Nabil Elouahabi

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Nabil Elouahabi
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Elouahabi in 2021
Born (1975-02-06) 6 February 1975 (age 49)
OccupationActor
Notable work Only Fools and Horses
EastEnders

Nabil Elouahabi (born 6 February 1975), often credited as Nabil Elouhabi, is a British actor, known for his role as Tariq Larousi in EastEnders from 2003 to 2005, as Rashid "Gary" Mahmoon in "Strangers on the Shore" (the 2002 Christmas Special of Only Fools and Horses ) and as Mr. Mustapha in the Netflix series Top Boy in 2011 and 2013.

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Career

Nabil made his acting debut in an episode of the BBC medical drama series Casualty in 1998. He went on to have roles in several television series such as Attachments , Only Fools and Horses and In This World . He also appeared in films such as Ali G Indahouse (2002) and The Sum of All Fears (2002). In 2003 he won the role of Tariq Larousi in the BBC soap opera EastEnders . [1] In 2005 he was axed from the soap after his character, along with his on-screen family, the Ferreiras, proved to be unpopular with audiences.

Since leaving EastEnders he has appeared in Holby City and has played real-life terrorist Ramzi Yousef in the television mini-series The Path to 9/11 . In 2008 he played Meesh, a Kuwaiti translator, in HBO's Generation Kill .

Most recently Nabil played Dean Andrews on Breeders; he also appeared in the three-part Jimmy McGovern drama series Time on BBC 1. On 16 January 2022, Elouahabi appeared in Vera in the episode "As the Crow Flies" in the role of Mo Hassan.

In 2023, Elouahabi featured as Joseph in the BBC series, Blue Lights .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Ali G Indahouse Jezzy F
2002DeserterAbdel Kadar
2002 The Sum of All Fears Ghazi
2002 In This World Yusif (Europe)
2003 Asylum Mahmoud Nasdar
2003 Code 46 Vendor
2005 Plato's Breaking Point
2007The Boat PeopleJared
2009 Journey to Mecca Hamza
2011 Blitz Witness
2011 Junkhearts Fisherman
2012 Tower Block Gary
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Detainee on Monitor
2015 Hyena Road Haji Baba / The Cleaner
2015 Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II Demirkan
2016Worst FearsKarim
2017 Sand Castle Arif
2017UndocumentSami
2021 Infinite O Dog
2024 The Outrun Samir

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 The Bill Karim BakriEpisode: "Nice Boy"
1998–2017 Casualty Various roles3 episodes
1999 London's Burning Arabic BoyEpisode #11.16
2002 Attachments KevEpisode: "Tooting Broadway"
2002 Only Fools and Horses Rashid Mahmoon aka GaryEpisode: "Strangers on the Shore...!"
2003–2005 EastEnders Tariq165 episodes
2004 Keen Eddie SunglassesEpisode: "Keeping Up Appearances"
2006 Holby City Seb CarterEpisode: "Looking After Number One"
2006 The Path to 9/11 Ramzi Yousef 2 episodes
2008 Generation Kill Meesh7 episodes
2009 Law & Order: UK Nazim KasabaEpisode: "Paradise"
2010 Strike Back MassoudEpisode: "Iraq: Part One"
2011The Boarding School BomberTaxi DriverTelevision film
2013 Mad Dogs HalimEpisode #3.1
2013 Top Boy Mr. Mustapha4 episodes
2014 24 MickEpisode: "Day 9: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m."
2016 The Night Of Yusuf4 episodes
2016 The Missing Mirza BarzaniEpisode: "Statice"
2018 Deep State Hassan Nassor2 episodes
2018 Thunderbirds Are Go Professor KarimEpisode: "Life Signs"
2019 His Dark Materials The Bright-Eyed Man2 episodes
2020 Our Girl Rabee6 episodes
2021 Breeders DeanEpisode: "No Friends"
2021 Time P.O. Patterson2 episodes
2021 The Tower Younes Mehenni
2021 Vera Mo HassanEpisode: "S11:E4" "As the Crow Flies"
2022 Trigger Point Hassan RahimEpisode: "S1:E3"
2023 Blue Lights Joseph5 episodes
2024 FBI: International AboodEpisode: “S3:E2”

Video games

YearTitleRole
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition Additional voices
2020 Valorant Cypher
2022 Elden Ring Merchant Kale

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