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Saïd Taghmaoui

Known for acting · Born 19 July 1973 · 53 · Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

66 credits

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.

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Known for

La Haine

1995

The Kite Runner

2007

Wonder Woman

2017

Traitor

2008

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019

The Killer

2024

At First Light

2018

The Good Thief

2003

Hideous Kinky

1999

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

2009

Touch

2012

Lost

2004

Acting (66)

2026KrakenBachirFilm
2025Tin SoldierShinja AtlasFilm
2024The KillerPrince Majeb Bin FaheemFilm
2023The Family PlanAugieFilm
2022The ForgivenAnouarFilm
2020EmbattledClaudeFilm
2020All the Way UpNasser Berou · 9 episodesSeries
2020ProfessionalsTariq Basari · 4 episodesSeries
2019John Wick: Chapter 3 - ParabellumThe ElderFilm
2018At First LightCalFilm
2017Wonder WomanSameerFilm
2017Espionage TonightIskandar YasinFilm
2017Etta's MissionSameerFilm
2016The InfiltratorAmjad AwanFilm
2016Money ManFilm
2015BallersPsychiatristSeries
2014The MissingKhalid ZianeSeries
2013American HustleIrv's Sheik PlantFilm
2012TouchGuillermo Ortiz · 10 episodesSeries
2012My Brother the DevilSayyidFilm
2012Il était une fois... « La Haine »Self - Actor (archive footage)Film
2011Conan the BarbarianEla-ShanFilm
2010StrandedArouiFilm
2010An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian WarNarrator (voice)Film
2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraBreakerFilm
2009LinearCop / BikerFilm
2008Vantage PointSuarezFilm
2008TraitorOmarFilm
2008House of SaddamBarzan IbrahimSeries
2008MogadischuCaptain MahmudFilm
2008KandishaDakir NesriFilm
20081 Hour in Hell · 31 episodesSeries
2007The Kite RunnerFaridFilm
2007SuspectesStan Lamérat · 8 episodesSeries
2006Five FingersDark EyesFilm
2006O JerusalemSaïd ChahineFilm
2006Djihad!YoussefFilm
2005Sleeper Cell · 3 episodesSeries
2004LostCaesar · 4 episodesSeries
2004HidalgoPrince Bin Al ReehFilm
2004I ♥ HuckabeesTranslatorFilm
2004SpartanTariq AsaniFilm
2004For Bread AloneYoung Mohamed ChoukriFilm
2003The Good ThiefPauloFilm
2003Crime SpreeSamiFilm
2002Break of DawnWernerFilm
2002AliveThe DJ BoxFilm
2001Tom Thumble chef de troupeFilm
2001Absolutely FabulousManuFilm
2001Ali Zaoua: Prince of the StreetsDibFilm
2001GamerTonyFilm
2001Confession of a DredgerFabioFilm
2001Room to RentAliFilm
2000Nationale 7RabahFilm
2000The SlammerL'innocentFilm
1999Three KingsCaptain SaidFilm
1999The West WingUmar UsefSeries
1999Hideous KinkyBilalFilm
1999Last Minute KasbahRaschidFilm
1999Before the SunsetAlì Ben SellamFilm
1998The Garden of EdenAzizFilm
1997HeroinesJPFilm
1995La HaineSaïdFilm
1995J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faitesMaximeFilm
1995Brothers: Red RoulettePaulFilm
1994Putain de porteFilm