Saïd Taghmaoui
Acting • Born 1973-07-19
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
66 credits
La Haine
Movie • 1995
Saïd
Hideous Kinky
Movie • 1999
Bilal
Hidalgo
Movie • 2004
Prince Bin Al Reeh
The Good Thief
Movie • 2003
Paulo
Mogadischu
Movie • 2008
Captain Mahmud
Vantage Point
Movie • 2008
Suarez
Crime Spree
Movie • 2003
Sami
Traitor
Movie • 2008
Omar
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Movie • 2009
Breaker
Conan the Barbarian
Movie • 2011
Ela-Shan
Break of Dawn
Movie • 2002
Werner
The Slammer
Movie • 2000
L'innocent
Heroines
Movie • 1997
JP
The Forgiven
Movie • 2022
Anouar
O Jerusalem
Movie • 2006
Saïd Chahine
Nationale 7
Movie • 2000
Rabah
Gamer
Movie • 2001
Tony
Stranded
Movie • 2010
Aroui
Absolutely Fabulous
Movie • 2001
Manu
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Movie • 2019
The Elder
Confession of a Dredger
Movie • 2001
Fabio
The Garden of Eden
Movie • 1998
Aziz
American Hustle
Movie • 2013
Irv's Sheik Plant
Before the Sunset
Movie • 1999
Alì Ben Sellam
Tin Soldier
Movie • 2025
Shinja Atlas
The Killer
Movie • 2024
Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
I ♥ Huckabees
Movie • 2004
Translator
The Family Plan
Movie • 2023
Augie
Etta's Mission
Movie • 2017
Sameer
Kandisha
Movie • 2008
Dakir Nesri
Wonder Woman
Movie • 2017
Sameer
Brothers: Red Roulette
Movie • 1995
Paul
Room to Rent
Movie • 2001
Ali
Three Kings
Movie • 1999
Captain Said
Linear
Movie • 2009
Cop/Biker
Djihad!
Movie • 2006
Youssef
The Infiltrator
Movie • 2016
Amjad Awan
Money Man
Movie • 2016
Spartan
Movie • 2004
Tariq Asani
Last Minute Kasbah
Movie • 1999
Raschid
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
Movie • 2001
Dib
Tom Thumb
Movie • 2001
le chef de troupe
Alive
Movie • 2002
The DJ Box
Five Fingers
Movie • 2006
Dark Eyes
The Kite Runner
Movie • 2007
Farid
At First Light
Movie • 2018
Cal
Espionage Tonight
Movie • 2017
Iskandar Yasin
J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites
Movie • 1995
Maxime
Il était une fois... « La Haine »
Movie • 2012
Self - Actor (archive footage)
For Bread Alone
Movie • 2004
Young Mohamed Choukri
Embattled
Movie • 2020
Claude
Putain de porte
Movie • 1994
An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War
Movie • 2010
Narrator (voice)
My Brother the Devil
Movie • 2012
Sayyid
Kraken
Movie • 2026
Bachir
Lost
TV • 2004
Caesar
Touch
TV • 2012
Guillermo Ortiz
Suspectes
TV • 2007
Stan Lamérat
Sleeper Cell
TV • 2005
Ballers
TV • 2015
Psychiatrist
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Umar Usef
All the Way Up
TV • 2020
Nasser Berou
Professionals
TV • 2020
Tariq Basari
one hour in hell
TV • 2008
House of Saddam
TV • 2008
Barzan Ibrahim
The Missing
TV • 2014
Khalid Ziane