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