Saïd Taghmaoui

Acting

Saïd Taghmaoui

Born July 19, 1973Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France66 credits

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

Filmography

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2026Kraken
as BachirMovie
Tin Soldier
2025Tin Soldier
as Shinja AtlasMovie
The Killer
2024The Killer
as Prince Majeb Bin FaheemMovie
The Family Plan
2023The Family Plan
as AugieMovie
The Forgiven
2022The Forgiven
as AnouarMovie
Professionals
2020Professionals
as Tariq BasariTV
Embattled
2020Embattled
as ClaudeMovie
All the Way Up
2020All the Way Up
as Nasser BerouTV
Espionage Tonight
2017Espionage Tonight
as Iskandar YasinMovie
Etta's Mission
2017Etta's Mission
as SameerMovie
Wonder Woman
2017Wonder Woman
as SameerMovie
The Infiltrator
2016The Infiltrator
as Amjad AwanMovie
Ballers
2015Ballers
as PsychiatristTV
The Missing
2014The Missing
as Khalid ZianeTV
American Hustle
2013American Hustle
as Irv's Sheik PlantMovie
Il était une fois... « La Haine »
2012Il était une fois... « La Haine »
as Self - Actor (archive footage)Movie
Touch
2012Touch
as Guillermo OrtizTV
Conan the Barbarian
2011Conan the Barbarian
as Ela-ShanMovie
Stranded
2010Stranded
as ArouiMovie
Linear
2009Linear
as Cop/BikerMovie
Kandisha
2008Kandisha
as Dakir NesriMovie
Mogadischu
2008Mogadischu
as Captain MahmudMovie
Traitor
2008Traitor
as OmarMovie
House of Saddam
2008House of Saddam
as Barzan IbrahimTV
Vantage Point
2008Vantage Point
as SuarezMovie
The Kite Runner
2007The Kite Runner
as FaridMovie
Suspectes
2007Suspectes
as Stan LamératTV
D
2006Djihad!
as YoussefMovie
O Jerusalem
2006O Jerusalem
as Saïd ChahineMovie
Five Fingers
2006Five Fingers
as Dark EyesMovie
Lost
2004Lost
as CaesarTV
I ♥ Huckabees
2004I ♥ Huckabees
as TranslatorMovie
For Bread Alone
2004For Bread Alone
as Young Mohamed ChoukriMovie
Spartan
2004Spartan
as Tariq AsaniMovie
Hidalgo
2004Hidalgo
as Prince Bin Al ReehMovie
Crime Spree
2003Crime Spree
as SamiMovie
The Good Thief
2003The Good Thief
as PauloMovie
Break of Dawn
2002Break of Dawn
as WernerMovie
Alive
2002Alive
as The DJ BoxMovie
Tom Thumb
2001Tom Thumb
as le chef de troupeMovie
Room to Rent
2001Room to Rent
as AliMovie
Gamer
2001Gamer
as TonyMovie
Nationale 7
2000Nationale 7
as RabahMovie
T
2000The Slammer
as L'innocentMovie
Three Kings
1999Three Kings
as Captain SaidMovie
The West Wing
1999The West Wing
as Umar UsefTV
Before the Sunset
1999Before the Sunset
as Alì Ben SellamMovie
Hideous Kinky
1999Hideous Kinky
as BilalMovie
Heroines
1997Heroines
as JPMovie
La Haine
1995La Haine
as SaïdMovie