - President

Les Misérables poster

Coming soon

Les Misérables 14th October 2026 as Inspecteur Javert