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