The actor twice Caesarized for a prophet will preside over the 48th Cesar ceremony on Friday February 24 on the stage of the Olympia in Paris.
French actor Tahar Rahim, known for his roles in a prophet Where Found Guiltywill preside over the 48th edition of the Césars, which will take place on February 24 at the Olympia, the organizers announced on Thursday.
In a joint press release, the Académie des César and Canal+ praise an actor who “has led his career with finesse, moving towards rich, diverse and complex characters, and new experiences”.
Tahar Rahim, 41, was revealed to the public in 2009 in a prophet of Jacques Audiard, where he played the leading role, that of an inmate. This intense drama won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and 9 César, including those for best male hope and best actor for Tahar Rahim.
International career
In 2013, he was back in competition at Cannes with The past by Iranian Asghar Farhadi and “Grand Central” by Frenchwoman Rebecca Zlotowski. In 2021, he was a member of the Cannes Film Festival jury, under the leadership of the American Spike Lee.
He was also seen in the series The Eddy on Netflix with his wife, actress Leïla Bekhti, then starred in the hit Netflix series The snakewhere he plays the French killer Charles Sobhra, before being nominated for the Golden Globes and the Bafta for Found Guiltywhere he shared the poster with the American Jodie Foster.
On Monday, the Académie des César announced its decision to withdraw, for its next ceremony, the people implicated “for acts of violence”, in the wake of the Sofiane Bennacer affair, a young comedian revealed in The Almond Trees indicted for rape.
