Saïd Taghmaoui
Born: 1973-07-19 in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Kraken as Bachir
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
- All the Way Up as Nasser Berou
- Embattled as Claude
2019
- John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum as The Elder
2018
- At First Light as Cal
2017
- Wonder Woman as Sameer
- Espionage Tonight as Iskandar Yasin
- Etta's Mission as Sameer
2016
- The Infiltrator as Amjad Awan
- Money Man
2015
- Ballers as Psychiatrist
2014
- The Missing as Khalid Ziane
2013
- American Hustle as Irv's Sheik Plant
2012
- Touch as Guillermo Ortiz
- My Brother the Devil as Sayyid
- Il était une fois... « La Haine » as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2011
- Conan the Barbarian as Ela-Shan
2010
- Stranded as Aroui
- An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War as Narrator (voice)
2009
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as Breaker
- Linear as Cop/Biker
2008
- Vantage Point as Suarez
- House of Saddam as Barzan Ibrahim
- Traitor as Omar
- one hour in hell
- Mogadischu as Captain Mahmud
- Kandisha as Dakir Nesri
2007
- The Kite Runner as Farid
- Suspectes as Stan Lamérat
2006
- Five Fingers as Dark Eyes
- O Jerusalem as Saïd Chahine
- Djihad! as Youssef
2005
2004
- Lost as Caesar
- Hidalgo as Prince Bin Al Reeh
- I ♥ Huckabees as Translator
- Spartan as Tariq Asani
- For Bread Alone as Young Mohamed Choukri
2003
- The Good Thief as Paulo
- Crime Spree as Sami
2002
- Break of Dawn as Werner
- Alive as The DJ Box
2001
- Tom Thumb as le chef de troupe
- Absolutely Fabulous as Manu
- Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets as Dib
- Gamer as Tony
- Room to Rent as Ali
- Confession of a Dredger as Fabio
2000
- Nationale 7 as Rabah
- The Slammer as L'innocent
1999
- The West Wing as Umar Usef
- Three Kings as Captain Said
- Hideous Kinky as Bilal
- Before the Sunset as Alì Ben Sellam
- Last Minute Kasbah as Raschid
1998
- The Garden of Eden as Aziz
1997
- Heroines as JP
1995
- La Haine as Saïd
- Brothers: Red Roulette as Paul
- J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites as Maxime