Tahar Rahim
Tahar Rahim is a French actor whose career took off with the prison film A Prophet. His family comes from the Oran region. He was born on 4 July 1981 in Belfort, in eastern France.
Tahar Rahim is a French actor whose career took off with the prison film A Prophet. His family comes from the Oran region. He was born on 4 July 1981 in Belfort, in eastern France.
After studying in Montpellier, Rahim trained as an actor.
His first major role came in 2009, when the director Jacques Audiard cast him in A Prophet. The role won him 2 César awards, France's main film prizes, on the same night in 2010: Most Promising Actor and Best Actor.
Since then the actor has worked with directors in France and abroad. His roles in the film The Mauritanian and the series The Serpent each earned him a Golden Globe nomination, an American film and television prize.
Start the conversation
Add what you know, ask a question or share your view.
Signing in takes one code sent to your email. No password.