---
name: "Dar Salim"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dar-salim"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 August 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T14:17:38.651752+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dar Salim

Actor. Born 18 August 1977 in Baghdad, Iraq.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 August 1977, Baghdad, Iraq
- **Active:** 2010–2015
- **Also known as:** 다르 살림, Дар Салім, دار سلیم
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_Salim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3896343, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1502469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/234907

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Trapped*](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md) (81)

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## Biography

Dar Salim is an Iraqi-born Danish actor. He was born on 18 August 1977 in Baghdad and moved to Denmark as a child. He trained at the William Esper Studio in New York and began his career in Danish television in 2003.

He is known for roles including Amir Diwan in the series *Borgen* (2010), Qotho in *Game of Thrones* (2011), Peter in *The Bridge* (2011), and Ahmed in *Guy Ritchie's The Covenant* (2023). He appeared as Jamal Al Othman in the series *Trapped* (2015). Salim received a Bodil Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in *Go with Peace, Jamil* (2008).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Trapped* (2015), Fi1m 81, as Jamal Al Othman — [page](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md)
- *Borgen* (2010), Fi1m 84, as Amir Dwian — [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hercules Falling* (2025), Youssef, Assistant Director, Executive Producer
- *Mango* (2025), as Alex
- *The Terminal List: Dark Wolf* (2025), series, as Mo Farooq
- *Sons* (2024), as Rami
- *The Gentlemen* (2024), series, as Felix
- *Agent* (2023), series, as Dar Salim
- *Guy Ritchie's The Covenant* (2023), as Ahmed
- *Darkland: The Return* (2023), as Zaid, Executive Producer
- *Loving Adults* (2022), as Christian
- *Boys* (2022), series, as Mikael
- *Black Crab* (2022), as Malik
- *Favorite Daughter* (2021), Acting
- *Curveball* (2021), as Rafid Alwan
- *How To Tatort* (2020), series, as Dar Salim
- *Face to Face* (2019), series, as CC
- *Deliver Us* (2019), series, as Milad
- *Until We Fall* (2019), Acting
- *Heavy Load* (2019), as Dar
- *Warrior* (2018), series, as CC
- *Class Reunion 1.0* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Iqbal & the Jewel of India* (2018), as Uncle Rafig
- *Below the Surface* (2017), series, as Adel Rasul
- *Lommbock* (2017), as 10 Jahre Bau
- *jerks.* (2017), series, Acting
- *Darkland* (2017), as Zaid
- *Iqbal & the Superchip* (2016), as Rafiq
- *Spuren der Rache* (2016), as Hassan
- *Walk with Me* (2016), as Sami, Doctor
- *Springfloden* (2016), series, as Abbas El Fassi
- *Trapped* (2015), series, as Jamal Al Othman — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md)
- *Macho Man* (2015), as Cem Denizoglu
- *A War* (2015), as Najib Bisma
- *Head Full of Honey* (2014), as Waiter
- *Exodus: Gods and Kings* (2014), as Commander Khyan
- *The Christmas Family* (2014), Acting
- *In Real Life* (2014), Acting
- *Venice 70: Future Reloaded* (2013), Acting
- *Escort* (2013), as Alex
- *Dicte* (2013), series, as Bo Skytte
- *A Hijacking* (2012), as Lars Vestergaard
- *The Bridge* (2011), series, as Peter — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bridge.md)
- *Love Is in the Air* (2011), as Benny
- *Rebounce* (2011), as Hans
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Qotho — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *The Devil's Double* (2011), as Azzam
- *Truth About Men* (2010), as Christian
- *Borgen* (2010), series, as Amir Dwian — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)
- *Nothing's All Bad* (2010), Acting
- *My Good Enemy* (2010), as Gymnastiklærer
- *Submarino* (2010), as Goran
- *The Protectors* (2009), series, as Ammar Hayat
- *Go with Peace Jamil* (2008), as Jamil
- *Zulu Awards* (2008), series, as Host
- *2900 Happiness* (2007), series, as 2. pilot
- *Defense* (2003), series, as Ahmed Khanafani
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Hassan Nidal, Mads Andersen
- *Kessler - The Viking Warrior*, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Dar Salim](https://film.one/media/person/867243/gallery-e68a2884cab0.jpg) Dar Salim — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Dar_Salim_at_Berlinale_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Film Cast of Vogter:Dar Salim, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Sebastian Bull at Berlinale 2024](https://film.one/media/person/867243/gallery-13cfa8c1fbd3.jpg) Film Cast of Vogter:Dar Salim, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Sebastian Bull at Berlinale 2024 — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Film_Cast_of_Vogter_at_Berlinale_2024.jpg/1280px-Film_Cast_of_Vogter_at_Berlinale_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Premiere des Films Vogter bei der Berlinale 2024, Schauspieler Dar Salim](https://film.one/media/person/867243/gallery-fafd52c32437.jpg) Premiere des Films Vogter bei der Berlinale 2024, Schauspieler Dar Salim — IgorCalzone1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Vogter_%28Premiere_Berlinale_2024%29_4.jpg/1280px-Vogter_%28Premiere_Berlinale_2024%29_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dar Salim](https://film.one/media/person/867243/gallery-a25704d84be5.jpg) Dar Salim — Image via TMDB
- ![Dar Salim](https://film.one/media/person/867243/gallery-8f2545eef0f8.jpg) Dar Salim — Image via TMDB
- ![Dar Salim](https://film.one/media/person/867243/gallery-a5cbe7f4c2e0.jpg) Dar Salim — Image via TMDB

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