# Rahel Romahn

Rahel Romahn (born c. 1993) is a Kurdish-Iraqi born Australian actor.

## Early life

Born in Kurdistan, in Northern Iraq, Romahn's family fled Saddam Hussein’s regime when he was three, initially hiding in Turkey for a year, then emigrating to Australia, where he grew up in Parramatta, in western Sydney.
Despite having to adjust to a new language and culture, Rohman was performing in school productions by grade three, playing Fagin in Oliver Twist and Hook in Peter Pan. Romahn describes himself as "an oddball recluse who loved to mimic people and accents." After watching Al Pacino in Scarface, he was inspired to express himself creatively. He got further into acting, after hearing a radio advertisement for a local drama school when he was 13, and took screen acting workshops in Sydney.
After Romahn finished high school, he worked in customer service for a leading Australian bank, while honing his acting skills at home after hours. Stage and screen appearances followed.

## Career

Romahn initially scored a small role in Underbelly in 2010. From there he starred in his breakthrough role in SBS miniseries The Principal.
Other roles he has played include the TV series Shantaram and Mr Inbetween, miniseries Australian Gangster and films Little Monsters, Ali's Wedding, Down Under and Alex & Eve.
He has also appeared in a number of stage roles, most recently as Mozart (opposite Michael Sheen as Antonio Salieri) in Amadeus at the Sydney Opera House in 2023.
For his performance in The Principal, Romahn 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. In 2022, he was also the winner of the annual Heath Ledger Scholarship, selected from a field of more than 600 candidates.

## Personal life

Romahn is a fan of English football club, Liverpool.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 2007 | Battle Therapy Too | Deepak | Feature film |
| 2008 | The Ground Beneath | Lewis | Short film |
| 2009 | The Combination | Mo | Feature film |
| 2009 | Bani Ibrahim | Yusof | Short film |
| 2012 | The Day Hollywood Died | Charlie | Feature film |
| 2012 | Smile, Lisa | Ray | Short film |
| 2015 | Alex & Eve | Shadi | Feature film |
| 2015 | Benny | Tony | Short film (also co-director) |
| 2016 | Down Under | Nick | Feature film |
| 2016 | Ali's Wedding | Ayoob | Feature film |
| 2017 | The Missing | Bad Guy | Short film |
| 2017 | Blood Orange | Eli | Short film (also executive producer) |
| 2019 | Little Monsters | Griffin | Feature film |
| 2019 | The Combination: Redemption | Mo | Feature film |
| 2020 | Moon Rock for Monday | Moose | Feature film |
| 2021 | Here Out West | Rashid | Anthology film |
| 2023 | Streets of Colour | Terrence 'Tez' Hadid | Feature film |
| 2023 | Crushing Season | Ando | Short film |
| 2024 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Vulture | Feature film |
| 2024 | The Surfer | Conlon, The Estate Agent | Feature film |
| Post-production | Wizards! | The Man / Alexander | Feature film |
| In production | The Correspondent | Baher Mohamed | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 2010 | Underbelly: The Golden Mile | Talal Assaad | TV miniseries, episode 7: "Full Force Gale" |
| 2010 | Gangs of Oz | Wahlid | TV series, season 2, episode 3: "Young Guns, Loose Cannons" |
| 2011 | Random Dares | Ray | TV series, season 1, episode 4: "Puppy Dogs" |
| 2015 | The Principal | Tarek Ahmad | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 2015 | Ready for This | Ryan | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Janet King | Sam Nobakht | TV series, season 2, 6 episodes |
| 2016 | Cleverman | Ludo | TV series, season 1, episode 1: "First Contact" |
| 2016 | Hyde & Seek | Jamil | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Plans | Zia | TV miniseries, 7 episodes |
| 2017 | The Other Guy | Paul Perry | TV series, season 1, episode 6: "Dog Murphy" |
| 2017 | Pulse | Adam Aswany | TV miniseries, episode 7 |
| 2018 | Mr Inbetween | Hassam | TV series, season 1, 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Secret City | Nakeesh | TV series, season 2, episode 5: "From Whom the Bell Tolls" |
| 2021 | Australian Gangster | Mohammed 'Little Crazy' Hamzy, Brothers for Life member | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2022 | God’s Favourite Idiot | Pestilence | TV series, season 1, 2 episodes |
| 2022 | 8 Nights Out West | Himself | TV series, season 1, episode 1 |
| 2022 | Shantaram | Rafiq | TV series, season 1, 7 episodes |
| 2023 | Wolf Like Me | Kaos | TV series, season 2, episode 3 |
| 2024 | Human Error | Jarred Pines | TV miniseries, 6 episodes |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Snug / Moth / A Fairy | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2017 | Three Sisters | Solyony | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2018 | The Harp in the South | Herb Lennon / Harry Drummy / Ernest Blainey | Roslyn Packer Theatre with STC |
| 2019 | Mary Stuart | Davison | Roslyn Packer Theatre with STC |
| 2019 | Lord of the Flies | Piggy | Roslyn Packer Theatre with STC |
| 2019 | Cosi | Doug | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with MTC & STC |
| 2020 | No Pay? No Way! | Luigi | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 2021 | Queen Fatima | Karim | Riverside Theatres Parramatta for Sydney Festival |
| 2022 | Amadeus | Mozart | Sydney Opera House |

## Awards

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2016 | The Principal | AACTA Awards | Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama | Nominated |
| 2016 | The Principal | Logie Awards | Most Outstanding Newcomer | Nominated |
| 2022 | Rahel Romahn | Heath Ledger Scholarship | | Won |