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 the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for portraying Mohamedou Ould Salahi in The Mauritanian (2021). He received another Golden Globe Award nomination for portraying Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries The Serpent (2021).

Filmography

• 2026Les Misérables — Inspecteur Javert
• Prisoner — Tibor Stone
• 2025Alpha — Amin
• 2024Madame Web — Ezekiel Sims
• 2024Monsieur Aznavour — Charles Aznavour
• Extrapolations — Omar Haddad, Ezra Haddad
• LEGEND
• 2023Napoleon — Paul Barras
• 2022Don Juan — Laurent
• 2021The Mauritanian — Mohamedou Ould Slahi
• The Serpent — Charles Sobhraj
• The Eddy — Farid Youssfi
• 2019Gloomy Eyes — French Grave keeper
• 2019The Kindness of Strangers — Marc
• 2018Mary Magdalene — Judas
• The Looming Tower — Ali Soufan
• 2018Treat Me Like Fire — Abel
• 2017The Price of Success — Brahim
• 2016Daguerrotype — Jean
• 2016Heal the Living — Thomas Rémige
• 2016I Saved My Belly Dancer
• 2015The Anarchists — Jean Albertini
• The Last Panthers — Khalil
• 2014Samba — Walid aka Wilson
• 2014Santa Claus — Le Père Noël
• 2014The Cut — Nazaret Manoogian
• 2013Grand Central — Gary
• 2013The Informant — Redjani Belimane
• 2013The Past — Samir
• 2012Our Children — Mounir
• 2011Black Gold — Auda
• Bref — Tahar Rahim
• 2011Free Men — Younes
• 2011Love and Bruises — Mathieu
• 2011The Eagle — Seal Prince
• 2010You Never Left
• 2009A Prophet — Malik El Djebena
• 2007Inside — Police Officer
• La Commune — Yazid Fikry
• L'incident — Harry
• Smiling Hacker
• Tahar l’étudiant — Tahar
• The Little Fears — Damien

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2025The Original+ — Self - Guest
• 2024Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille — Self : Guest
• Beau geste — Self
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
• 2021Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur — Self - Interviewee
• 2018Omar Sy, c'est ta chance — Self
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• 2010Behind Bars — Self
• C à vous — Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Burger Quiz — Self
• Cérémonie des César — Self - President