Acting credits
60
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Saïd Taghmaoui
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.7
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Movies: 50Series: 10
TMDB ID: 5419
IMDb ID: nm0846548
Known for: Acting
Born: July 19, 1973
Age: 52
Place of birth: Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1994 - 2025
Years active: 32
Average TMDB rating: 6.27
Wikidata: Q373034
Also known as
Said Taghmaoui • سعيد تغماوي • سعيد التغماوي • سعید تغماوی
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Saïd Taghmaoui.
4.7
Tin Soldier
as Shinja Atlas
2025 Movie
6.3
The Killer
as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
2024 Movie
7.2
The Family Plan
as Augie
2023 Movie
5.7
The Forgiven
as Anouar
2022 Movie
6.6
Embattled
as Claude
2020 Movie
7.4
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as The Elder
2019 Movie
5.7
At First Light
as Cal
2018 Movie
3.4
Espionage Tonight
as Iskandar Yasin
2017 Movie
8.0
Etta's Mission
as Sameer
2017 Movie
7.2
Wonder Woman
as Sameer
2017 Movie
9.0
Money Man
2016 Movie
6.7
The Infiltrator
as Amjad Awan
2016 Movie
6.9
American Hustle
as Irv's Sheik Plant
2013 Movie
6.0
Il était une fois... « La Haine »
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2012 Movie
6.4
My Brother the Devil
as Sayyid
2012 Movie
5.3
Conan the Barbarian
as Ela-Shan
2011 Movie
10.0
An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War
as Narrator (voice)
2010 Movie
5.3
Stranded
as Aroui
2010 Movie
5.8
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
as Breaker
2009 Movie
Linear
as Cop/Biker
2009 Movie
5.3
Kandisha
as Dakir Nesri
2008 Movie
6.5
Mogadischu
as Captain Mahmud
2008 Movie
6.7
Traitor
as Omar
2008 Movie
6.4
Vantage Point
as Suarez
2008 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Saïd Taghmaoui.
6.1
Professionals
as Tariq Basari • 4 eps
2020 Series
6.4
All the Way Up
as Nasser Berou • 9 eps
2020 Series
6.8
Ballers
as Psychiatrist • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.6
Touch
as Guillermo Ortiz • 10 eps
2012 Series
6.9
House of Saddam
as Barzan Ibrahim • 1 eps
2008 Series
one hour in hell
31 eps
2008 Series
4.7
Suspectes
as Stan Lamérat • 8 eps
2007 Series
7.4
Sleeper Cell
3 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Lost
as Caesar • 4 eps
2004 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Umar Usef • 1 eps
1999 Series