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Tahar Rahim is a French actor born in Belfort on July 4, 1981. He works in film, television, and stage acting, with a career beginning in 2005. Rahim is a citizen of France and speaks French as his native language. He is Muslim and is married to Leïla Bekhti. He studied at Paul-Valéry University in Montpellier.
Rahim has received the César Award for Best Male Revelation and the César Award for Best Actor. He also won the European Film Award for Best Actor. Additionally, he has been nominated for the César Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Rising Star Award, and the European Film Award for Best Actor. His name in his native language is Tahar Rahim, طاهر رحيم.
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Film & TV
Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France
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…
Known for
- Les Misérables — Inspecteur Javert2026
- Prisoner — Tibor Stone2026
- Alpha — Amin2025
- The Original+ — Self - Guest2025
- Monsieur Aznavour — Charles Aznavour2024
- Madame Web — Ezekiel Sims2024
- Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille — Self2024
- Napoleon — Paul Barras2023
- Extrapolations — Omar Haddad2023
- Extrapolations — Ezra Haddad2023
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1981-07-04 ) 4 July 1981 (age 44) , Belfort , France
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 2005–present
- Spouse
- Leïla Bekhti ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tahar
- Family name
- Rahim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Belfort
- Spouse
- Leïla Bekhti
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Islam
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Tahar Rahim 2012.jpg
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- Tahar Rahim
- date of birth
- 1981-07-04
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Actor
- name in native language
- طاهر رحيم
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- social media followers
- 29737
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Encyclopedic overview
Tahar Rahim (born 4 July 1981) is a French actor, most known for his performance in A Prophet (2009), for which he won the César Award for Best Actor and César Award for Best Male Revelation, alongside a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination.
In Hollywood, Rahim first starred as FBI agent Ali Soufan in the miniseries The Looming Tower (2018). For his performance as Mohamedou Ould Slahi in The Mauritanian (2021) he received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. For his portrayal of French serial killer Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries The Serpent (2021), Rahim received his second Golden Globe nomination.
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