Rahel Romahn
Biography
Rahel Romahn is an Australian actor who was born in Kurdistan, in northern Iraq, and grew up in western Sydney after his family emigrated to Australia. He first took to the stage in school productions by the third grade and started screen acting workshops in Sydney as a teenager, later landing a small role in Underbelly in 2010. His breakthrough came in the SBS miniseries The Principal, which earned him AACTA and Logie award nominations in 2016. He has also appeared in the television series Shantaram and Mr Inbetween and the miniseries Australian Gangster, and in the films Down Under (2016), Ali's Wedding (2017), Little Monsters and Alex & Eve. On stage, his roles included Mozart in a 2023 Sydney Opera House production of Amadeus, and in 2022 he won the Heath Ledger Scholarship.
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 9 years2016 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025The CorrespondentIMDb rating 6.0
- 2025The SurferIMDb rating 5.9
- 2024Furiosa: A Mad Max SagaIMDb rating 7.4
- 2017Ali's WeddingIMDb rating 6.9
- 2016Down UnderIMDb rating 5.9
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Behind the award
In 2022, Romahn won the annual Heath Ledger Scholarship. He was picked as the winner from a group of over 600 candidates.
Big break
Romahn's breakthrough came in the SBS miniseries The Principal, a role he landed after a small part in Underbelly in 2010.
Early training
At 13, Romahn heard a radio ad for a drama school in his area, which led him further into acting, and he attended screen acting workshops in Sydney.
Beyond film
Romahn has taken on many stage parts, and in 2023 he was Mozart in Amadeus at the Sydney Opera House, playing against Michael Sheen's Antonio Salieri.
A change of course
After finishing high school, Romahn took a job in customer service at a leading Australian bank, and he honed his acting skills at home after hours.
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