Moe Bar-El

Moe Bar-El (born 18 May 1992) is a British-Iranian actor. He earned an affiliate Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his theatre work. On television, he is known for his roles in the Canal+ series The Bureau, the ITV drama Honour (2020) and the FX series Alien: Earth (2025).

Early life Bar-El was born in Shiraz and moved to London with his mother and brother when he was ten. He attended City and Islington College, where he pursued a Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts from 2010 to 2012. He then trained part-time at Identity School of Acting for three years. He speaks Persian and English.

Career After appearing in short films and Bola Agbaje's web series Hot Pepper, Bar-El made his television debut in 2016 when he joined the main cast of the French Canal+ political thriller The Bureau for its second season as Shapur Zamani. In 2018, he made his professional stage debut in Moormaid at the Arcola Theatre and Every Day I Make Greatness Happen at the Hampstead Theatre. For the latter, Bar-El was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre at the 2019 Laurence Olivier Awards. He appeared in the San Francisco production of The Jungle.

In 2020, Bar-El played Karim in the first season of the Apple TV+ spy thriller Tehran and starred as Rahmat Sulemani in the ITV drama Honour. He made his feature film debut with a small role in the 2021 Dutch drama Mitra. He had recurring roles as Reece in the 2022 Amazon Prime science fiction series The Peripheral and Artem in the 2023 BBC One crime drama Better. He went on the Paines Plough tour of You Bury Me.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 C.T.R.L PJ Short film 2015 One Day in Whitechapel Jay Short film 2016 In the Robot Skies Tamir Short film 2017 Tilda & Laila Ali Short film 2021 Mitra Bewaker Raid 2022 Parousia Kane Short film 2023 Femme Donovan 2024 Dune: Part Two Fundamentalist Fighter The Return Elatus 2025 Words of War Mosvar Barayev TBA Ghetto Heaven Iziah Anderson

Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 Hot Pepper Akram Web series; episode: "Home Alone" 2016 The Bureau Shapur Zamani Main role (season 2)Pictures (season 3), Flashback (season 4) 2017 Snatch Sheikh Zesan Episode: "The Smelt Down" 2019 Casualty Shah Busnal 1 episode 2020 Tehran Karim Recurring role (season 1; 4 episodes) Honour Rahmat Sulemani Miniseries 2022 The Peripheral Reece 4 episodes 2023 Better Artem 4 episodes Count Abdulla Yazan Al Kawalti 2024 Dinner with the Parents Paul 2 episodes We Might Regret This Will 1 episode 2025 Alien: Earth Rashidi 4 episodes 2026 Hit Point TBA Upcoming thriller

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2018 Moormaid Mehdi Arcola Theatre, London Every Day I Make Greatness Happen Kareem Hampstead Theatre, London 2019 The Jungle Maz Curran Theatre, San Francisco 2020 Welcome to Iran Various Theatre Royal Stratford East, London 2021 Lockdown and All That / The Monster Inside Tara Theatre, London 2023 You Bury Me Tamer Paines Plough UK tour

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2019 Laurence Olivier Awards Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre Every Day I Make Greatness Happen