Saïd Taghmaoui
Actor
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
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as The Elder 2019
American Hustle
as Irv's Sheik Plant 2013
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
as Breaker 2009
La Haine
as Saïd 1995
Three Kings
as Captain Said 1999
Vantage Point
as Suarez 2008
Conan the Barbarian
as Ela-Shan 2011
The Family Plan
as Augie 2023
The Infiltrator
as Amjad Awan 2016
Hidalgo
as Prince Bin Al Reeh 2004
The Kite Runner
as Farid 2007
I ♥ Huckabees
as Translator 2004
Traitor
as Omar 2008
The Killer
as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem 2024
Spartan
as Tariq Asani 2004
The Forgiven
as Anouar 2022