Age: 44
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Tahar Rahim (born 4 July 1981) is a French actor. His breakthrough performance was in the 2009 French film A Prophet, for which he won the César Award for Best Actor and Most Promising Actor. He has since starred as FBI agent Ali Soufan in the miniseries The Looming Tower and Judas in the film Mary Magdalene (both 2018). garnered critical acclaim and nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for portraying Mohamedou Ould Salahi in The Mauritanian (2021). He received another Golden Globe Award nomination for portraying Charles Sobhraj in the miniseries The Serpent (2021).
"Moses: The Shepherd" is a sweeping historical epic that grounds the biblical legend in gritty realism and political intrigue. It eschews the theatricality of The Ten Commandments for a psychological look at a man caught between two identities. The film begins with Moses as a high-ranking Prince of Egypt, a brilliant but impulsive general plagued by a severe speech impediment (a stammer) that makes him insecure and reliant on his brother Ramses. The core conflict is the shattering of his identity upon discovering his Hebrew heritage and his impulsive murder of an Egyptian slave driver. The film dedicates significant time to his exile in Midian—his transformation from a prince to a humble shepherd who finds peace away from power. The burning bush sequence is portrayed not as a light show, but as a terrifying, mind-breaking encounter with the Divine that leaves Moses reluctant and fearful. The return to Egypt is a grim clash of wills, focusing on the ecological and societal horror of the Plagues and the breaking of the brotherhood with Ramses. It is a story about a man who learns that true leadership is not about commanding armies, but about serving a people.
