1. Tahar Rahim was born on 4 July 1981 and is a French actor.
16 Facts About Tahar Rahim
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Tahar Rahim then starred as FBI agent Ali Soufan in the miniseries The Looming Tower and Judas in the film Mary Magdalene.
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Tahar Rahim received another Golden Globe Award nomination for portraying Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries The Serpent.
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Tahar Rahim has since portrayed Paul Barras in the period film Napoleon and Ezekiel Sims in the Sony Spider-Man Universe film Madame Web.
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Tahar Rahim was born in Belfort, France, to a family from Oran, Algeria.
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In mid-2006, after signing with an agent, Tahar Rahim won a part in the hit Canal+ television series La Commune written by Abdel Raouf Dafri.
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Tahar Rahim starred in Chinese director Lou Ye's film Love and Bruises.
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Tahar Rahim starred in Free Men, the biopic about Si Kaddour Benghabrit, the French-Muslim founder of the Great Mosque of Paris, directed by Ismael Ferroukhi of Le Grand Voyage fame.
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In 2015, Tahar Rahim was selected to be on the jury for the Un Certain Regard section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
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Tahar Rahim later starred in the European crime drama television series The Last Panthers.
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Tahar Rahim served as a jury member at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
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Tahar Rahim played Paul Barras in Ridley Scott's Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix, for Apple TV+.
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Tahar Rahim played the character Ezekiel Sims in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Madame Web.
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In 2023, Tahar Rahim was announced to be playing French singer Charles Aznavour.
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Tahar Rahim is married to fellow French actress Leila Bekhti, whom he met while filming A Prophet in 2007.
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In June 2024, Tahar Rahim signed a petition addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron demanding France to officially recognize the State of Palestine.