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