Saïd Taghmaoui
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 19, 1973 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2026 | KrakenBachir | |
| 2025 | Tin SoldierShinja Atlas | |
| 2024 | The KillerPrince Majeb Bin Faheem | |
| 2023 | The Family PlanAugie | |
| 2022 | The ForgivenAnouar | |
| 2020 | EmbattledClaude | |
| 2020 | All the Way UpNasser Berou | |
| 2020 | ProfessionalsTariq Basari | |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 - ParabellumThe Elder | |
| 2018 | At First LightCal | |
| 2017 | Etta's MissionSameer | |
| 2017 | Wonder WomanSameer | |
| 2017 | Espionage TonightIskandar Yasin | |
| 2016 | The InfiltratorAmjad Awan | |
| 2016 | Money Man | |
| 2015 | BallersPsychiatrist | |
| 2014 | The MissingKhalid Ziane | |
| 2013 | American HustleIrv's Sheik Plant | |
| 2012 | Il était une fois... « La Haine »Self - Actor (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | My Brother the DevilSayyid | |
| 2012 | TouchGuillermo Ortiz | |
| 2011 | Conan the BarbarianEla-Shan | |
| 2010 | StrandedAroui | |
| 2010 | An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian WarNarrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraBreaker | |
| 2009 | LinearCop/Biker | |
| 2008 | MogadischuCaptain Mahmud | |
| 2008 | Vantage PointSuarez | |
| 2008 | TraitorOmar | |
| 2008 | KandishaDakir Nesri | |
| 2008 | one hour in hell | |
| 2008 | House of SaddamBarzan Ibrahim | |
| 2007 | The Kite RunnerFarid | |
| 2007 | SuspectesStan Lamérat | |
| 2006 | O JerusalemSaïd Chahine | |
| 2006 | Djihad!Youssef | |
| 2006 | Five FingersDark Eyes | |
| 2005 | Sleeper Cell | |
| 2004 | HidalgoPrince Bin Al Reeh | |
| 2004 | I ♥ HuckabeesTranslator | |
| 2004 | SpartanTariq Asani | |
| 2004 | For Bread AloneYoung Mohamed Choukri | |
| 2004 | LostCaesar | |
| 2003 | The Good ThiefPaulo | |
| 2003 | Crime SpreeSami | |
| 2002 | Break of DawnWerner | |
| 2002 | AliveThe DJ Box | |
| 2001 | GamerTony | |
| 2001 | Absolutely FabulousManu | |
| 2001 | Confession of a DredgerFabio | |
| 2001 | Room to RentAli | |
| 2001 | Ali Zaoua: Prince of the StreetsDib | |
| 2001 | Tom Thumble chef de troupe | |
| 2000 | The SlammerL'innocent | |
| 2000 | Nationale 7Rabah | |
| 1999 | Hideous KinkyBilal | |
| 1999 | Before the SunsetAlì Ben Sellam | |
| 1999 | Three KingsCaptain Said | |
| 1999 | Last Minute KasbahRaschid | |
| 1999 | The West WingUmar Usef | |
| 1998 | The Garden of EdenAziz | |
| 1997 | HeroinesJP | |
| 1995 | La HaineSaïd | |
| 1995 | Brothers: Red RoulettePaul | |
| 1995 | J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faitesMaxime | |
| 1994 | Putain de porte |