Actor

Saïd Taghmaoui

July 19, 1973 · 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.

Notable work

7.2
Wonder Woman (2017)
as Sameer
7.4
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
as The Elder
6.9
American Hustle (2013)
as Irv's Sheik Plant
8
Lost (2004)
as Caesar
5.8
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
as Breaker
8.1
La Haine (1995)
as Saïd
6.6
Three Kings (1999)
as Captain Said
6.4
Vantage Point (2008)
as Suarez
5.3
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
as Ela-Shan
7.2
The Family Plan (2023)
as Augie
6.7
The Infiltrator (2016)
as Amjad Awan
6.9
Hidalgo (2004)
as Prince Bin Al Reeh

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