Tahar Rahim Biography
Tahar Rahim is a French-Algerian actor best known for The Serpent (2021), The Mauritanian (2021), Love and Bruises (2011), Treat Me Like Fire (2018), and Extrapolations (2023). He rose to fame after starring in the Drama film Napoleon (2023).
Tahar Rahim Career
After getting an agency, Rahim got a part in the popular Canal+ TV show La Commune, which was written by Abdel Raouf Dafri, in the middle of 2006. The first draft of the story for A Prophet was written by Dafri. Then Rahim met Audiard by chance when they were both getting off a set and shared a taxi. However, after having two lines in the 2007 horror movie Inside, which starred Béatrice Dalle, he had to go through three months of very hard auditions. After eight returns, he finally got the part that made him famous.
Rahim also had a role in the controversial Chinese movie Love and Bruises, which was directed by Lou Ye. China has stopped the director from making movies twice. He probably met Rahim at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where they were both showing their movies, Spring Fever and A Prophet. The movie Love and Bruises is based on Jie Liu Falin’s banned biography.
He also played the lead role in Free Men, a drama about Si Kaddour Benghabrit, who built the Great Mosque of Paris. The movie was directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi, who was also in Le Grand Voyage. He was chosen to be on the jury for the Un Certain Regard part of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. He then went on to star in the European crime drama TV show The Last Panthers.
Rahim played Judas in the 2018 movie Mary Magdalene, which was written by Helen Edmundson. In addition, in the United States, he played the lead part of FBI agent Ali Soufan in The Looming Tower. They put him up for a Golden Globe in 2021 for his part as Mohamedou Ould Salahi in The Mauritanian. Rahim was also on the jury for the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
In 2023 for Apple TV+, Rahim played Paul Barras in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, which starred Joaquin Phoenix. He will be in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe movie Madame Web. Moreover, it was revealed in 2023 that Rahim would play the French singer Charles Aznavour.
Rahim first took classes in sports and then computer science after getting his Baccalauréat at the Lycée Condorcet of Belfort. Moreover, after being bored for two years studying the same things in Strasbourg and Marseille, Rahim chose to follow his passion and started studying film at the Paul Valéry University of Montpellier.
Cyril Mennegun, a fellow Belfortain, made a documentary called “Tahar, student” about his life as a film student. It played on France 5 in 2006. After that, Rahim went to Paris in 2005 and studied theater under Hélène Zidi-Chéruy at the Laboratoire de l’Acteur. To make money, he worked in a factory during the week and in a nightclub on the weekends.
Tahar Rahim Salary
Rahim earns an annual salary of about $ 100,000 – $500,000.
Tahar Rahim Net Worth
Rahim has an estimated net worth of about $5 Million – $10 Million which she has earned throughout her career as an actor.
Tahar Rahim Age
Rahim was born on July 4, 1981, in Belfort, France. He is 42 years old as of 2023 and he celebrates his birthday on the 4th of July every year.
Tahar Rahim Height and Weight
Rahim stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall (1.70m) and weighs 75 kgs (165 lbs).
Tahar Rahim Family
Rahim was born and raised in Belfort, France to two loving parents who are immigrants from the region of Oran, Algeria. He has a brother named Ahmed Rahim. More information concerning his parents’ names will be updated when available.
Tahar Rahim Wife
Rahim is married to Leïla Bekhti, a French film actress. The two met while filming A Prophet in 2007 and after three years of dating, they tied the knot in 2010. Moreover, they are blessed with three children; a son named Souleymane Rahim (born July 2017), a daughter (born 2020), and a third child (born 2021).
Tahar Rahim Napoleon
Rahim plays the role of Paul Barras in the epic historical drama film Napoleon. In the French Revolution, Paul Barras was in charge of the Directory as its leader. In 1793, Napoleon Bonaparte, a young army officer, sees Marie Antoinette being killed by the guillotine. Later that same year, Paul Barras, the leader of the Revolutionary Guard, put Napoleon in charge of the Siege of Toulon. Nowever, Napoleon successfully storms the city and uses weapons to push back the British ships. At the end of the Reign of Terror, when Maximilien Robespierre is removed from power and put to death, other French leaders, including Napoleon, try to bring back peace. Napoleon put down the royalist uprising on 13 Vendémiaire in 1795 by using guns again.
Tahar Rahim Madame Web
Rahim will play the role of Ezekiel Sims in the upcoming American superhero film Madame Web. Ezekiel Sims is an explorer who went with Cassie’s mother to the Amazon jungle before she died to study spiders. He has superpowers and can see into the future. He wears a black suit that looks like Spider-Man and is looking for three women who might become Spider-Women in the future.
Tahar Rahim Extrapolations
Rahim played the role of Omar Haddad in the American anthology miniseries. When Omar met Rebecca Shearer, they fell in love and got married. Which led to her getting pregnant with Ezra in the end. In A Raven Story, Omar is a politician from Algeria who wants to use Nicholas Bilton’s unique technology to clean water. In 2046: Whale Fall, it comes out that Omar died in Manilla during some very bad monsoon rains, and Rebecca had him burned at the stake. So, she is taking care of their son by herself.
Tahar Rahim Smiling Hacker
Rahim will play the role of Hamza Bendelladj in the upcoming American film Smiling Hacker. People called him “Smiling Hacker” because he was smiling in all the pictures taken after he was arrested, even though he was handcuffed. Moreover, Thai police say that Bendelladj was one of the ten people the FBI wanted to find the most.
Tahar Rahim Movies and TV shows
- Napoleon
- The Mauritanian
- The Kindness of Strangers
- Treat Me Like Fire
- Mary Magdalene
- The Price of Success
- Heal the Living
- Extrapolations
- The Serpent
- The Eddy
- The Looming Tower
- The Last Panthers
Tahar Rahim Social Media Platfoms
Rahim is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook page and he has 277 followers on Twitter, 3.4.2k followers on Instagram, and 2.9k followers on Facebook.