Nabil Elouahabi (born 6 February 1975), often credited as Nabil Elouhabi, is a British- Moroccan actor, known for his role as Tariq Larousi in '' EastEnders'' from 2003 to 2005, as Rashid "Gary" Mahmoon in " Strangers on the Shore" (the 2002 Christmas Special of ''

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series '' Top Boy'' in 2011 and 2013.

Career

Nabil made his acting debut in an episode of the BBC medical drama series '' Casualty'' in 1998. He went on to have roles in several television series such as '' Attachments'', ''

'' and ''

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''. He also appeared in films such as '' Ali G Indahouse'' (2002) and '' The Sum of All Fears'' (2002). In 2003 he won the role of Tariq Larousi in the BBC

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'' EastEnders''. In 2005 he was axed from the soap after his character, along with his on-screen family, the Ferreiras, proved to be unpopular with audiences. Since leaving ''EastEnders'' he has appeared in ''

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'' and has played real-life terrorist

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in the

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''. In 2008 he played Meesh, a Kuwaiti translator, in HBO's '' Generation Kill''. Most recently Nabil played Dean Andrews on Breeders, and appeared in the three-part

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'' on BBC 1.On January 16, 2022, Elouahabi appeared in Vera in the episode "As the Crow Flies" in the role of Mo Hassan.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

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* 1975 births English people of Moroccan descent British male film actors British male soap opera actors Living people Moroccan male film actors Moroccan male television actors 20th-century Moroccan male actors 21st-century Moroccan male actors {{Morocco-actor-stub