Saïd Taghmaoui
Acting
Born: Jul 19, 1973
From: Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Credits: 30 titles
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saïd Taghmaoui, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tin Soldier | Shinja Atlas | 2025 | 4.8 |
| The Killer | Prince Majeb Bin Faheem | 2024 | 6.243 |
| The Family Plan | Augie | 2023 | 7.221 |
| The Forgiven | Anouar | 2022 | 5.723 |
| John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | The Elder | 2019 | 7.438 |
| Etta's Mission | Sameer | 2017 | 8.0 |
| American Hustle | Irv's Sheik Plant | 2013 | 6.856 |
| Conan the Barbarian | Ela-Shan | 2011 | 5.31 |
| Stranded | Aroui | 2010 | 5.2 |
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Breaker | 2009 | 5.783 |
| Mogadischu | Captain Mahmud | 2008 | 6.5 |
| Vantage Point | Suarez | 2008 | 6.407 |
| Traitor | Omar | 2008 | 6.654 |
| Kandisha | Dakir Nesri | 2008 | 5.3 |
| O Jerusalem | Saïd Chahine | 2006 | 6.109 |
| Hidalgo | Prince Bin Al Reeh | 2004 | 6.904 |
| I ♥ Huckabees | Translator | 2004 | 6.295 |
| The Good Thief | Paulo | 2003 | 6.086 |
| Crime Spree | Sami | 2003 | 5.572 |
| Break of Dawn | Werner | 2002 | 4.923 |
| Gamer | Tony | 2001 | 2.886 |
| Absolutely Fabulous | Manu | 2001 | 4.92 |
| Confession of a Dredger | Fabio | 2001 | 5.375 |
| The Slammer | L'innocent | 2000 | 10.0 |
| Nationale 7 | Rabah | 2000 | 5.818 |
| Hideous Kinky | Bilal | 1999 | 6.021 |
| Before the Sunset | Alì Ben Sellam | 1999 | 10.0 |
| The Garden of Eden | Aziz | 1998 | 6.143 |
| Heroines | JP | 1997 | 5.2 |
| La Haine | Saïd | 1995 | 8.084 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1973 |
| From | Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France |