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Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Kurdistan, North Iraq

Rahel Romahn

Biography:

Rahel Romahn (born c. 1993) is a Kurdish-Iraqi born Australian actor. For his performance in The Principal he was nominated for the 2016 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama and the 2016 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer. He was the winner of the 2022 Heath Ledger Scholarship.

Roles he has played include the TV series Shantaram and Mr Inbetween and mini-series Australian Gangster, films Little Monsters, Ali's Wedding, Down Under and Alex & Eve and on stage as Mozart opposite Michael Sheen in Amadeus at the Sydney Opera House.

Known For

Acting

2025

The Surfer as Conlon
The Correspondent as Baher Mohamed

2024

Human Error as Jarred Pines

2023

Streets of Colour as Terence 'Tez' Hadid

2022

Here Out West as Rashid
Shantaram as Rafiq
God's Favorite Idiot as Pestilence

2021

2019

2018

Mr Inbetween as Hassam

2017

Ali's Wedding as Ayoob
Pulse as Adam Aswany

2016

Down Under as Nick

2015

Alex & Eve as Shadi
The Principal as Tarek Ahmad

2014

Janet King as Sam Nobakht

2012

2009

2008

Underbelly as Talal Assaad

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