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