Tahar Rahim
Biography
Tahar Rahim is a French actor who was born in Belfort and studied film in Montpellier before he trained for the stage in Paris. He first won a part in the Canal+ series La Commune, then landed his breakthrough role in A Prophet (2009), winning the César Award for Best Actor and Best Male Revelation along with a BAFTA Rising Star nomination. In Hollywood he appeared as FBI agent Ali Soufan in The Looming Tower. He played Mohamedou Ould Slahi in The Mauritanian (2021), which earned him Golden Globe and BAFTA Best Actor nominations. He received another Golden Globe nomination for his role as Charles Sobhraj in The Serpent (2021). He portrayed Paul Barras in Napoleon (2023) and Ezekiel Sims in Madame Web (2024), and was nominated for a César for playing Charles Aznavour in Monsieur Aznavour (2024).
45years old
Turns 46 on July 4in 264 days
- Born Belfort
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 15 years2009 to 2024
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Big break
After a two-line part in the 2007 horror movie Inside, Rahim went through three months of gruelling auditioning. He landed his breakthrough role after eight callbacks.
Early training
While studying drama at the Laboratoire de l'Acteur in Paris, Rahim worked in a factory during the week and a nightclub on weekends to make ends meet.
First role
In mid-2006, Rahim signed with an agent and then won a part in La Commune, the hit Canal+ television series written by Abdel Raouf Dafri.
Tahar Rahim movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Kevin Macdonald directed two of these films. Karim Leklou appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Karim Leklou's page
Niels Arestrup's page
Mark Strong's page
Joaquin Phoenix's page
Corey Johnson's page
Denis Ménochet's page
All films by Kevin Macdonald
Also two films together5 more actors
- Gilles CohenJacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur (2021) and A Prophet (2009)
- Akin GaziThe Cut (2014) and Day of the Falcon (2011)
- Camille LelloucheThe Price of Success (2017) and Grand Central (2013)
- Steve TientcheuThe Price of Success (2017) and Heal the Living (2016)
- Baya BelalThe Mauritanian (2021) and Our Children (2012)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Tahar Rahim's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$407 million
10 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$222M54.7% of the total
- 2$100M24.7% of the total
- 3$27M6.7% of the total
- 4$18M4.4% of the total
- 5$12M2.9% of the total
- 6$11M2.6% of the total
- 7$7.5M1.9% of the total
- 8$5.4M1.3% of the total
$3.5 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 2009 to 2017.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.