Moe Bar-El

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Moe Bar-El
Born (1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 (age 31)
Shiraz, Iran
Other namesMoe Bargahi
Years active2014–present

Moe Bar-El (born 18 May 1992) is a British-Iranian actor. He is known for his theatre work, earning an affiliate Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and his roles in the Canal+ series The Bureau (2016) and the ITV drama Honour (2020).

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Early life

Bar-El was born in Shiraz [1] and moved to London with his mother and brother when he was ten. He attended City and Islington College, [2] where he pursued a Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts from 2010 to 2012. [3] He then trained part-time at Identity School of Acting for three years. [4] [5] He speaks Persian and English.

Career

After appearing in short films and Bola Agbaje's web series Hot Pepper, Bar-El made his television debut in 2016 when he joined the main cast of the French Canal+ political thriller The Bureau for its second season as Shapur Zamani. In 2018, he made his professional stage debut in Moormaid at the Arcola Theatre [6] and Every Day I Make Greatness Happen at the Hampstead Theatre. For the latter, Bar-El was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre at the 2019 Laurence Olivier Awards. [7] He appeared in the San Francisco production of The Jungle. [8]

In 2020, Bar-El played Karim in the first season of the Apple TV+ spy thriller Tehran and starred as Rahmat Sulemani in the ITV drama Honour . [9] He made his feature film debut with a small role in the 2021 Dutch drama Mitra . He had recurring roles as Reece in the 2022 Amazon Prime science fiction series The Peripheral and Artem in the 2023 BBC One crime drama Better . He went on the Paines Plough tour of You Bury Me. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014C.T.R.LPJShort film
2015One Day in WhitechapelJayShort film
2016In the Robot SkiesTamirShort film
2017Tilda & LailaAliShort film
2021 Mitra Bewaker Raid
2022ParousiaKaneShort film
2023 Femme Donovan
TBAGhetto HeavenIziah Anderson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Hot PepperAkramWeb series; episode: "Home Alone"
2016 The Bureau (French : Le Bureau des Légendes)Shapur ZamaniMain role (season 2)
2017 Snatch Sheikh ZesanEpisode: "The Smelt Down"
2019 Casualty Shah Busnal1 episode
2020 Tehran KarimRecurring role (season 1; 4 episodes)
Honour Rahmat SulemaniMiniseries
2022 The Peripheral Reece4 episodes
2023 Better Artem4 episodes
Count Abdulla Yazan Al Kawalti

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018MoormaidMehdi Arcola Theatre, London
Every Day I Make Greatness HappenKareem Hampstead Theatre, London
2019The JungleMaz Curran Theatre, San Francisco
2020Welcome to IranVarious Theatre Royal Stratford East, London
2021Lockdown and All That / The Monster InsideTara Theatre, London
2023You Bury MeTamer Paines Plough UK tour [11]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2019 Laurence Olivier Awards Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre Every Day I Make Greatness HappenNominated [12]

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