Saïd Taghmaoui
Acting Born Jul 19, 1973 Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- Lost (2004) as Caesar
- The West Wing (1999) as Umar Usef
- Ballers (2015) as Psychiatrist
- Wonder Woman (2017) as Sameer
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) as Breaker
- Touch (2012) as Guillermo Ortiz
- John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) as The Elder
- The Family Plan (2023) as Augie
- La Haine (1995) as Saïd
- Vantage Point (2008) as Suarez
- The Missing (2014) as Khalid Ziane
- Sleeper Cell (2005)
- The Killer (2024) as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
- American Hustle (2013) as Irv's Sheik Plant
- Professionals (2020) as Tariq Basari
- Conan the Barbarian (2011) as Ela-Shan
- Three Kings (1999) as Captain Said
- Tin Soldier (2025) as Shinja Atlas
- All the Way Up (2020) as Nasser Berou
- I ♥ Huckabees (2004) as Translator
- The Kite Runner (2007) as Farid
- The Infiltrator (2016) as Amjad Awan
- House of Saddam (2008) as Barzan Ibrahim
- Hidalgo (2004) as Prince Bin Al Reeh