Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 02, 1972
Place of Birth
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany [now Germany]
Credits
54 titles
René Ifrah
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Polaroid
Jürgen
The Investigation
Zeuge 31
Rosamunde Pilcher: Liebe ist unberechenbar
Gerald Cameron
The Equalizer
Detective Gene 'Oz' Oswaldo
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
Agent Silas Beresford
Nancy
Jake Lee
Marvel's The Punisher
Officer Jack
Shakespeares letzte Runde
Petruchio
Katie Fforde: Das Schweigen der Männer
Howard Harper
Sneaky Pete
Wali
Franziskas Welt: Hochzeiten und andere Hürden
Dr. Antonio Alvarez
Katie Fforde: Eine Liebe in New York
Alejandro
The Affair
Detective Romero
The Blacklist
Junior Boswell
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
Baran Amedi
Die Pastorin
Dr. Antonio Alvarez
Das Geheimnis der Villa Sabrini
Francesco Sabrini
Katie Fforde - Diagnose Liebe
Philipp Anderson
Homeland
Bibi Hamed
Die Frau des Schläfers
Zaid Ben Yakin
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Money Car Shotgun
Nurse Jackie
Officer Ryan
Royal Pains
Israeli Bodyguard #1
Life on Mars
The Groom
Email to Bill Gates
Mr. Brill
Damages
Uniform Cop #2
Fay Grim
Technician in CIA Van
I'd Like to Die a Thousand Times
Hotel Manager
GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben
Omar Madani
Kommissar Stolberg
Tommaso Rino
Last Performance
Stranger
The Stoning
Mahmoud Milani
Zores
Leo Rosen
Warum Ulli sich am Weihnachtsabend umbringen wollte
Heino
Blood of the Templars
Shareef
Grüße aus Kaschmir
Sharif Mishra
ZIBB
Self
SOKO Köln
Suleimann Gaz
Kommissarin Lucas
Mehmet Özgür
Berlin, Berlin
Dimitri
Hart's War
Pvt. T.S. Krasner
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
George Lombardi
Eine Handvoll Glück
Niccu
SOKO Leipzig
Stefan Bach
Einsatz in Hamburg
Tonio Forster
Donna Leon
Kellner Lorenzo Alberi
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Officer Bracken
Volle Kanne
Self
SK Kölsch
Selim Özdogan
Der letzte Zeuge
Madan Sansawar