Dar Salim

Salim was born on 18 August 1977 in Baghdad, Iraq. He fled to Denmark as a six-year-old refugee and lived on the island of Amager.{{cite news |url=http://politiken.dk/ibyen/nyheder/scene/ECE1746150/edisons-stjerne-har-haft-en-en-kringlet-vej-til-succesen/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217093124/http://politiken.dk/ibyen/nyheder/scene/ECE1746150/edisons-stjerne-har-haft-en-en-kringlet-vej-til-succesen/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-17 |title=Devious way to success |publisher=Politiken |language=Danish |accessdate=2013-01-29 |location=Copenhagen |first=Mette |last=Olsen |date=2012-09-27 }}

Salim trained at the William Esper Studio in New York City and studied method acting in London. He also had private lessons with Danish actress Sarah Boberg.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

His acting career started with being cast in TV2's television series Forsvar.{{cn|date=July 2023}} The role that probably gave him the greatest exposure among Danish television viewers was as the Green Party chairman Amir Diwan in Borgen.{{cite web | title=Dar Salim | website=filmportal.de | url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/dar-salim_f25b601f766d4729a3a8efd592626e57 | access-date=7 July 2023}}{{cite web | title=Dar Salim and Jake Gyllenhaal star in Afghanistan-set action-thriller | website=The film verdict Middle East | date=4 July 2023 | url=https://www.tfvmiddle-east.com/posts/dar-salim-and-jake-gyllenhaal-star-in-afghanistan-set-action-thriller | access-date=7 July 2023}} In early 2013, he presented TV2's Good Evening Denmark.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

He starred in TV2's crime drama Dicte, for which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Robert Awards.{{cite web|url=http://theeurotvplace.com/2015/10/dicte-awesome-danish-crime-drama-gets-third-series/|title=Dicte: Awesome Danish Crime Drama Gets Third Series|website=The Euro TV Place|access-date=11 March 2018}}

Salim had recurring roles in Danish thrillers The Bridge{{cite web |url=http://justtviewer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/the-bridge-episode-8.html|title=The Bridge - Series 2 Episode 8|website=TV Viewer|date=29 January 2014|access-date=11 March 2018}} and Below the Surface.{{cite web |url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/tv/below-surface-bbc-four-review-terror-copenhagen|title=Below the Surface, BBC Four review - terror in Copenhagen|website=theartsdesk|author=Adam Sweeting|access-date=11 March 2018}} He co-starred in the Swedish TV series Springfloden (Spring Tide).{{cn|date=July 2023}}

In 2023 Salim starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Guy Ritchie's The Covenant as Ahmed Abdullah, an Afghan interpreter.{{cite web | title=Scanbox inks production deal with Darkland actor Dar Salim | website=Nordisk Film & TV Fond | date=15 September 2022 | url=https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/news/stories/scanbox-inks-production-deal-with-darkland-actor-dar-salim | access-date=7 July 2023}}

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• {{IMDb name|1502469}}
• [http://www.ekkofilm.dk/index.asp?allowbreak=Nej&id=545 Bodil nominerer oversete Jamil](in Danish)
• [http://www.fyens.dk/article/1003727:Film--Hovedrolle-i-en-drengedroemDanish Hovedrolle i en drengedrøm] (in Danish)

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