Saïd Taghmaoui
Acting1973Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2026
Kraken
as Bachir
2025
Tin Soldier
as Shinja Atlas
2024
The Killer
as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
2023
The Family Plan
as Augie
2022
The Forgiven
as Anouar
2020
2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as The Elder
2018
At First Light
as Cal
2017
Espionage Tonight
as Iskandar Yasin
Wonder Woman
as Sameer
Etta's Mission
as Sameer
Ballers
TVas Psychiatrist• 1 eps
2016
The Infiltrator
as Amjad Awan
2014
The Missing
TVas Khalid Ziane
2013
American Hustle
as Irv's Sheik Plant
Touch
TVas Guillermo Ortiz• 10 eps
2012
My Brother the Devil
as Sayyid
Il était une fois... « La Haine »
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2011
Conan the Barbarian
as Ela-Shan
2010
Stranded
as Aroui
An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War
as Narrator (voice)
2009
2008
Vantage Point
as Suarez
Mogadischu
as Captain Mahmud
Traitor
as Omar
Kandisha
as Dakir Nesri
House of Saddam
TVas Barzan Ibrahim
2007
The Kite Runner
as Farid
Suspectes
TVas Stan Lamérat
2006
2004
Hidalgo
as Prince Bin Al Reeh
I ♥ Huckabees
as Translator
Spartan
as Tariq Asani
For Bread Alone
as Young Mohamed Choukri
2003
2002
Alive
as The DJ Box
Break of Dawn
as Werner
2001
Absolutely Fabulous
as Manu
Tom Thumb
as le chef de troupe
Room to Rent
as Ali
Gamer
as Tony
Confession of a Dredger
as Fabio
2000
Nationale 7
as Rabah
The Slammer
as L'innocent
1999
Last Minute Kasbah
as Raschid
Three Kings
as Captain Said
Hideous Kinky
as Bilal
Before the Sunset
as Alì Ben Sellam
1998
The Garden of Eden
as Aziz
1997
Heroines
as JP
1995
1994