
Saïd Taghmaoui
Born
1973-07-19
Place of birth
Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saïd Taghmaoui, licensed under ...
Known for

Wonder Woman
Sameer

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
The Elder

American Hustle
Irv's Sheik Plant

Lost
Caesar

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Breaker

La Haine
Saïd

Three Kings
Captain Said

Vantage Point
Suarez

Conan the Barbarian
Ela-Shan

The Family Plan
Augie

The Infiltrator
Amjad Awan

Hidalgo
Prince Bin Al Reeh

The Kite Runner
Farid

Ballers
Psychiatrist

Traitor
Omar