Born 1973 (age 52) · Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Appears in 66 titles

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saïd Taghmaoui, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Wonder Woman
7.2
Wonder Woman
2017
as Sameer
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
7.4
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
as The Elder
American Hustle
6.9
American Hustle
2013
as Irv's Sheik Plant
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
5.8
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
as Breaker
La Haine
8.1
La Haine
1995
as Saïd
Three Kings
6.6
Three Kings
1999
as Captain Said
Vantage Point
6.4
Vantage Point
2008
as Suarez
Conan the Barbarian
5.3
Conan the Barbarian
2011
as Ela-Shan
The Family Plan
7.2
The Family Plan
2023
as Augie
The Infiltrator
6.7
The Infiltrator
2016
as Amjad Awan
Hidalgo
6.9
Hidalgo
2004
as Prince Bin Al Reeh
The Kite Runner
7.3
The Kite Runner
2007
as Farid
Traitor
6.7
Traitor
2008
as Omar
I ♥ Huckabees
6.3
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Translator
The Killer
6.2
The Killer
2024
as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
Spartan
6.2
Spartan
2004
as Tariq Asani
The Forgiven
5.7
The Forgiven
2022
as Anouar
At First Light
5.7
At First Light
2018
as Cal
The Good Thief
6.1
The Good Thief
2003
as Paulo
Five Fingers
6.0
Five Fingers
2006
as Dark Eyes