Actor. Born 18/9 1977 in Iraq. Graduated as a pilot in 2002.
Dar Salim came to Denmark when he was seven years old. He found his path as an actor through a casting for the TV series 'Defense' (2003-2004). Salim had his first leading role in 'Go with Peace Jamil' (2008) for which he was nominated for a Danish Bodil Award.
Salim has since had supporting roles in a number of Danish films such as 'Submarino' (2010), 'Truth About Men' (2010), 'A Hijacking' (2012), 'A War' (2015) as well as TV series such as 'Borgen' (2010-2011), 'Dicte' (2012-2016) and 'Warrior' (2018). He has also appeared in several international productions such as 'Game of Thrones' (2011) and 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' (2014).
He received three Robert nominations for his supporting part in 'Dicte' (2012-2016), while he was both Bodil- and Robert-nominated for his leading role in Fenar Ahmad's 'Darkland' (2017). He won the award for Best Male Actor at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival for his leading role in 'Until We Fall' in 2018.
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