René Ifrah
- Recitazione
- 2 gennaio 1972 · Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany [now Germany]
Biografia
René David Ifrah (born January 2, 1972, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German-American actor. René David Ifrah grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Sicily, and later in Brooklyn. After returning to Germany in the early 1990s, he began his acting career, completing his training at the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York, as well as taking private acting lessons in Los Angeles. He landed his first roles in series such as *Praxis Bülowbogen* and *Mensch, Pia!*. Ifrah garnered significant attention in 2003 for his role in the drama film *September*, directed by Max Färberböck, which screened at the Cannes International Film Festival. This was followed by appearances in international productions such as *Hart's War* (released in Germany as *Das Tribunal*), alongside Bruce Willis, and *Beyond the Sea*, starring Kevin Spacey. For his lead role in the drama *Grüße aus Kaschmir*, he was nominated for the German Film Promotion Award and, in 2005, was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize. On German television, Ifrah has appeared in numerous films and series, including *Kommissarin Lucas*, *Donna Leon*, *Die Pastorin*, several films in the ZDF *Katie Fforde* series, and *SOKO Leipzig*. He also achieved international recognition for his recurring role as the jihadist Bibi Hamed in the US series *Homeland*. His roles are frequently characterized by their international scope and culturally complex nature.
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Filmografia
- Polaroid · Jürgen
- Die Ermittlung · Zeuge 31
- Rosamunde Pilcher: L'amore è imprevedibile · Gerald Cameron
- The Equalizer · Detective Gene 'Oz' Oswaldo
- Lincoln Rhyme - Caccia al collezionista di ossa · Agent Silas Beresford
- Nancy · Jake Lee
- Marvel's The Punisher · Officer Jack
- Shakespeares letzte Runde · Petruchio
- Katie Fforde: Alla ricerca del passato · Howard Harper
- Sneaky Pete · Wali
- Franziskas Welt: Hochzeiten und andere Hürden · Dr. Antonio Alvarez
- Katie Fforde: Un amore a New York · Alejandro
- The Affair - Una relazione pericolosa · Detective Romero
- The Blacklist · Junior Boswell
- Die Kinder meiner Tochter · Baran Amedi
- Die Pastorin · Dr. Antonio Alvarez
- I misteri di Villa Sabrini · Francesco Sabrini
- Diagnosi d'amore · Philipp Anderson
- Homeland - Caccia alla spia · Bibi Hamed
- Die Frau des Schläfers · Zaid Ben Yakin
- Pelham 123: Ostaggi in metropolitana · Money Car Shotgun
- Nurse Jackie - Terapia d'urto · Officer Ryan
- Royal Pains · Israeli Bodyguard #1
- Life on Mars · The Groom
- Das 100 Millionen Dollar Date · Mr. Brill
- Damages · Uniform Cop #2
- Fay Grim · Technician in CIA Van
- I'd Like to Die a Thousand Times · Hotel Manager
- GSG9 - Squadra d'assalto · Omar Madani
- Kommissar Stolberg · Tommaso Rino
- Last Performance · Stranger
- The Stoning · Mahmoud Milani
- Zores · Leo Rosen
- Warum Ulli sich am Weihnachtsabend umbringen wollte · Heino
- Il sangue dei templari · Shareef
- Grüße aus Kaschmir · Sharif Mishra
- ZIBB · In persona
- SOKO Köln · Suleimann Gaz
- Kommissarin Lucas · Mehmet, Mehmet Özgür
- Lolle · Dimitri
- Sotto corte marziale · Pvt. T.S. Krasner
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · George Lombardi
- Eine Handvoll Glück · Niccu
- Squadra speciale Lipsia · Stefan Bach, Amir Mahrous
- Einsatz in Hamburg · Tonio Forster
- Donna Leon · Kellner Lorenzo Alberi
- Law & Order - Unità vittime speciali · Officer Bracken
- Volle Kanne · In persona
- SK Kölsch · Selim Özdogan
- Der letzte Zeuge · Madan Sansawar
- OP ruft Dr. Bruckner · Leo Westerheide
- Squadra Speciale Cobra 11 · Hiob
- Law & Order - I due volti della giustizia · Sid Maxwell, Alex Chambers
- SOKO München · Malik Sellal