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Saïd Taghmaoui

Saïd Taghmaoui

Born: 1973-07-19 • Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

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.

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