Acting · Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France · Born July 19, 1973
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.
MovieKraken
2026
as Bachir
MovieTin Soldier
2025
as Shinja Atlas
MovieThe Killer
2024
as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
MovieThe Family Plan
2023
as Augie
MovieThe Forgiven
2022
as Anouar
TVProfessionals
2020
as Tariq Basari
MovieEmbattled
2020
as Claude
TVAll the Way Up
2020
as Nasser Berou
MovieJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
as The Elder
MovieAt First Light
2018
as Cal
MovieEspionage Tonight
2017
as Iskandar Yasin
MovieEtta's Mission
2017
as Sameer
MovieWonder Woman
2017
as Sameer
MovieMoney Man
2016
MovieThe Infiltrator
2016
as Amjad Awan
TVBallers
2015
as Psychiatrist
TVThe Missing
2014
as Khalid Ziane
MovieAmerican Hustle
2013
as Irv's Sheik Plant
MovieIl était une fois... « La Haine »
2012
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
TVTouch
2012
as Guillermo Ortiz
MovieMy Brother the Devil
2012
as Sayyid
MovieConan the Barbarian
2011
as Ela-Shan
MovieAn Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War
2010
as Narrator (voice)
MovieStranded
2010
as Aroui
MovieG.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
as Breaker
MovieLinear
2009
as Cop/Biker
MovieKandisha
2008
as Dakir Nesri
MovieMogadischu
2008
as Captain Mahmud
MovieTraitor
2008
as Omar
TVHouse of Saddam
2008
as Barzan Ibrahim
TVone hour in hell
2008
MovieVantage Point
2008
as Suarez
MovieThe Kite Runner
2007
as Farid
TVSuspectes
2007
as Stan Lamérat
Djihad!
2006
as Youssef
MovieO Jerusalem
2006
as Saïd Chahine
MovieFive Fingers
2006
as Dark Eyes
TVSleeper Cell
2005
TVLost
2004
as Caesar
MovieI ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Translator
MovieFor Bread Alone
2004
as Young Mohamed Choukri
MovieSpartan
2004
as Tariq Asani
MovieHidalgo
2004
as Prince Bin Al Reeh
MovieCrime Spree
2003
as Sami
MovieThe Good Thief
2003
as Paulo
MovieBreak of Dawn
2002
as Werner
MovieAlive
2002
as The DJ Box
MovieTom Thumb
2001
as le chef de troupe
MovieAbsolutely Fabulous
2001
as Manu
MovieConfession of a Dredger
2001
as Fabio
MovieRoom to Rent
2001
as Ali
MovieGamer
2001
as Tony
MovieAli Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
2001
as Dib
MovieNationale 7
2000
as Rabah
The Slammer
2000
as L'innocent
Last Minute Kasbah
1999
as Raschid
MovieThree Kings
1999
as Captain Said
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Umar Usef
MovieBefore the Sunset
1999
as Alì Ben Sellam
MovieHideous Kinky
1999
as Bilal
MovieThe Garden of Eden
1998
as Aziz
MovieHeroines
1997
as JP
MovieLa Haine
1995
as Saïd
MovieBrothers: Red Roulette
1995
as Paul
J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites
1995
as Maxime
MoviePutain de porte
1994
