Saïd Taghmaoui
July 19, 1973 (51 years old) in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
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.
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Credits
- 2025 · Tin Soldier as Shinja Atlas
- 2024 · The Killer as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
- 2023 · The Family Plan as Augie
- 2022 · The Forgiven as Anouar
- 2020 · Professionals as Tariq Basari
- 2020 · Embattled as Claude
- 2020 · All the Way Up as Nasser Berou
- 2019 · John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum as The Elder
- 2018 · At First Light as Cal
- 2017 · Espionage Tonight as Iskandar Yasin
- 2017 · Etta's Mission as Sameer
- 2017 · Wonder Woman as Sameer
- 2016 · Money Man as
- 2016 · The Infiltrator as Amjad Awan
- 2015 · Ballers as Psychiatrist
- 2013 · American Hustle as Irv's Sheik Plant
- 2012 · Il était une fois... « La Haine » as
- 2012 · Touch as Guillermo Ortiz
- 2012 · My Brother the Devil as Sayyid
- 2011 · Conan the Barbarian as Ela-Shan
- 2010 · An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Stranded as Aroui
- 2009 · G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as Breaker
- 2009 · Linear as Cop/Biker
- 2008 · Kandisha as Dakir Nesri
- 2008 · Mogadischu as Captain Mahmud
- 2008 · Traitor as Omar
- 2008 · House of Saddam as Barzan Ibrahim
- 2008 · ساعة في الجحيم as
- 2008 · Vantage Point as Suarez
- 2007 · The Kite Runner as Farid
- 2007 · Suspectes as Stan Lamérat
- 2006 · Djihad! as Youssef
- 2006 · O Jerusalem as Saïd Chahine
- 2006 · Five Fingers as Dark Eyes
- 2005 · Sleeper Cell as
- 2004 · Lost as Caesar
- 2004 · I ♥ Huckabees as Translator
- 2004 · For Bread Alone as
- 2004 · Spartan as Tariq Asani
- 2004 · Hidalgo as Prince Bin Al Reeh
- 2003 · Crime Spree as Sami
- 2003 · The Good Thief as Paulo
- 2002 · Break of Dawn as Werner
- 2002 · Alive as The DJ Box
- 2001 · Tom Thumb as le chef de troupe
- 2001 · Absolutely Fabulous as Manu
- 2001 · Confession of a Dredger as Fabio
- 2001 · Room to Rent as Ali
- 2001 · Gamer as Tony
- 2000 · Nationale 7 as Rabah
- 2000 · Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets as Dib
- 2000 · The Slammer as L'innocent
- 1999 · Last Minute Kasbah as Raschid
- 1999 · Three Kings as Captain Said
- 1999 · The West Wing as Umar Usef
- 1999 · Before the Sunset as Alì Ben Sellam
- 1999 · Hideous Kinky as Bilal
- 1998 · The Garden of Eden as Aziz
- 1997 · Heroines as JP
- 1995 · La Haine as Saïd
- 1995 · Brothers: Red Roulette as Paul
- 1995 · J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites as Maxime
- 1994 · Putain de porte as