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