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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

64

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-07-19 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Also Known As

Said Taghmaoui

سعيد تغماوي

سعيد التغماوي

سعید تغماوی

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

Acting

La Haine

1995

La Haine

as

Saïd

Hideous Kinky

1999

Hideous Kinky

as

Bilal

Hidalgo

2004

Hidalgo

as

Prince Bin Al Reeh

The Good Thief

2002

The Good Thief

as

Paulo

Mogadischu

2008

Mogadischu

as

Captain Mahmud

Vantage Point

2008

Vantage Point

as

Suarez

Crime Spree

2003

Crime Spree

as

Sami

Traitor

2008

Traitor

as

Omar

Conan the Barbarian

2011

Conan the Barbarian

as

Ela-Shan

Break of Dawn

2002

Break of Dawn

as

Werner

The Slammer

2000

The Slammer

as

L'innocent

Heroines

1997

Heroines

as

JP

The Forgiven

2022

The Forgiven

as

Anouar

O Jerusalem

2006

O Jerusalem

as

Saïd Chahine

Nationale 7

2000

Nationale 7

as

Rabah

Gamer

2001

Gamer

as

Tony

Stranded

2010

Stranded

as

Aroui

American Hustle

2013

American Hustle

as

Irv's Sheik Plant

Before the Sunset

1999

Before the Sunset

as

Alì Ben Sellam

Tin Soldier

2025

Tin Soldier

as

Shinja Atlas

The Killer

2024

The Killer

as

Prince Majeb Bin Faheem

I ♥ Huckabees

2004

I ♥ Huckabees

as

Translator

The Family Plan

2023

The Family Plan

as

Augie

Etta's Mission

2017

Etta's Mission

as

Sameer

Kandisha

2008

Kandisha

as

Dakir Nesri

Wonder Woman

2017

Wonder Woman

as

Sameer

Room to Rent

2001

Room to Rent

as

Ali

Three Kings

1999

Three Kings

as

Captain Said

Linear

2009

Linear

as

Cop/Biker

Djihad!

2006

Djihad!

as

Youssef

The Infiltrator

2016

The Infiltrator

as

Amjad Awan

Money Man

2016

Money Man

as

Spartan

2004

Spartan

as

Tariq Asani

Last Minute Kasbah

1999

Last Minute Kasbah

as

Raschid

Tom Thumb

2001

Tom Thumb

as

le chef de troupe

Alive

2002

Alive

as

The DJ Box

Five Fingers

2006

Five Fingers

as

Dark Eyes

The Kite Runner

2007

The Kite Runner

as

Farid

Espionage Tonight

2017

Espionage Tonight

as

Iskandar Yasin

Embattled

2020

Embattled

as

Claude

Lost

Lost

as

Caesar

House of Saddam

House of Saddam

as

Barzan Ibrahim

Touch

Touch

as

Guillermo Ortiz

Suspectes

Suspectes

as

Stan Lamérat

Ballers

Ballers

as

Psychiatrist

The West Wing

The West Wing

as

Umar Usef

All the Way Up

All the Way Up

as

Nasser Berou

Professionals

Professionals

as

Tariq Basari

Production

Crew

Directing