René Ifrah
{{short description|American actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = René Ifrah
| image = René Ifrah.jpg
| alt =
| caption = René Ifrah
| birth_place = Frankfurt, Germany
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1996–present
| website = {{url|www.reneifrah.com}}
}}
René Ifrah is an American actor born in Germany and raised in Brooklyn, New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ilana-rapp/a-conversation-with-homel_b_8639684.html|title=A Conversation With Homeland Actor René Ifrah|last=RAPP|first=ILANA|date=2015-11-24|website=Huffington Post|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/vermischtes/stars-und-promis/article207398899/Rene-Ifrah-ist-ein-Pendler-und-Taenzer-zwischen-den-Welten.html|title=René Ifrah ist ein Pendler und Tänzer zwischen den Welten|last=Schönstedt|first=Annika|date=2016-04-07|website=www.morgenpost.de|language=de|access-date=2019-03-05}} He is best known for his role as Bibi Hamed{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/arts/television/homeland-recap-season-5-episode-7-oriole.html|title='Homeland' Recap: Season 5, Episode 7, 'Oriole'|last=Warner|first=Judith|date=2015-11-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-05|issn=0362-4331}} on the Showtime series Homeland,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/homeland-season-5-episode-11-recap-article-1.2464846|title='Homeland' Season 5, Episode 11 recap: It's all up to Carrie now|last=Ibarra|first=Rebeca|website=nydailynews.com|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/homeland-returns-here-s-the-story-so-far-1.2940117|title=Homeland returns: here's the story so far|last=Mackin|first=Laurence|website=The Irish Times|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/homeland-spoilers-what-happened-season-5-finale-recap-season-6-premiere-2475299|title='Homeland' Spoilers: What Happened In The Season 5 Finale? Recap Before Season 6 Premiere|date=2017-01-15|website=International Business Times|access-date=2019-03-05}} for which he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award (2016).{{Cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/media/news/releases/nominations-announced-22nd-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=Nominations Announced for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards|website=www.sagawards.org|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/sag-award-nominations-2016-screen-actors-guild-2-1201657179/|title=SAG Award Nominations Led by 'House of Cards,' 'Trumbo'|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=2015-12-09|website=Variety|access-date=2019-03-05}} He is also known for his recurring roles on Showtime's crime drama Sneaky Pete,{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sneaky-Pete-Season-2/dp/B077KL6LWW|title=Sneaky Pete|last=|first=|date=|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://bayareahq.com/2017/01/13/bryan-cranston-streaking-breaking-bad-sneaky-pete/|title=Bryan Cranston Streaked at a Jack in a Box Drive Thru|date=2017-01-13|website=Bay Area HQ|access-date=2019-03-05}} where he played the character of Wali{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/characters/369650/sneaky-pete-wali|title=Wali – Sneaky Pete {{!}} TVmaze|website=www.tvmaze.com|access-date=2019-03-05}} (2017–2018); the Showtime Drama series The Affair{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/ren-ifrah/|title=René Ifrah|last=TV.com|website=TV.com|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Citation|title=The Affair (TV Series) (2014)|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film607585.html|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Citation|title=The Affair: Episode 4 {{!}} TVmaze|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/975866/the-affair-3x04-episode-4|access-date=2019-03-05}} (2017); and the Showtime comedy series Nurse Jackie{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourentertainmentcorner.com/review-nurse-jackie-season-3-episode-6-when-the-saints-go/|title=Review – Nurse Jackie, Season 3, Episode 6 – "When the Saints Go"|last=Linda|date=2011-05-03|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/rene_ifrah|title=René Ifrah|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://members.sagfoundation.org/programs/6301|title=The Business Reframing the Conversation of Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian Characters|website=SAG-AFTRA Foundation|access-date=2019-03-05}} (2009–2011).
Early life
Rene Ifrah was born in Frankfurt, Germany,{{Cite web|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/leute/article207330809/Zu-gehetzt-in-New-York-zu-entspannt-in-Berlin.html|title=Zu gehetzt in New York, zu entspannt in Berlin|last=Schönstädt|first=Annika|date=2016-03-31|website=www.morgenpost.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-03-05}} and raised there and in Sicily until moving to Brooklyn, New York, with his family around the age of 10. He is of German, Sephardic, and Italian descent.
