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Nowras Tharb is a British Iraqi actor and director. An Arabic speaker, he is known for his screen performances in the Apple TV+ series Hijack (2023), the BBC drama Vigil (2021), and as Rafiq, a grieving Syrian father, in the film Distant Sky (2022). Making his London stage debut as Haroun in 'Haroun and the Sea of Stories', he toured the UK as Jamal in the award-winning play 'The Syrian Baker' in 2022.
Trained at LAMDA in Shakespeare and Jacobean, he fell in love with classical text in his early years; appearing in 'Richard III' at the Cochrane Theatre. A former British Champion and England International in Karate, he has worked as a fight director, and achieved a distinction in unarmed combat, from the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat. He writes and performs spoken word poetry. Further screen work includes Ernie (2020) starring Steven Berkoff and Paul Kaye.
