Saïd Taghmaoui

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1973-07-19

Place of Birth

Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
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Saïd Taghmaoui

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.

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Acting History

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
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 Self - Actor (archive footage)
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
one hour in hell
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
2004
Lost as Caesar
2004
I ♥ Huckabees as Translator
2004
For Bread Alone
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
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets as Dib
2001
Gamer as Tony
2000
Nationale 7 as Rabah
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
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Kraken as Bachir