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
deeply dive learned role
I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I'm acting.
It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
director extremely good shooting shot
With 'Eagle of the Ninth,' every shot was extremely planned and organized. The director was like, 'Do this!' And I say, 'How was it?' and he says, 'Good.' It was very odd. I would never know where he was headed, or even if he was shooting me at a close-up or from a distance.
north
The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
good movies
I don't want to say, 'I want to be in Hollywood,' like so many actors do, but I know that Hollywood is still making good movies, and I'd like to be part of that someday.
bored needs knows
I dont know how to get bored. I need to learn to rest.
found
I dont spend much time on Twitter. I joined because I found it funny.
Everybody is not completely traumatised by their life.
kids paris want
I knew Id have to go to Paris eventually, and I didnt want to be the provincial kid who just turns up and says, I want to act.
actors
Im an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.
acting legs roles
I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that Im acting.
racism sometimes feels
I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.
country boys the-end-of-the-day
At the end of the day, I remain a country boy inside.
clothes trying agents
I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it.