In 2010, Fares starred in the Swedish crime thriller Easy Money with Joel Kinnaman.[4] The film was critically acclaimed and was picked up for American distribution by Harvey Weinstein.[4] In 2012, Fares made his Hollywood debut in the Denzel Washington movie Safe House.[5] He played CIA officer Hakim in Zero Dark Thirty.[6][7] Fares had a role in Child 44 (2014) with Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman.[2][8] Fares played Senator Vaspar in the popular Star Wars franchise movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).