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Saïd Taghmaoui

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Saïd Taghmaoui

Born July 19, 1973 in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France53 films

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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La Haine posterFirst watchLa Haine19958.1as SaïdAfter a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual…View film

Essential films

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Wonder Woman poster7.2Wonder Woman2017John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum poster7.4John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum2019American Hustle poster6.9American Hustle2013The Family Plan poster7.2The Family Plan2023The Kite Runner poster7.3The Kite Runner2007Three Kings poster6.6Three Kings1999The Infiltrator poster6.7The Infiltrator2016Hidalgo poster6.9Hidalgo2004

Filmography

53 films as actor
  1. 2026KrakenBachir
  2. 2025Tin SoldierShinja Atlas
  3. 2024The KillerPrince Majeb Bin Faheem
  4. 2023The Family PlanAugie
  5. 2022The ForgivenAnouar
  6. 2020EmbattledClaude
  7. 2019John Wick: Chapter 3 - ParabellumThe Elder
  8. 2018At First LightCal
  9. 2017Espionage TonightIskandar Yasin
  10. 2017Etta's MissionSameer
  11. 2017Wonder WomanSameer
  12. 2016Money Man
  13. 2016The InfiltratorAmjad Awan
  14. 2013American HustleIrv's Sheik Plant
  15. 2012My Brother the DevilSayyid
  16. 2011Conan the BarbarianEla-Shan
  17. 2010StrandedAroui
  18. 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraBreaker
  19. 2009LinearCop / Biker
  20. 2008KandishaDakir Nesri
  21. 2008MogadischuCaptain Mahmud
  22. 2008TraitorOmar
  23. 2008Vantage PointSuarez
  24. 2007The Kite RunnerFarid
  25. 2006Djihad!Youssef
  26. 2006O JerusalemSaïd Chahine
  27. 2006Five FingersDark Eyes
  28. 2004I ♥ HuckabeesTranslator
  29. 2004For Bread AloneYoung Mohamed Choukri
  30. 2004SpartanTariq Asani
  31. 2004HidalgoPrince Bin Al Reeh
  32. 2003Crime SpreeSami
  33. 2003The Good ThiefPaulo
  34. 2002Break of DawnWerner
  35. 2002AliveThe DJ Box
  36. 2001Tom Thumble chef de troupe
  37. 2001Absolutely FabulousManu
  38. 2001Confession of a DredgerFabio
  39. 2001Room to RentAli
  40. 2001GamerTony
  41. 2001Ali Zaoua: Prince of the StreetsDib
  42. 2000Nationale 7Rabah
  43. 2000The SlammerL'innocent
  44. 1999Last Minute KasbahRaschid
  45. 1999Three KingsCaptain Said
  46. 1999Before the SunsetAlì Ben Sellam
  47. 1999Hideous KinkyBilal
  48. 1998The Garden of EdenAziz
  49. 1997HeroinesJP
  50. 1995La HaineSaïd
  51. 1995Brothers: Red RoulettePaul
  52. 1995J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faitesMaxime
  53. 1994Putain de porte