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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 19, 1973
Place of Birth
Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Also Known As
- Said Taghmaoui
- سعيد تغماوي
- سعيد التغماوي
- سعید تغماوی
Saïd Taghmaoui
1.4 Popularity
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
4.7
Shinja Atlas
Tin Soldier
2025
6.3
Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
The Killer
2024
7.2
Augie
The Family Plan
2023
5.7
Anouar
The Forgiven
2022
6.1
Tariq Basari
Professionals
2020
6.6
Claude
Embattled
2020
6.4
Nasser Berou
All the Way Up
2020
7.4
The Elder
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
5.7
Cal
At First Light
2018
3.4
Iskandar Yasin
Espionage Tonight
2017
Credits
Tin Soldier
as Shinja Atlas
2025
4.7
The Killer
as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
2024
6.3
The Family Plan
as Augie
2023
7.2
The Forgiven
as Anouar
2022
5.7
Professionals
as Tariq Basari
2020
6.1
Embattled
as Claude
2020
6.6
All the Way Up
as Nasser Berou
2020
6.4
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as The Elder
2019
7.4
At First Light
as Cal
2018
5.7
Espionage Tonight
as Iskandar Yasin
2017
3.4
Etta's Mission
as Sameer
2017
8.0
Wonder Woman
as Sameer
2017
7.2
Money Man
2016
9.0
The Infiltrator
as Amjad Awan
2016
6.7
Ballers
as Psychiatrist
2015
6.8
American Hustle
as Irv's Sheik Plant
2013
6.9
Il était une fois... « La Haine »
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2012
6.0
Touch
as Guillermo Ortiz
2012
6.6
My Brother the Devil
as Sayyid
2012
6.4
Conan the Barbarian
as Ela-Shan
2011
5.3
An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War
as Narrator (voice)
2010
10.0
Stranded
as Aroui
2010
5.2
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
as Breaker
2009
5.8
Linear
as Cop/Biker
2009
0.0
Kandisha
as Dakir Nesri
2008
5.3
Mogadischu
as Captain Mahmud
2008
6.5
Traitor
as Omar
2008
6.7
House of Saddam
as Barzan Ibrahim
2008
6.8
one hour in hell
2008
0.0
Vantage Point
as Suarez
2008
6.4
The Kite Runner
as Farid
2007
7.3
Suspectes
as Stan Lamérat
2007
4.7
🎬
Djihad!
as Youssef
2006
6.0
O Jerusalem
as Saïd Chahine
2006
5.9
Five Fingers
as Dark Eyes
2006
6.0
Sleeper Cell
2005
7.4
Lost
as Caesar
2004
7.9
I ♥ Huckabees
as Translator
2004
6.3
For Bread Alone
2004
7.2
Spartan
as Tariq Asani
2004
6.2
Hidalgo
as Prince Bin Al Reeh
2004
6.9
Crime Spree
as Sami
2003
5.5
The Good Thief
as Paulo
2003
6.1
Break of Dawn
as Werner
2002
4.9
Alive
as The DJ Box
2002
5.0
Tom Thumb
as le chef de troupe
2001
5.5
Absolutely Fabulous
as Manu
2001
4.9
Confession of a Dredger
as Fabio
2001
5.1
Room to Rent
as Ali
2001
5.5
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
as Dib
2001
6.5
Gamer
as Tony
2001
2.7
Nationale 7
as Rabah
2000
5.7
🎬
The Slammer
as L'innocent
2000
0.0
🎬
Last Minute Kasbah
as Raschid
1999
4.0
Three Kings
as Captain Said
1999
6.6
The West Wing
as Umar Usef
1999
8.2
Before the Sunset
as Alì Ben Sellam
1999
0.0
Hideous Kinky
as Bilal
1999
6.0
The Garden of Eden
as Aziz
1998
6.0
Heroines
as JP
1997
4.9
La Haine
as Saïd
1995
8.1
Brothers: Red Roulette
as Paul
1995
0.0
🎬
J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites
as Maxime
1995
1.0
Putain de porte
1994
5.5
🎬
Kraken
as Bachir
N/A
0.0