Personal Info
Birth date
-
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Kurdistan, North Iraq
Also known as
Ραχέλ Ρομάν
Rahel Romahn
Biography
Rahel Romahn (born c. 1993) is a Kurdish-Iraqi born Australian actor. For his performance in The Principal he was nominated for the 2016 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama and the 2016 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer. He was the winner of the 2022 Heath Ledger Scholarship. Roles he has played include the TV series Shantaram and Mr Inbetween and mini-series Australian Gangster, films Little Monsters, Ali's Wedding, Down Under and Alex & Eve and on stage as Mozart opposite Michael Sheen in Amadeus at the Sydney Opera House.
Filmography
God's Favorite Idiot
6.3
Overview:
Clark Thompson, a midlevel tech-support employee, finds love with co-worker Amily Luck at exactly the same time he becomes the unwitting messenger of God. Also, there's rollerskating, a lake of fire and an impending apocalypse.Mr Inbetween
8.278
Overview:
Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.Shantaram
7.399
Overview:
Escaped convict Lin Ford flees to the teeming streets of 1980s Bombay, looking to disappear. Working as a medic for the city’s poor and neglected, Lin finds unexpected love, connection, and courage on the long road to redemption.Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
7.479
Overview:
As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.Underbelly
6.452
Overview:
Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.Australian Gangster
6.7
Overview:
In the Sydney underworld, the lives of gangsters, the Instagram generation, and the glamorous social elite intertwine.Human Error
5
Overview:
Follows Detective Holly O'Rourke and her homicide team as a seemingly open-and-shut murder investigation threatens to destroy her career, her family, and her faith in justice. As she scrambles to redeem her personal and professional reputation, Holly and her team uncover a criminal conspiracy that will change their lives forever.Pulse
5.8
Overview:
When successful high-flier Frankie Bell is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure she targets an alternate future. Eight years on she is in her second year as a practicing doctor starting her first day in a Renal rotation. Driven to use her second chance to save others, Frankie must confront an ailing health system, and face her toughest challenge - learning to let go.The Principal
6.071
Overview:
When history teacher Matt Bashir is promoted to Principal of a notoriously violent Boys' school in Sydney's south-west, his radical approach brings him into conflict and leaves his personal life dangerously exposed. But just when he seems to be making progress, a 17-year-old student is found dead on school grounds.The Surfer
6.337
Overview:
A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point.Janet King
6.8
Overview:
Senior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and a conspiracy which will have shocking ramifications throughout the judicial system.Ali's Wedding
6.9
Overview:
After a "white lie" which spirals out of control, a neurotic, naive and musically gifted Muslim cleric's eldest son must follow through with an arranged marriage, except he is madly in love with an Australian born-Lebanese girl.The Combination
6.5
Overview:
Set in the maligned western suburbs of Sydney, Lebanese-Australian John gets out of gaol to discover his younger brother Charlie is caught up with drugs, hookers and crime. Charlie oscillates between the streets and school. Daily clashes between Scott and Charlie's gang escalate. This feud spills into the streets in a territory and identity battle that turns bloody.The Correspondent
7.25
Overview:
December 2013, in the shadow of the Great Pyramids of Egypt, Australian journalist Peter Greste is confronted with the brutal realities of reporting from one of the most dangerous cities on earth. Accused of terrorism, Greste becomes a pawn in the middle of a deadly game full of corrupt officials and ancient rivalries – with only his wits keeping him alive.Alex & Eve
5.8
Overview:
Alex, a Greek Orthodox schoolteacher, falls for Lebanese Muslim lawyer, Eve. The relationship is forbidden by both families, and thus the emotional dilemma of 'Alex and Eve' is created.Streets of Colour
5
Overview:
After being blamed for the death of his best friend in a racist street fight, Tez, a 25-year-old drug dealer with a cultural identity complex loses custody of his son. Battling a drug addiction and coming to terms with losing his friend, he’ll need to clean himself up fast before his son is taken away forever.The Day Hollywood Died
4
Overview:
He just woke up. He's in a hospital. He can't move. He can't remember who he is. Memories begin to flood back to him as he regains consciousness. He was part of a heist gone wrong. One of a crew of six asked to steal a briefcase from a secret vault. But that's all he can remember. He will combat the drugs and the pain and the solitude in a desperate effort to remember what happened to him and why. But once he finally reaches the end of his quest for answers he will wish he never began.Moon Rock for Monday
6.3
Overview:
Set in Sydney, 1999, after an unlikely encounter at a train station, a young girl befriends a fugitive teenage boy and they travel to visit a moon rock that the girl believes will heal her.Down Under
6.4
Overview:
A black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, it is the story of two carloads of hotheads from both sides of the fight destined to collide.The Combination Redemption
6.7
Overview:
Six years on and John is still haunted by the death of his younger brother. The choices he faces will push him to the edge like never before.Here Out West
4.7
Overview:
A baby is kidnapped from hospital by a desperate grandmother. Her flight sets off a chain of events that bring together complete strangers over the course of one day.Wizards!
NYR
Overview:
The problems of two unlucky beach bar operators starts when they find stolen loot that they really should have left alone.Bani Ibrahim
NYR
Overview:
Hafiz, a Palestinian-Australian doctor, is faced with the dilemma on whether to save the life of his fugitive brother intent on committing a suicide attack.The Ground Beneath
NYR
Overview:
'The Ground Beneath' follows the emotional journey of a young teenager, Kaden, who lives a life of fear and threat. His friendship with Casey, the girl from school, and Lewis, a boy that spends time in his street, becomes a chance for change and self-discovery.Acting
TBAWizards! as Unknown
2025The Correspondent as Baher Mohamed
2025The Surfer as Conlon
2024Human Error (6 Episodes) as Jarred Pines
2024Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Vulture
2023Crushing Season as Ando
2023Streets of Colour as Terence 'Tez' Hadid
2022Shantaram (11 Episodes) as Rafiq
2022God's Favorite Idiot (2 Episodes) as Pestilence
2022Here Out West as Rashid
2021Australian Gangster (2 Episodes) as Little Crazy
2021Moon Rock for Monday as Moose
2019The Combination Redemption as Mo
2018Mr Inbetween (2 Episodes) as Hassam
2017Ali's Wedding as Ayoob
2017Pulse (1 Episode) as Adam Aswany
2017Blood Orange as Eli
2016Down Under as Nick
2015Alex & Eve as Shadi
2015The Principal (4 Episodes) as Tarek Ahmad
2014Janet King (1 Episode) as Sam Nobakht
2012The Day Hollywood Died as Charlie
2009Bani Ibrahim as Yusof
2009The Combination as Mo
2008The Ground Beneath as Lewis
2008Underbelly (1 Episode) as Talal Assaad