Tahar Rahim

About Tahar Rahim

In Jacques Audiard's award-winning film A Prophet from 2009, he played Malik El Djebena, and in Kevin Macdonald's The Eagle from 2011, he played the Seal Prince.

Tahar Rahim is an Algerian French actor. He is known for his lead role as Malik El Djebena in the 2009 Jacques Audiard award-winning French film A Prophet, FBI Agent Ali Soufan in The Looming Tower, Judas in Mary Magdalene and as Charles Sobhraj in the series The Serpent. Completed in 2021. Rahim showed off his multilingual skills and accent, he performed in Corsican and Arabic alongside French in A Prophet and Scottish Gaelic for his role as Prince of the Seal in Kevin Macdonald's The Eagle. In 2021, he reunites with Macdonald for The Mauritanian. His performance as Mohamedou Ould Salahi was widely acclaimed by critics and named Actor of the Year at the London Film Critics Association Awards and Best Actor - Drama at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. In 2021, he also starred in the crime miniseries The Serpent.

Children	2
Occupation	Actor
Born	July 04, 1981, Belfort, France
Years active	2005–present

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Trivia

His talent for accents allowed him to play roles as both an Arab and a Scotsman.

Tahar Rahim before fame

He became dissatisfied with his studies in Sports and Computer Science at Montpellier's Paul Valéry University and opted to pursue acting. In 2006, he made his professional debut in the popular Canal+ television series La Commune.

Achievement of Tahar Rahim

His ability to imitate several accents allowed him to play both an Arab and a Scotsman.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Tahar Rahim family life

His ancestors came from Oran, Algeria. He married Leila Bekhti, an actress he met on the set of A Prophet.

Associations of Tahar Rahim

He was born in France, as was fellow actor Alain Delon.

Tahar Rahim Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	171 cm
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