Portrait of Saïd Taghmaoui

Saïd Taghmaoui

Acting

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.

Born: July 19, 1973

Place of Birth: Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Filmography

2025
Tin Soldier

as Shinja Atlas

2024
The Killer

as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem

2023
2022
The Forgiven

as Anouar

2020
Professionals

as Tariq Basari

2020
Embattled

as Claude

2020
All the Way Up

as Nasser Berou

2018
2017
Espionage Tonight

as Iskandar Yasin

2017
2017
Wonder Woman

as Sameer

2016
The Infiltrator

as Amjad Awan

2015
Ballers

as Psychiatrist

2013
American Hustle

as Irv's Sheik Plant

2012
Touch

as Guillermo Ortiz

2011
2010
Stranded

as Aroui

2009
Linear

as Cop/Biker

2008
Kandisha

as Dakir Nesri

2008
Mogadischu

as Captain Mahmud

2008
Traitor

as Omar

2008
House of Saddam

as Barzan Ibrahim

2008
Vantage Point

as Suarez

2007
2007
Suspectes

as Stan Lamérat

2006
O Jerusalem

as Saïd Chahine

2006
Five Fingers

as Dark Eyes

2004
Lost

as Caesar

2004
I ♥ Huckabees

as Translator

2004
Spartan

as Tariq Asani

2004
Hidalgo

as Prince Bin Al Reeh

2003
2003
2002
Break of Dawn

as Werner

2002
Alive

as The DJ Box

2001
Tom Thumb

as le chef de troupe

2001
2001
Gamer

as Tony

2000
Nationale 7

as Rabah

1999
Three Kings

as Captain Said

1999
The West Wing

as Umar Usef

1999
Before the Sunset

as Alì Ben Sellam

1999
1997
1995
La Haine

as Saïd