Saïd Taghmaoui

Saïd Taghmaoui

Known for
Acting
Born
July 19, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2026
Kraken poster

Kraken

Movie · as Bachir

2025
Tin Soldier poster

Tin Soldier

Movie · as Shinja Atlas

2024
The Killer poster

The Killer

Movie · as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem

2023
The Family Plan poster

The Family Plan

Movie · as Augie

2022
The Forgiven poster

The Forgiven

Movie · as Anouar

2020
Embattled poster

Embattled

Movie · as Claude

2020
All the Way Up poster

All the Way Up

TV · as Nasser Berou · 9 eps

2020
Professionals poster

Professionals

TV · as Tariq Basari · 4 eps

2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum poster

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Movie · as The Elder

2018
At First Light poster

At First Light

Movie · as Cal

2017
Etta's Mission poster

Etta's Mission

Movie · as Sameer

2017
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

Movie · as Sameer

2017
Espionage Tonight poster

Espionage Tonight

Movie · as Iskandar Yasin

2016
The Infiltrator poster

The Infiltrator

Movie · as Amjad Awan

2016
Money Man poster

Money Man

Movie

2015
Night Is Meant for Sleeping poster

Night Is Meant for Sleeping

Movie · as Hassan

2015
Ballers poster

Ballers

TV · as Psychiatrist · 1 ep

2014
The Missing poster

The Missing

TV · as Khalid Ziane · 1 ep

2013
American Hustle poster

American Hustle

Movie · as Irv's Sheik Plant

2012
Il était une fois... « La Haine » poster

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2012
My Brother the Devil poster

My Brother the Devil

Movie · as Sayyid

2012
Touch poster

Touch

TV · as Guillermo Ortiz · 10 eps

2011
Conan the Barbarian poster

Conan the Barbarian

Movie · as Ela-Shan

2010
Stranded poster

Stranded

Movie · as Aroui

2010
An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War poster

An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra poster

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Movie · as Breaker

2009
Linear poster

Linear

Movie · as Cop / Biker

2008
Mogadischu poster

Mogadischu

Movie · as Captain Mahmud

2008
Vantage Point poster

Vantage Point

Movie · as Suarez

2008
Traitor poster

Traitor

Movie · as Omar

2008
Kandisha poster

Kandisha

Movie · as Dakir Nesri

2008
1 Hour in Hell poster

1 Hour in Hell

TV · 31 eps

2008
House of Saddam poster

House of Saddam

TV · as Barzan Ibrahim · 1 ep

2007
The Kite Runner poster

The Kite Runner

Movie · as Farid

2007
Suspectes poster

Suspectes

TV · as Stan Lamérat · 8 eps

2006
O Jerusalem poster

O Jerusalem

Movie · as Saïd Chahine

2006
Djihad!

Djihad!

Movie · as Youssef

2006
Five Fingers poster

Five Fingers

Movie · as Dark Eyes

2005
Sleeper Cell poster

Sleeper Cell

TV · 3 eps

2004
Hidalgo poster

Hidalgo

Movie · as Prince Bin Al Reeh

2004
I ♥ Huckabees poster

I ♥ Huckabees

Movie · as Translator

2004
Spartan poster

Spartan

Movie · as Tariq Asani

2004
For Bread Alone poster

For Bread Alone

Movie · as Young Mohamed Choukri

2004
Lost poster

Lost

TV · as Caesar · 4 eps

2003
The Good Thief poster

The Good Thief

Movie · as Paulo

2003
Crime Spree poster

Crime Spree

Movie · as Sami

2002
Break of Dawn poster

Break of Dawn

Movie · as Werner

2002
Alive poster

Alive

Movie · as The DJ Box

2001
Gamer poster

Gamer

Movie · as Tony

2001
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

Movie · as Manu

2001
Confession of a Dredger poster

Confession of a Dredger

Movie · as Fabio

2001
Room to Rent poster

Room to Rent

Movie · as Ali

2001
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets poster

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

Movie · as Dib

2001
Tom Thumb poster

Tom Thumb

Movie · as le chef de troupe

2000
The Slammer

The Slammer

Movie · as L'innocent

2000
Nationale 7 poster

Nationale 7

Movie · as Rabah

1999
Hideous Kinky poster

Hideous Kinky

Movie · as Bilal

1999
Before the Sunset poster

Before the Sunset

Movie · as Alì Ben Sellam

1999
Three Kings poster

Three Kings

Movie · as Captain Said

1999
Last Minute Kasbah

Last Minute Kasbah

Movie · as Raschid

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Umar Usef · 1 ep

1998
The Garden of Eden poster

The Garden of Eden

Movie · as Aziz

1997
Heroines poster

Heroines

Movie · as JP

1995
La Haine poster

La Haine

Movie · as Saïd

1995
Brothers: Red Roulette poster

Brothers: Red Roulette

Movie · as Paul

1995
J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites

J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites

Movie · as Maxime

1994
Putain de porte poster

Putain de porte

Movie