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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Filmography
Cast Credits
Tin Soldier
Character: Shinja Atlas
MOVIE • 2025
The Killer
Character: Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
MOVIE • 2024
The Family Plan
Character: Augie
MOVIE • 2023
The Forgiven
Character: Anouar
MOVIE • 2022
Professionals
Character: Tariq Basari
TV • 2020
Embattled
Character: Claude
MOVIE • 2020
All the Way Up
Character: Nasser Berou
TV • 2020
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Character: The Elder
MOVIE • 2019
At First Light
Character: Cal
MOVIE • 2018
Espionage Tonight
Character: Iskandar Yasin
MOVIE • 2017
Etta's Mission
Character: Sameer
MOVIE • 2017
Wonder Woman
Character: Sameer
MOVIE • 2017
Money Man
Character:
MOVIE • 2016
The Infiltrator
Character: Amjad Awan
MOVIE • 2016
Ballers
Character: Psychiatrist
TV • 2015
American Hustle
Character: Irv's Sheik Plant
MOVIE • 2013
Il était une fois... « La Haine »
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2012
Touch
Character: Guillermo Ortiz
TV • 2012
My Brother the Devil
Character: Sayyid
MOVIE • 2012
Conan the Barbarian
Character: Ela-Shan
MOVIE • 2011