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