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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-07-19 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

Tin Soldier as Shinja Atlas

2024

The Killer as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem

2023

2022

The Forgiven as Anouar

2020

Embattled as Claude
All the Way Up as Nasser Berou
Professionals as Tariq Basari

2019

2018

2017

Etta's Mission as Sameer
Wonder Woman as Sameer
Espionage Tonight as Iskandar Yasin

2016

2015

Ballers as Psychiatrist

2013

American Hustle as Irv's Sheik Plant

2012

2011

2010

2009

Linear as Cop/Biker

2008

Mogadischu as Captain Mahmud
Vantage Point as Suarez
Traitor as Omar
Kandisha as Dakir Nesri
House of Saddam as Barzan Ibrahim

2007

Suspectes as Stan Lamérat

2006

O Jerusalem as Saïd Chahine
Djihad! as Youssef
Five Fingers as Dark Eyes

2005

2004

Hidalgo as Prince Bin Al Reeh
I ♥ Huckabees as Translator
Spartan as Tariq Asani
Lost as Caesar

2003

Crime Spree as Sami

2002

Break of Dawn as Werner
Alive as The DJ Box

2001

Gamer as Tony
Tom Thumb as le chef de troupe

2000

1999

Hideous Kinky as Bilal
Before the Sunset as Alì Ben Sellam
Three Kings as Captain Said
The West Wing as Umar Usef

1998

1997

Heroines as JP

1995

1994