Fares Fares Biography
Fares Fares is a Swedish-Lebanese actor. He was born on 29 April 1973 in Beirut, Lebanon. In 1987, when he was 14 years old, his family moved to Sweden, residing in Örebro. They moved to escape the Lebanese Civil War and chose Sweden because they had relatives who had already lived there. His younger brother is director Josef Fares, and he has four sisters. At 19, he attended drama school in Mölndal near Gothenburg, Sweden.
From the age of 15, he acted in a local theater group in Örebro. He spent six years working in the Theatre Tamauer. He has played major parts in his brother, director Josef Fares’ films, including his debut acting performance in 2000’s Jalla! Jalla! and 2003’s Kopps. He starred in Bang Bang Orangutang in 2005 and Kill Your Darlings in 2006.
In 2010, he starred in the Swedish crime thriller Easy Money with Joel Kinnaman. The film was critically acclaimed and was picked up for American distribution by Harvey Weinstein. In 2012, he made his Hollywood debut in the Denzel Washington movie Safe House. He played CIA officer Hakim in Zero Dark Thirty, Child 44 in 2014, and Senator Vaspar in the popular Star Wars franchise movie Rogue One.
For 2013’s Kvinden i buret which was set in Denmark, Fares learned to speak Danish. Keeper of Lost Causes is based on a novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen, the first of four features based on his Department Q novels. Fares and Nikolaj Lie Kaas will appear in all four films. Keeper of Lost Causes was Denmark’s top film of 2013. Fasandræberne is the second film in the series which also broke Danish film grosses, setting new records. The third film in the series, A Conspiracy of Faith, premiered in Denmark in March 2016 and in the United States in June.
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Fares Fares Flickvän | Fares Fares Wife
He has had some long relationships but has never married. Clara Hallencreutz, 33, is identified as his new girlfriend, According to several media, the two are a couple, Clara Hallencreutz has herself published several pictures where she sees hanging out with him at her Instagram account.
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He released his new game “A way out” in his own game studio Hazelight, located in EA’s premises at Södermalm in Stockholm. It was first shown for the first time and at the big game conference E3 in Los Angeles. It was released at the end of 2017.
Fares Fares Movies
- 2013; The Keeper of Lost Causes
- 2014; The Absent One
- 2016; A Conspiracy of Faith
- 2012; Safe House
- 2016; The Commune
- 2012; Zero Dark Thirty
- 2015; Child 44
- 2000; Jalla! Jalla!
- 2003; Kopps
- 2010; Easy Money
- 2017; The Nile Hilton Incident
- 2012; Easy Money II: Hard to Kill
- 2009; Metropia
- 2004; Chlorox, Ammonium and Coffee
- 2008; For a Moment, Freedom
- 2005; Bang Bang Orangutang
- 2004; Day and Night
- 2006; Kill Your Darlings
- 2004; The Fakir
- 2001; Days Like This
Fares Fares Dansk Film
- 2013; The Keeper of Lost Causes
- 2014; The Absent One
- 2016; A Conspiracy of Faith
- 2004; The Fakir
- 2016; The Commune
Zero Dark Thirty Fares Fares
Following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden becomes one of the most-wanted men on the planet. The worldwide manhunt for the terrorist leader occupies the resources and attention of two U.S. presidential administrations. Ultimately, it is the work of a dedicated female operative (Jessica Chastain) that proves instrumental in finally locating bin Laden. In May 2011, Navy SEALs launch a nighttime strike, killing bin Laden in his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Initial release: 19 December 2012 (USA)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Box office: 132.8 million USD
Featured song: Maya on Plane
Fares Fares Safe House
For the past year, rookie CIA agent Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) has been eager to prove himself while cooling his heels at an inactive South African post. He gets the chance when Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), a turncoat operative, is brought to Weston’s safe house for debriefing. But soon after Frost’s arrival, mercenaries attack, and Weston and Frost barely escape with their lives. The two men must join forces and try to stay alive long enough to figure out who wants them dead.
Initial release: 8 February 2012 (Egypt)
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Box office: 208.1 million USD
Budget: 85 million USD
Screenplay: David Guggenheim
Fares Fares Jalla Jalla
A Lebanese (Fares Fares) living in Sweden must choose between the girl he is dating (Tuva Novotny) and a woman chosen by his father.
Initial release: 22 December 2000 (Sweden)
Director: Josef Fares
Music composed by: Daniel Lemma
Screenplay: Josef Fares
Languages: Swedish, Arabic
Tyrant Fares Fares
Bassam `Barry’ al-Fayeed, who has fully assimilated to living in America, is the son of a Middle Eastern dictator. Barry is a paediatrician in Los Angeles, but he and his family return to his native country, Baladi, for his nephew’s wedding. It’s his first visit in 20 years, but things don’t go as planned. When his father dies suddenly, Barry and his family are embroiled in political upheaval and forced to stay in the country. A clash of cultures ensues as Barry is thrown back into the familial and national politics of his youth, which he had escaped by self-imposed exile.
First episode date: 24 June 2014
No. of episodes: 32 (list of episodes)
Network: FX