Fares Fares

Personal context

Summary

Swedish actor, producer, writer, and director Fares Fares became known through Jalla! Jalla! and Kopps, and later appeared in Zero Dark Thirty, Westworld, Chernobyl, and The Wheel of Time. His recurring collaborations with Tarik Saleh include political thrillers about power, corruption, and religion in Egypt. Fares has said he is drawn to films that offer insight into unfamiliar worlds or prompt reflection, and has criticized Sweden’s increasingly restrictive migration politics, calling for a more humane and democratic direction. No public advocacy or affiliations focused on DEI, identity politics, or activism are on record.