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Fares Fares(I)

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  • Producer
  • Writer
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Fares Fares at an event for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
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Began his acting career in Sweden 2000 with the movie "Jalla! Jalla!". He has been acting in both comedies as well as action movies. He has been acting in theater as well as some TV productions.

In 2012, Mr. Fares started his Hollywood career co-starring with Denzel Washington in the movie "Safe house".
BornApril 29, 1973
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BornApril 29, 1973
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Known for

    Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
    Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes
    7.2
    • Assad
    • 2013
    Fares Fares, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Johanne Louise Schmidt in Department Q: The Absent One (2014)
    Department Q: The Absent One
    7.1
    • Assad
    • 2014
    Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, and Noomi Rapace in Child 44 (2015)
    Child 44
    6.4
    • Alexei Andreyev
    • 2015
    James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    7.8
    • Senator Vaspar
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Eagles of the Republic
      • George El-Nabawi
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Vi kommer i fred
      • Elias
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • The Expedition
      • Short
    • Once in the Archipelago
      • Pre-production
    • The Wheel of Time (2021)
      The Wheel of Time
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Ishamael
      • The Dark One
      • 2021–2025
    • Split Fiction (2025)
      Split Fiction
      9.2
      Video Game
      • Leo (voice)
      • 2025
    • Amar Chadha-Patel, Tony Hale, Zosia Mamet, Leila Farzad, Lou Gala, Jessica Plummer, Douggie McMeekin, Karan Gill, Tanya Reynolds, and Saoirse-Monica Jackson in The Decameron (2024)
      The Decameron
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Ruggiero
      • 2024
    • Fares Fares, Alma Pöysti, and Alexej Manvelov in A Day and a Half (2023)
      A Day and a Half
      5.8
      • Lukas
      • 2023
    • Fares Fares and Tawfeek Barhom in Cairo Conspiracy (2022)
      Cairo Conspiracy
      6.9
      • Colonel Ibrahim
      • 2022
    • Chris Pine in The Contractor (2022)
      The Contractor
      5.8
      • Salim
      • 2022
    • Annabelle Dowler, Clare Corbett, and Joseph Balderrama in It Takes Two (2021)
      It Takes Two
      9.1
      Video Game
      • Additional Voices (voice)
      • 2021
    • Fares Fares and Ana Gil de Melo Nascimento in Volvo XC60: The Parents (2020)
      Volvo XC60: The Parents
      8.4
      Video
      • Father
      • 2020
    • Fares Fares and Johan Rheborg in Partisan (2020)
      Partisan
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Johnny
      • 2020
    • Chernobyl (2019)
      Chernobyl
      9.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Bacho
      • 2019
    • Fares Fares and Nikolaj Lie Kaas in Journal 64 (2018)
      Journal 64
      7.4
      • Assad
      • 2018
    • Westworld (2016)
      Westworld
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Antoine Costa
      • 2018
    • Walton Goggins and Joe Dempsie in Deep State (2018)
      Deep State
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Gabriel
      • 2018
    • A Way Out (2018)
      A Way Out
      8.0
      Video Game
      • Leo (voice)
      • 2018
    • Fares Fares in The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
      The Nile Hilton Incident
      6.8
      • Police Commander Noredin Mostafa
      • 2017

    Producer

    • Fares Fares and Tawfeek Barhom in Cairo Conspiracy (2022)
      Cairo Conspiracy
      6.9
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Fares Fares and Johan Rheborg in Partisan (2020)
      Partisan
      5.5
      TV Series
      • creative producer
      • 2020
    • Fares Fares in The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
      The Nile Hilton Incident
      6.8
      • executive producer
      • 2017

    Writer

    • Fares Fares, Alma Pöysti, and Alexej Manvelov in A Day and a Half (2023)
      A Day and a Half
      5.8
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Fares Fares and Johan Rheborg in Partisan (2020)
      Partisan
      5.5
      TV Series
      • storyline
      • 2020

    Videos15

    Metropia
    Clip 1:18
    Metropia
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:29
    Official Trailer
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:29
    Official Trailer
    Trailer [OV]
    Trailer 0:49
    Trailer [OV]
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:40
    Official Trailer
    Watch Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:17
    Watch Official Trailer
    The Nile Hilton Incident
    Trailer 1:32
    The Nile Hilton Incident

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
    • Born
      • April 29, 1973
      • Beirut, Lebanon
    • Spouse
      • Clara Hallencreutz 2020 - present (2 children)
    • Parents
        Jan Fares
    • Relatives
        Josef Fares(Sibling)
    • Other works
      Dom directed by Jasenko Selimovic with Torkel Petersson at Göteborgs Stadsteater, Sweden

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      Fares was 14 years when his family moved to Sweden in 1987. They lived in Örebro.

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