Dar Salim

Dar Salim
Salim in 2024
Born	(1977-08-18) 18 August 1977 (age 48) Baghdad, Iraq
Alma mater	William Esper Studio
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Dar Salim is an Iraqi-born Danish actor. He became known for his role as Green Party chairman Amir Diwan in the Danish TV series Borgen , and starred in the 2023 film Guy Ritchie's The Covenant .

Early life

Salim was born on 18 August 1977 in Baghdad, Iraq. He fled to Denmark as a six-year-old refugee and lived on the island of Amager. ^[1]

Career

Salim trained at the William Esper Studio in New York City and studied method acting in London. He also had private lessons with Danish actress Sarah Boberg.^{[ citation needed ]}

His acting career started with being cast in TV2's television series Forsvar.^{[ citation needed ]} The role that probably gave him the greatest exposure among Danish television viewers was as the Green Party chairman Amir Diwan in Borgen . ^{[2] [3]} In early 2013, he presented TV2's Good Evening Denmark.^{[ citation needed ]}

He starred in TV2's crime drama Dicte , for which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Robert Awards. ^[4]

Salim had recurring roles in Danish thrillers The Bridge ^[5] and Below the Surface . ^[6] He co-starred in the Swedish TV series Springfloden (Spring Tide).^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2023 Salim starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Guy Ritchie's The Covenant as Ahmed Abdullah, an Afghan interpreter. ^{[3] [7]} The following year, he appeared in Ritchie's series The Gentlemen .

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Director
2008	Go With Peace, Jamil	Jamil	Omar Shargawi
2010	Submarino	Goran	Thomas Vinterberg
	My Good Enemy	Gym Teacher	Oliver Ussing
	Nothing's All Bad	Aversion Therapist	Mikkel Munch-Fals
	Truth About Men	Christian	Nikolaj Arcel
2011	The Devil's Double	Azzam Al-Tikriti	Lee Tamahori
	Rebounce	Hans	Heidi Maria Faisst
	Love Is in the Air	Benny	Simon Staho
2012	A Hijacking	Lars Vestergaard	Tobias Lindholm
2013	IRL: In Real Life	Mikael	Jonas Elmer
2014	The Christmas Family	School Inspector	Carsten Rudolf
	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Commander Khyan	Ridley Scott
	Head Full of Honey	Waiter	Til Schweiger
2015	A War	Najib Bisma	Tobias Lindholm
	Macho Man	Cem	Christof Wahl
	Iqbal & the Secret Recipe	Uncle Rafiq	Tilde Harkamp
2016	Walk with Me	Sami (Doctor)	Lisa Ohlin
	Iqbal & the Superchip	Uncle Rafiq	Oliver Zahle
2017	Darkland	Zaid	Fenar Ahmad
	Lommbock	10 Jahre Bau	Christian Zübert
	Next Door Spy	Vincent's Father V	Karla von Bengtson
2018	Iqbal & the Jewel of India	Uncle Rafiq	Oliver Zahle
	Until We Fall	Adam	Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm
2019	Heavy Load	Himself	Magnus Millang
2020	Curveball	Rafid Alwan	Johannes Naber
2022	Black Crab	Malik	Adam Berg
	Loving Adults	Christian Holm	Barbara Rothenborg
2023	Darkland: The Return	Zaid	Fenar Ahmad
	The Covenant	Ahmed Abdullah Yousfi	Guy Ritchie
2024	Sons	Rami	Gustav Möller

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Director(s)
2006	The Idea of an Uncomplicated Life with a Man	Taxi Driver	Ib & Jørgen Kastrup
2011	Karim	Telephone Voice V	Ulaa Salim
2013	Escort	Alex	Jonas Grum
2014	Everything Goes to Plan	Minister of Justice / Terrorist	Magne Pettersen
	Void	Amir	Milad Alami & Aygul Bakanova

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Forsvar	Taxi driver	Episode 10
2009	Livvagterne	Ammar Hayat	Episodes 5-6
2009	2900 Happiness	Pilot 2	Episodes 95 and 101
2010	Borgen	Amir Diwan
2011	Game of Thrones	Qotho	Season 1
2013	Dicte	Bo Skytte
2013	The Bridge	Peter Thaulou
2014	Tatort	Hassan Nidal	Episode "Brüder"
2015	American Odyssey	Omar
2016	Spring Tide	Abbas El Fassi
2016	Spuren der Rache	Hassan
2017	Below the Surface	Adel
2018	Warrior	CC
2018	Trapped	Jamal Al Othman
2021	Face to Face	C.C.
2022	Drenge	Mikael
2024	The Gentlemen	Felix	Episode: "Tackle Tommy Woo Woo"
2025	The Terminal List: Dark Wolf	Mohammed Farooq	Recurring role

References

1. Olsen, Mette (27 September 2012). "Devious way to success" (in Danish). Copenhagen: Politiken. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
2. "Dar Salim". filmportal.de. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
3. "Dar Salim and Jake Gyllenhaal star in Afghanistan-set action-thriller". The film verdict Middle East. 4 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
4. "Dicte: Awesome Danish Crime Drama Gets Third Series". The Euro TV Place. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
5. "The Bridge - Series 2 Episode 8". TV Viewer. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
6. Adam Sweeting. "Below the Surface, BBC Four review - terror in Copenhagen". theartsdesk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
7. "Scanbox inks production deal with Darkland actor Dar Salim". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

External links

• Dar Salim at IMDb
• Bodil nominerer oversete Jamil(in Danish)
• Hovedrolle i en drengedrøm (in Danish)