Career
= Film =
After his film debut in a small part in the 2002 film Hart's War,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fandango.com/harts-war-38975/cast-and-crew|title=Hart's War Cast and Crew – Cast Photos and Info|website=Fandango|access-date=2019-03-05}} starring Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell, Ifrah went on to co-star in the German ensemble film September as Ashraf, a Pakistani pizzeria owner in Hamburg, Germany, at odds with his German wife after the September 11 attacks. He then starred in the German film Grüße aus Kaschmir (2004), for which he won a Grimme-Preis{{Cite web|url=https://www.grimme-preis.de/archiv/2005/preistraeger/p/d/gruesse-aus-kaschmir-ard-br/|title=Grüße aus Kaschmir (ARD / BR)|website=www.grimme-preis.de|language=de|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.grimme-preis.de/archiv/2005/preistraeger/p/d/rene-ifrah/|title=René Ifrah|website=www.grimme-preis.de|language=de|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/hintergrund-die-grimme-preistraeger-2005/591182.html|title=Hintergrund: Die Grimme-Preisträger 2005|website=www.tagesspiegel.de|language=de|access-date=2019-03-05}} (2005) for best ensemble. He then appeared in Beyond the Sea{{Cite web|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/hintergrund-die-grimme-preistraeger-2005/591182.html|title=Hintergrund: Die Grimme-Preisträger 2005|website=www.tagesspiegel.de|language=de|access-date=2019-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bcb413248|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621115557/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bcb413248|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 21, 2023|title=René Ifrah|website=BFI|access-date=2019-03-05}} as well as The Taking of Pelham 123.{{Citation|title=The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1207149-taking_of_pelham_1_2_3|access-date=2019-03-05}}
= Television =
After guest starring roles on shows including NBC's Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and American Broadcasting Company's Life on Mars, Ifrah landed a recurring role in the Showtime comedy series Nurse Jackie.{{Citation|title=Nurse Jackie: Season 3|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/nurse_jackie/s03|access-date=2019-03-05}}
He had a recurring role as Danny in the Starz miniseries Flesh and Bone{{Citation|title=Flesh and Bone: Season 1|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/flesh_and_bone/s01|access-date=2019-03-05}} before landing the part of Bibi Hamed for season five of the Showtime program Homeland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/7615/20160121/homeland-season-5-cast-actor-rene-ifrah-says-show-deals-with-moral-issues.htm|title='Homeland' Season 5 Cast: Actor Rene Ifrah Says Show Deals With 'Moral' Issues|last=Ong|first=Sally|date=2016-01-21|website=Christianity Daily|access-date=2019-03-05}}
Since Homeland, Ifrah has had further recurring parts on Showtime's The Affair and Sneaky Pete as well as additional guest appearances on Netflix's The Punisher and CBS's Blue Bloods and God Friended Me.
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
| 2000
|Berlintaxi |Yussuf |Short film |
| 2002
|Pvt. T.S. Krasner | |
| 2003
|Ashraf | |
| 2004
|2nd Assistant Director | |
| 2005
|Warum Ulli sich am Weihnachtsabend umbringen wollte |Heino | |
| 2006
|Cameo | |
| 2007
|I'd Like to Die a Thousand Times |Cameo | |
| 2009
|Dry River Road |Akeem Maleki |Short film |
| 2009
|Cameo | |
| 2018
|Jake Lee | |
= Television (selected roles) =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" style="width:40%;" |Notes |
| 2004
|Altair in Starland |Grizzl (voice) |Main cast, nine episodes |
| 2004
|{{Ill|Blood of the Templars|de|Das Blut der Templer}} |Shareef |TV movie |
| 2005
|Was Sie schon immer über Singles wissen wollten |KC |TV movie |
| 2005
|Madan Sansawar |Episode: "Das Rad des Lebens" |
| 2006
|Zores |Leo Rosen |TV movie |
| 2006
|Mehmet |Two episodes: "Skizze einer Toten", "Die blaue Blume" |
| 2007
|George Lombardi |Episode: "Amends" |
| 2007
|Email to Bill Gates |Mr. Brill |TV movie |
| 2008
|Die Sache mit dem Glück |Manolo |TV movie |
| 2008
|Die Patin – Kein Weg zurück |Sandro |TV miniseries: (as Rene David Ifrah) |
| 2009
|Uniform Cop #2 |Episode: "Hey! Mr. Pibb!" |
| 2009
|The Groom |Episode: "Home Is Where You Hang Your Holster" |
| 2007–2009
|Alex Chambers & Sid Maxwell |Two episodes: "Human Flesh Search Engine", "Fallout" |
| 2010
|Antonio Mori |Episode: "Vendetta" |
| 2010
|The Sleeper's Wife |Zaid Ben Yakin |TV movie |
| 2009–2011
|Officer Ryan |Recurring, five episodes |
| 2012
|{{ill|Das Geheimnis der Villa Sabrini|de}} |Francesco Sabrini |TV movie |
| 2013
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Officer Bracken |Episode: "Presumed Guilty" |
| 2013
|Die Pastorin |Dr. Antonio Alvarez |TV movie |
| 2014
|Stimson |Episode: "Together" |
| 2014
|Katie Fforde: Eine Liebe in New York |Alejandro |TV movie |
| 2015
|Franziskas Welt: Hochzeiten und andere Hürden |Dr. Antonio Alvarez |TV movie |
| 2015
|Danny |TV miniseries: three episodes |
| 2015
|Bibi Hamed |Recurring, season 5, seven episodes |
| 2014
|Katie Fforde: Das Schweigen der Männer |Howard Harper |TV movie |
| 2016
|Shakespeares letzte Runde |Petruchio |TV movie |
| 2014
|Wali |Recurring, five episodes |
| 2016–2017
|Detective Romero |Recurring, three episodes |
| 2017
|Officer Jack |Episode: "Danger Close" |
| 2018
|Mamoun |TV movie |
| 2018
|Tariq Ali |Episode: "Close Calls" |
= Voiceover work =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2004
|Voices of Altair and Grizzl |9 episodes | |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Association !Category !Nominated work !Result !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2005
|Best Ensemble Cast Award (shared with the cast) |Grüße aus Kaschmir | {{won}} |
| 2016
|Screen Actors Guild Awards |Best Ensemble Cast Award (shared with the cast) |Homeland: Season 5 | {{nominated}} |
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.reneifrah.com}}
- {{IMDb name|1035548|Rene Ifrah}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:German emigrants to the United States
Category:American male television actors
Category:Male actors from Brooklyn