Fares Fares

Fares Fares (فارس فارس; born 29 April 1973) is a Swedish-Lebanese actor of Assyrian descent. He gained recognition for his collaborations with director Tarik Saleh, including The Nile Hilton Incident (2017) and Boy from Heaven (2022). Fares has received critical acclaim, winning a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and a Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Notable film appearances include Jalla! Jalla! (2000), Days Like This (2001), Zero Dark Thirty, Safe House, and Easy Money II: Hard to Kill (all 2012), The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013), The Absent One (2014), The Commune and A Conspiracy of Faith (both 2016). He has also appeared in popular TV shows such as Westworld (2018) and Chernobyl (2019). Fares was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and his family moved to Sweden in 1987 to escape the Lebanese Civil War.