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.
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.
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hercules Falling | 2025 | Appearance, Co-director on Set | DK/Feature |
| Sons | 2024 | Agent | DK/Feature |
| Darkland: The Return | 2023 | Appearance, Executive producer | DK/Feature |
| Agent | 2023 | Dar | TV series |
| Until We Fall | 2019 | Adam | DK/Feature |
| Heavy Load | 2019 | Dar | DK/Feature |
| Western Arabs | 2019 | Appearance | DK/Documentary |
| Warrior | 2018 | CC | TV series |
| Warrior | 2018 | CC | TV series |
| Warrior | 2018 | CC | TV series |
| Warrior | 2018 | CC | TV series |
| Warrior | 2018 | CC | TV series |
| Warrior | 2018 | CC | TV series |
| Warrior | 2018 | CC | TV series |
| Iqbal & the Jewel of India | 2018 | Onkel Rafig | DK/Feature |
| Darkland | 2017 | Zaid | DK/Feature |
| Mune, le gardien de la lune | 2017 | Voice | Feature |
| Next Door Spy | 2017 | Vincents far | DK/Feature |
| Gidseltagningen | 2017 | Adel | TV series |
| Dicte 3 | 2016 | Bo SKytte | TV series |
| Springfloden | 2016 | Abbas | TV series |
| Walk with Me | 2016 | Læge | DK/Feature |
| Iqbal & The Superchip | 2016 | Onkel Rafig | DK/Feature |
| Macho Man | 2015 | Cem Denizoglu | Feature |
| American Odyssey | 2015 | Omar | TV series |
| A War | 2015 | Najib Bisma | DK/Feature |
| Iqbal Farooq and The Secret Recipe | 2015 | Onkel Rafiq | DK/Feature |
| Void | 2014 | Amir | DK/Short fiction |
| Familien Jul | 2014 | Inspektør | DK/Feature |
| Nordic Factory | 2014 | Amir | Feature |
| Honig im Kopf | 2014 | Kellner | Feature |
| Exodus: Gods and Kings | 2014 | Commander Khyan | Feature |
| Dicte 2 | 2014 | Bo Skytte | TV series |
| In Real Life | 2014 | Appearance | DK/Feature |
| Escort | 2013 | Alex | DK/Short fiction |
| Dicte 1 | 2013 | Bo | TV series |
| Broen 2 | 2013 | Peter | TV series |
| A Hijacking | 2012 | Lars Vestergaard | DK/Feature |
| Karim | 2011 | Telefonstemme | DK/Short fiction |
| Game of Thrones | 2011 | Qotho | TV series |
| Magi i luften | 2011 | Benny | DK/Feature |
| Borgen 2 | 2011 | Amir Dwian | TV series |
| The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn | 2011 | Voice | Feature |
| Rebounce | 2011 | Hans | DK/Feature |
| Submarino | 2010 | Goran | DK/Feature |
| Borgen 1 | 2010 | Amir Dwian | TV series |
| Truth About Men | 2010 | Christian | DK/Feature |
| My good enemy | 2010 | Gymnasielærer | DK/Feature |
| Nothing's all bad | 2010 | Aversionsterapeut | DK/Feature |
| Ukontrolleret besøg | 2009 | Appearance | DK/Short fiction |
| Go with peace Jamil | 2008 | Jamil | DK/Feature |
| The protectors | 2008 | Ammar Hayat | TV series |
| 2900 Happiness | 2007 | 2. pilot | TV series |
| Forestillingen om et ukompliceret liv med en mand | 2006 | Taxachauffør | DK/Short fiction |
| Tatort | 1970 | Hassan Nidal | TV series |
