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