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
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.'
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.
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!'