Rahel Romahn

Australian actor

Rahel Romahn
Bornc. 1993
Kurdistan, North Iraq
OccupationActor

Rahel Romahn (born c. 1993)[1] is a Kurdish-Iraqi born Australian actor.[1]

Early life

Born in Kurdistan, in Northern Iraq, Romahn's family emigrated to Australia when he was a child. He grew up in western Sydney, where he was bullied by his peers.[2] He describes himself as "an oddball recluse who loved to mimic people and accents."[3] After watching Al Pacino in Scarface, Romahn was inspired to express himself creatively. He got into acting, after hearing a radio advertisement for a local drama school when he was 13, and took screen acting workshops in Sydney. Stage and screen appearances followed.[4]

Career

Romahn initially scored a small role in Underbelly in 2010. From there he starred in his breakthrough role in SBS miniseries The Principal.

Other roles he has played include the TV series Shantaram and Mr Inbetween, miniseries Australian Gangster and films Little Monsters, Ali's Wedding, Down Under[5] and Alex & Eve.[6]

He has also appeared in a number of stage roles, most recently as Mozart (opposite Michael Sheen as Antonio Salieri) in Amadeus at the Sydney Opera House in 2023.[7]

For his performance in The Principal, Romahn was nominated for the 2016 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama[8] and the 2016 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer.[9] In 2022, he was also the winner of the annual Heath Ledger Scholarship, selected from a field of more than 600 candidates.[10][11]

Personal life

Romahn is a fan of English football club, Liverpool.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
2007 Battle Therapy Too Deepak Feature film
2008 The Ground Beneath Lewis Short film
2009 The Combination Mo Feature film
2009 Bani Ibrahim Yusof Short film
2012 The Day Hollywood Died Charlie Feature film
2012 Smile, Lisa Ray Short film
2015 Alex & Eve Shadi Feature film
2015 Benny Tony Short film (also co-director)
2016 Down Under Nick Feature film
2016 Ali's Wedding Ayoob Feature film
2017 The Missing Bad Guy Short film
2017 Blood Orange Eli Short film (also executive producer)
2019 Little Monsters Griffin Feature film [13]
2019 The Combination: Redemption Mo Feature film
2020 Moon Rock for Monday Moose Feature film[14]
2021 Here Out West Rashid Anthology film
2023 Streets of Colour Terrence 'Tez' Hadid Feature film
2023 Crushing Season Ando Short film
2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Vulture Feature film
2024 The Surfer Conlon, The Estate Agent Feature film[15]
Post-production Wizards! The Man / Alexander Feature film[16]
In production The Correspondent Baher Mohamed Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
2010 Underbelly: The Golden Mile Talal Assaad TV miniseries, episode 7: "Full Force Gale"
2010 Gangs of Oz Wahlid TV series, season 2, episode 3: "Young Guns, Loose Cannons"
2011 Random Dares Ray TV series, season 1, episode 4: "Puppy Dogs"
2015 The Principal Tarek Ahmad TV miniseries, 4 episodes
2015 Ready for This Ryan TV series, 2 episodes
2016 Janet King Sam Nobakht TV series, season 2, 6 episodes
2016 Cleverman Ludo TV series, season 1, episode 1: "First Contact"
2016 Hyde & Seek Jamil TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2017 Plans Zia TV miniseries, 7 episodes
2017 The Other Guy Paul Perry TV series, season 1, episode 6: "Dog Murphy"
2017 Pulse Adam Aswany TV miniseries, episode 7
2018 Mr Inbetween Hassam TV series, season 1, 2 episodes
2019 Secret City Nakeesh TV series, season 2, episode 5: "From Whom the Bell Tolls"
2021 Australian Gangster Mohammed 'Little Crazy' Hamzy, Brothers for Life member TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2022 God’s Favourite Idiot Pestilence TV series, season 1, 2 episodes
2022 8 Nights Out West Himself TV series, season 1, episode 1
2022 Shantaram Rafiq TV series, season 1, 7 episodes [17]
2023 Wolf Like Me Kaos TV series, season 2, episode 3
2024 Human Error Jarred Pines TV miniseries, 6 episodes

[18]

Stage

Year Title Role Type
2016 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Snug / Moth / A Fairy Sydney Opera House with STC
2017 Three Sisters Solyony Sydney Opera House with STC
2018 The Harp in the South Herb Lennon / Harry Drummy / Ernest Blainey Roslyn Packer Theatre with STC
2019 Mary Stuart Davison Roslyn Packer Theatre with STC
2019 Lord of the Flies Piggy Roslyn Packer Theatre with STC
2019 Cosi Doug Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with MTC & STC
2020 No Pay? No Way! Luigi Sydney Opera House with STC
2021 Queen Fatima Karim Riverside Theatres Parramatta for Sydney Festival
2022 Amadeus Mozart Sydney Opera House

[19][20][21]

References

  1. ^ a b Dale, David (29 September 2015). "Rahel Romahn gets emotional for The Principal". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ Idato, Michael (28 January 2022). "Bullied and ostracised growing up, now this actor is off to Hollywood". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ^ https://filmcentralmagazine.com/2022/03/rahel-romahn/
  4. ^ Idato, Michael (28 January 2022). "Bullied and ostracised growing up, now this actor is off to Hollywood". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ Maddox, Garry (4 August 2016). "Down Under's first four minutes show disturbing images of the Cronulla riots". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. ^ Groves, Don (13 October 2015). "Multicultural rising star makes his mark". IF Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. ^ Westwood, Matthew (16 July 2022). "'A tale of genius and mediocrity': Amadeus hits the Sydney Opera House". The Australian. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. ^ Maddox, Garry (29 October 2015). "5th AACTA Awards: the full list of nominees". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. ^ Dunk, Tiffany (4 April 2016). "Waleed Aly to vie with Project co-host Carrie Bickmore, Lee Lin Chin, Essie Davis and Grant Denyer for Gold Logie". news.com.au.
  10. ^ Idato, Michael (28 January 2022). "Bullied and ostracised growing up, now this actor is off to Hollywood". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  11. ^ "HLS2021 Homepage". Australians in Film. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  12. ^ https://filmcentralmagazine.com/2022/03/rahel-romahn/
  13. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (14 November 2019). "Little Monsters review – school-trip kids teach zombies a lesson". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  14. ^ Team, The IF (12 March 2021). "'Moon Rock for Monday' (Trailer)". IF Magazine. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  15. ^ Slatter, Sean (11 December 2023). "Julian McMahon, Miranda Tapsell hit the beach with Nicolas Cage in WA for Stan's 'The Surfer'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Wizards! (2023) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  17. ^ Grobar, Matt (6 February 2023). "'Shantaram's Rahel Romahn, 2022 Heath Ledger Scholarship Recipient, Signs With More/Medavoy Management". Deadline. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  18. ^ https://portfolio.moremedavoy.com/rahel-romahn
  19. ^ "Rahel Romahn has a new sheen to his career". Limelight. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  20. ^ https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/621975-rahel-romahn
  21. ^ https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ROMAHN-Rahel-150524.pdf
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