Tahar Rahim
Tahar Rahim (born July 11, 1981 in Belfort, France) is a French actor of Algerian descent. His family is from the city of Oran, Algeria. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). [1]
Rahim is now set to star in controversial Chinese director Lou Ye's movie "Bitch". The director twice banned from making movies by the Chinese government, whom he likely met at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival where they were both respectively presenting "Spring Fever" and "A Prophet", is going to adapt the banned biography of Jie Liu Falin.
Another project in the works for Rahim is Des hommes libres (Free men), the biopic on Si Kaddour Benghabrit, founder of the Great Mosque of Paris, to be directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi of Le Grand Voyage fame. [2]
Filmography
- 2006: Tahar, student (Documentary) - Tahar (himself)
- 2007: La Commune (TV Series) - Yazid Fikry
- 2007: Inside - Police Officer
- 2009: A Prophet (in French Un prophète) - Malik El Djebena
- 2010: The Eagle of the Ninth (post-production) - Seal Prince (uncredited)
- 2011: Bitch (in French Chienne) - Mathieu
Theater
- 2007 - 2008: Libres sont les papillons in the role of Benjamin. The play was written by Leonard Gershe, directed by Hélène Zidi-Chéruy and staged at the Côté Court Theater, 11th arrondissement of Paris.
References
External links
- Tahar Rahim at IMDb