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
north
The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
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.
country boys the-end-of-the-day
At the end of the day, I remain a country boy inside.
racism sometimes feels
I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.
acting legs roles
I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that Im acting.
actors
Im an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.
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.
found
I dont spend much time on Twitter. I joined because I found it funny.
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.
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!'
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.
character looking matters
I'm looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director.
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.'
love
If I don't love my character, I can't do it.