Tahar Rahim

He was born in 1981 in Belfort, France. He had his international breakthrough with the lead role in Jacques Audiard's prison thriller A Prophet. For this debut, a subtle portrayal of a Maghreb illiterate who during his detention works his way up to become a drug lord, Rahim won two Césars and a European Film Award. He also performed in Kevin MacDonald's action drama The Eagle and in Jean-Jacques Annaud's fourth desert drama Black Gold.In 2013, he appeared in Asghar Farhadi's relationship drama The Past. He starrred in Samba, the follow-up film to The Intouchables by directing duo Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.

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