Nick E. Tarabay

Actor · Born August 28, 1975 (51) · Beirut, Lebanon

Nick Emad Tarabay (born August 28, 1975) is a Lebanese-born American actor. He is known for portraying Ashur on the Starz television series Spartacus (2010-13) and Cotyar on the Amazon Prime Video science fiction television series The Expanse (2015-22). Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick E. Tarabay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

What are Nick E. Tarabay's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

29%

Survival

25%

Power

20%

Society

20%

Self

6%

Betrayal2 Justice2

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Shadow

2 of 4

Trickster

1 of 4

Hero

1 of 4

Shadowas Ashur in Spartacus (2010)
Tricksteras Ashur in Spartacus (2010)
Shadowas Reiken in The Veil (2017)
Heroas Ashur in Spartacus: House of Ashur (2025)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

5

Melancholic

3

Dread

2

Thrilling

2

Cathartic

1

Other

1

How their films linger

Bittersweet2 Unsettling2 Thought-provoking2

How their films end · 2 with a twist

Bittersweet1
Tragic1
Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Nick E. Tarabay's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (9).

Also on these channels

Cinemax1 title, show their title on Cinemax
Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy
Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+
MovieSphere+1 title, show their title on MovieSphere+
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV

Subscription and free streaming for Nick E. Tarabay's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

27 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page.

The Odyssey(2026)
as Pilot
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Spartacus: House of Ashur(2025)
Show 10 episodes · as Ashur
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Wendell & Wild(2022)
as Fawzi (voice)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Cleaning Lady(2022)
Show 2 episodes · as Julian Cortés
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Leverage: Redemption(2021)
Show 1 episode · as King Navid
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Stargirl(2020)
Show 13 episodes · as Eclipso
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Pacific Rim: Uprising(2018)
as Sonny
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Taken(2017)
Show 1 episode · as Boone
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
The Veil(2017)
as Reiken
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
MacGyver(2016)
Show 1 episode · as Tibor Babic
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
The Expanse(2015)
Show 15 episodes · as Cotyar
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Death Valley(2015)
as Roy Dillen
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)
as Klingon
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Arrow(2012)
Show 3 episodes · as Digger Harkness · as Digger Harkness / Captain Boomerang
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Major Crimes(2012)
Show 1 episode · as Jason Goss
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Longmire(2012)
Show 3 episodes · as Tyler Malone
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Common Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 1 episode · as Cooper Williams
Person of Interest(2011)
Show 3 episodes · as Devon Grice
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Spartacus(2010)
Show 21 episodes · as Ashur
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Castle(2009)
Show 1 episode · as Vasiliy Zhirov
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Crash(2008)
Show 13 episodes · as Axel Finet
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Moonlight(2007)
Show 1 episode · as Ralf Martan
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Burn Notice(2007)
Show 2 episodes · as Dexter Gamble
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
The Unit(2006)
Show 1 episode · as Fat Man
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Without a Trace(2002)
Show 1 episode · as Bobby Elber
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
CSI: Miami(2002)
Show 1 episode · as Neil Massey
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
The Sopranos(1999)
Show 3 episodes · as Matush
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 92^nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles from 1999 to 2026; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office

Death Valley (2015)

$5.2K worldwide

Highest rated

Spartacus (2010)

Midcredits 96^th

Film career

19992026

Peak 2013 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

2010Screen debut· Spartacus
2013First film· Star Trek Into Darkness

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting27 of 27 · 71^st

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s7 · acting2010s13 · acting2020s6 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.