Person
Saïd Taghmaoui
Acting · Born 1973-07-19 · Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Biography
Saïd Taghmaoui (born July 19, 1973) is a French actor and screenwriter of Moroccan background. One of his defining screen roles was that of Saïd in the award winning 1995 French film La Haine directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. However, Saïd has also appeared in a number of more recent English Language films, with roles such as the U.S.-trained philosophical Iraqi interrogator Captain 'My Main Man' Saïd in Three Kings, and as "Omar", the close radical Islamic associate of Don Cheadle (Samir), in the 2008 thriller Traitor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saïd Taghmaoui, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Lost
Caesar
The West Wing
Umar Usef
Ballers
Psychiatrist
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
The Elder
Wonder Woman
Sameer
Touch
Guillermo Ortiz
The Family Plan
Augie
La Haine
Saïd
Conan the Barbarian
Ela-Shan
American Hustle
Irv's Sheik Plant
Filmography
- 2026KrakenBachir
- 2025Tin SoldierShinja Atlas
- 2024The KillerPrince Majeb Bin Faheem
- 2023The Family PlanAugie
- 2022The ForgivenAnouar
- 2020ProfessionalsTariq Basari
- 2020EmbattledClaude
- 2020All the Way UpNasser Berou
- 2019John Wick: Chapter 3 - ParabellumThe Elder
- 2018At First LightCal
- 2017Espionage TonightIskandar Yasin
- 2017Etta's MissionSameer
- 2017Wonder WomanSameer
- 2016Money Man
- 2016The InfiltratorAmjad Awan
- 2015BallersPsychiatrist
- 2014The MissingKhalid Ziane
- 2013American HustleIrv's Sheik Plant
- 2012Il était une fois... « La Haine »Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2012TouchGuillermo Ortiz
- 2012My Brother the DevilSayyid
- 2011Conan the BarbarianEla-Shan
- 2010An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian WarNarrator (voice)
- 2010StrandedAroui
- 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraBreaker
- 2009LinearCop/Biker
- 2008KandishaDakir Nesri
- 2008MogadischuCaptain Mahmud
- 2008TraitorOmar
- 2008House of SaddamBarzan Ibrahim
- 2008one hour in hell
- 2008Vantage PointSuarez
- 2007The Kite RunnerFarid
- 2007SuspectesStan Lamérat
- 2006Djihad!Youssef
- 2006O JerusalemSaïd Chahine
- 2006Five FingersDark Eyes
- 2005Sleeper Cell
- 2004LostCaesar
- 2004I ♥ HuckabeesTranslator
- 2004For Bread AloneYoung Mohamed Choukri
- 2004SpartanTariq Asani
- 2004HidalgoPrince Bin Al Reeh
- 2003Crime SpreeSami
- 2003The Good ThiefPaulo
- 2002Break of DawnWerner
- 2002AliveThe DJ Box
- 2001Tom Thumble chef de troupe
- 2001Absolutely FabulousManu
- 2001Confession of a DredgerFabio
- 2001Room to RentAli
- 2001GamerTony
- 2001Ali Zaoua: Prince of the StreetsDib
- 2000Nationale 7Rabah
- 2000The SlammerL'innocent
- 1999Last Minute KasbahRaschid
- 1999Three KingsCaptain Said
- 1999The West WingUmar Usef
- 1999Before the SunsetAlì Ben Sellam
- 1999Hideous KinkyBilal
- 1998The Garden of EdenAziz
- 1997HeroinesJP
- 1995La HaineSaïd
- 1995Brothers: Red RoulettePaul
- 1995J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faitesMaxime
- 1994Putain de porte
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