Tahar Rahim
Tahar Rahim
Tahar Rahimis a French actor of Algerian descent. He is known for his starring role as Malik El Djebena in the 2009 award-winning French movie A Prophet by Jacques Audiard...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth4 July 1981
CountryFrance
known
Thanks to 'A Prophet,' I'm known in a lot of countries.
accept agree throw work
When you agree to work with a filmmaker, it's important that you accept their world. It's an adventure. I like that. I throw myself into the director's arms, into their universe.
french people
In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
family films human nourish provide pure snapshot society
I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
art life talks
What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
good movies series shows tv
We're seeing TV series that are as good as movies were in the '70s and '80s - shows like 'The Wire,' 'The Sopranos' and 'Breaking Bad.'
I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.
anyone arab expecting kids normal sort though
Some kids go walking in the mountains, but I just went to the cinema. So when I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, even though this wasn't normal for Arab kids or anyone in the town, they were sort of expecting it and were very supportive.
love
If I don't love my character, I can't do it.
director good great mediocre rather role scene
I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.
knew provincial turns
I knew I'd have to go to Paris eventually, and I didn't want to be the provincial kid who just turns up and says, 'I want to act.'
character looking matters
I'm looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director.
art dictates fashion love
I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.
came face good guy hardcore jail met prisons smile
We need prisons because there are some hardcore criminals, but I never met a guy who has been in jail that came out with a smile on his face thinking, 'Right, that's it - now I am going to be good!'