Saïd Taghmaoui

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.

Known For

Lost

The West Wing

Ballers

Wonder Woman

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Touch

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

The Family Plan

All Movies (55)

• Kraken2026 · as Bachir
• Tin Soldier2025 · as Shinja Atlas
• The Killer2024 · as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
• The Family Plan2023 · as Augie
• The Forgiven2022 · as Anouar
• Embattled2020 · as Claude
• John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum2019 · as The Elder
• At First Light2018 · as Cal
• Espionage Tonight2017 · as Iskandar Yasin
• Etta's Mission2017 · as Sameer
• Wonder Woman2017 · as Sameer
• Money Man2016
• The Infiltrator2016 · as Amjad Awan
• American Hustle2013 · as Irv's Sheik Plant
• Il était une fois... « La Haine »2012 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• My Brother the Devil2012 · as Sayyid
• Conan the Barbarian2011 · as Ela-Shan
• An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War2010 · as Narrator (voice)
• Stranded2010 · as Aroui
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra2009 · as Breaker
• Linear2009 · as Cop/Biker
• Kandisha2008 · as Dakir Nesri
• Mogadischu2008 · as Captain Mahmud
• Traitor2008 · as Omar
• Vantage Point2008 · as Suarez
• The Kite Runner2007 · as Farid
• Djihad!2006 · as Youssef
• O Jerusalem2006 · as Saïd Chahine
• Five Fingers2006 · as Dark Eyes
• I ♥ Huckabees2004 · as Translator
• For Bread Alone2004 · as Young Mohamed Choukri
• Spartan2004 · as Tariq Asani
• Hidalgo2004 · as Prince Bin Al Reeh
• Crime Spree2003 · as Sami
• The Good Thief2003 · as Paulo
• Break of Dawn2002 · as Werner
• Alive2002 · as The DJ Box
• Tom Thumb2001 · as le chef de troupe
• Absolutely Fabulous2001 · as Manu
• Confession of a Dredger2001 · as Fabio
• Room to Rent2001 · as Ali
• Gamer2001 · as Tony
• Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets2001 · as Dib
• Nationale 72000 · as Rabah
• The Slammer2000 · as L'innocent
• Last Minute Kasbah1999 · as Raschid
• Three Kings1999 · as Captain Said
• Before the Sunset1999 · as Alì Ben Sellam
• Hideous Kinky1999 · as Bilal
• The Garden of Eden1998 · as Aziz
• Heroines1997 · as JP
• La Haine1995 · as Saïd
• Brothers: Red Roulette1995 · as Paul
• J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites1995 · as Maxime
• Putain de porte1994

All TV Shows (11)

• Professionals2020 · as Tariq Basari
• All the Way Up2020 · as Nasser Berou
• Ballers2015 · as Psychiatrist
• The Missing2014 · as Khalid Ziane
• Touch2012 · as Guillermo Ortiz
• House of Saddam2008 · as Barzan Ibrahim
• one hour in hell2008
• Suspectes2007 · as Stan Lamérat
• Sleeper Cell2005
• Lost2004 · as Caesar
• The West Wing1999 · as Umar Usef