Acting

Saïd Taghmaoui

Born 1973-07-19 · Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

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.

Credits

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Kraken
as Bachir
2026
Tin Soldier
as Shinja Atlas
2025
The Killer
as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
2024
The Family Plan
as Augie
2023
The Forgiven
as Anouar
2022
Professionals
as Tariq Basari
2020
Embattled
as Claude
2020
All the Way Up
as Nasser Berou
2020
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as The Elder
2019
At First Light
as Cal
2018
Espionage Tonight
as Iskandar Yasin
2017
Etta's Mission
as Sameer
2017
Wonder Woman
as Sameer
2017
Money Man
2016
The Infiltrator
as Amjad Awan
2016
Ballers
as Psychiatrist
2015
The Missing
as Khalid Ziane
2014
American Hustle
as Irv's Sheik Plant
2013
Il était une fois... « La Haine »
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2012
Touch
as Guillermo Ortiz
2012
My Brother the Devil
as Sayyid
2012
Conan the Barbarian
as Ela-Shan
2011
An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War
as Narrator (voice)
2010
Stranded
as Aroui
2010
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
as Breaker
2009
Linear
as Cop / Biker
2009
Kandisha
as Dakir Nesri
2008
Mogadischu
as Captain Mahmud
2008
Traitor
as Omar
2008
House of Saddam
as Barzan Ibrahim
2008
1 Hour in Hell
2008
Vantage Point
as Suarez
2008
The Kite Runner
as Farid
2007
Suspectes
as Stan Lamérat
2007
Djihad!
as Youssef
2006
O Jerusalem
as Saïd Chahine
2006
Five Fingers
as Dark Eyes
2006
Sleeper Cell
2005
Lost
as Caesar
2004
I ♥ Huckabees
as Translator
2004
For Bread Alone
as Young Mohamed Choukri
2004
Spartan
as Tariq Asani
2004
Hidalgo
as Prince Bin Al Reeh
2004
Crime Spree
as Sami
2003
The Good Thief
as Paulo
2003
Break of Dawn
as Werner
2002
Alive
as The DJ Box
2002
Tom Thumb
as le chef de troupe
2001
Absolutely Fabulous
as Manu
2001
Confession of a Dredger
as Fabio
2001
Room to Rent
as Ali
2001
Gamer
as Tony
2001
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
as Dib
2001
Nationale 7
as Rabah
2000
The Slammer
as L'innocent
2000
Last Minute Kasbah
as Raschid
1999
Three Kings
as Captain Said
1999
The West Wing
as Umar Usef
1999
Before the Sunset
as Alì Ben Sellam
1999
Hideous Kinky
as Bilal
1999
The Garden of Eden
as Aziz
1998
Heroines
as JP
1997
La Haine
as Saïd
1995
Brothers: Red Roulette
as Paul
1995
J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites
as Maxime
1995
Putain de porte
1994