Saïd Taghmaoui
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Kraken
2026
as Bachir
Tin Soldier
2025
as Shinja Atlas
The Killer
2024
as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
The Family Plan
2023
as Augie
The Forgiven
2022
as Anouar
Embattled
2020
as Claude
All the Way Up
2020
as Nasser Berou
Professionals
2020
as Tariq Basari
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
as The Elder
At First Light
2018
as Cal
Etta's Mission
2017
as Sameer
Wonder Woman
2017
as Sameer
Espionage Tonight
2017
as Iskandar Yasin
The Infiltrator
2016
as Amjad Awan
Money Man
2016
Ballers
2015
as Psychiatrist
The Missing
2014
as Khalid Ziane
American Hustle
2013
as Irv's Sheik Plant
Il était une fois... « La Haine »
2012
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
My Brother the Devil
2012
as Sayyid
Touch
2012
as Guillermo Ortiz
Conan the Barbarian
2011
as Ela-Shan
Stranded
2010
as Aroui
An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War
2010
as Narrator (voice)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
as Breaker
Linear
2009
as Cop / Biker
Mogadischu
2008
as Captain Mahmud
Vantage Point
2008
as Suarez
Traitor
2008
as Omar
Kandisha
2008
as Dakir Nesri
1 Hour in Hell
2008
House of Saddam
2008
as Barzan Ibrahim
The Kite Runner
2007
as Farid
Suspectes
2007
as Stan Lamérat
O Jerusalem
2006
as Saïd Chahine
Djihad!
2006
as Youssef
Five Fingers
2006
as Dark Eyes
Sleeper Cell
2005
Hidalgo
2004
as Prince Bin Al Reeh
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Translator
Spartan
2004
as Tariq Asani
For Bread Alone
2004
as Young Mohamed Choukri
Lost
2004
as Caesar
The Good Thief
2003
as Paulo
Crime Spree
2003
as Sami
Break of Dawn
2002
as Werner
Alive
2002
as The DJ Box
Gamer
2001
as Tony
Absolutely Fabulous
2001
as Manu
Confession of a Dredger
2001
as Fabio
Room to Rent
2001
as Ali
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
2001
as Dib
Tom Thumb
2001
as le chef de troupe
The Slammer
2000
as L'innocent
Nationale 7
2000
as Rabah
Hideous Kinky
1999
as Bilal
Before the Sunset
1999
as Alì Ben Sellam
Three Kings
1999
as Captain Said
Last Minute Kasbah
1999
as Raschid
The West Wing
1999
as Umar Usef
The Garden of Eden
1998
as Aziz
Heroines
1997
as JP
La Haine
1995
as Saïd
Brothers: Red Roulette
1995
as Paul
J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites
1995
as Maxime
Putain de porte
1994