Saïd Taghmaoui

Saïd Taghmaoui

1973-07-19 Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France 54 Credits

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 2...

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Tin Soldier

Tin Soldier

2025

as Shinja Atlas

4.9
Acting

An ex-special forces operative seeks revenge against a cult leader who has corrupted his former comrades, the Shinjas. This leader, known as The Bokus...

The Killer

The Killer

2024

as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem

6.4
Acting

Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by...

The Family Plan

The Family Plan

2023

as Augie

7.3
Acting

Dan Morgan is many things: a devoted husband, a loving father, a celebrated car salesman. He's also a former assassin. And when his past catches up to...

The Forgiven

The Forgiven

2022

as Anouar

5.7
Acting

Over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a random accident reverberates through the lives of both the local Muslims and Western visitors...

Embattled

Embattled

2020

as Claude

6.6
Acting

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019

as The Elder

7.4
Acting

Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member o...

At First Light

At First Light

2018

as Cal

5.7
Acting

High school senior Alex has an encounter with mysterious lights that appear over her small town. She soon develops dangerous, supernatural abilities, ...

Espionage Tonight

Espionage Tonight

2017

as Iskandar Yasin

3.4
Acting

In a reality TV show created by the U.S. government about spies, audiences go on fake undercover missions, but fact cannot be easily distinguished fro...

Etta's Mission

Etta's Mission

2017

as Sameer

10.0
Acting

Etta Candy and the rest of the Wonder Woman team meeting up to discuss a top-secret mission.

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

2017

as Sameer

7.2
Acting

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

Money Man

Money Man

2016

9.0
Acting

Short film that accompanies A$AP Mob & Skepta's collaboration "Put That On My Set." The short film is a surrealist take on drug gangs, finding Rocky t...

The Infiltrator

The Infiltrator

2016

as Amjad Awan

6.7
Acting

A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.

American Hustle

American Hustle

2013

as Irv's Sheik Plant

6.9
Acting

A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

2012

as Self

6.0
Acting
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012

as Sayyid

6.5
Acting

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He ido...

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian

2011

as Ela-Shan

5.3
Acting

A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, ...

An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War

An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War

2010

as Narrator (voice)

10.0
Acting

It's the unforgivable story of the two hundred thousands harkis, the Arabs who fought alongside the French in the bitter Algerian war, from 1954 to 19...

Stranded

Stranded

2010

as Aroui

5.1
Acting

Algeria, 1960. A section of French paratroopers are sent in search of a missing aircraft in the Algerian desert. The wreckage of the plane is quickly ...

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

2009

as Breaker

5.8
Acting

From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fi...

Linear

Linear

2009

as Cop/Biker

Acting

The film is based on a story by Corbijn and Bono, and includes several of the characters Bono created for the album. The plot focuses on a Parisian mo...

Kandisha

Kandisha

2008

as Dakir Nesri

5.3
Acting

Shattered by the loss of her child, Nyla Jayde, a brilliant criminal defense attorney, takes on a case involving a 14th century Moroccan legend, a ven...

Mogadischu

Mogadischu

2008

as Captain Mahmud

6.5
Acting

The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the...

Traitor

Traitor

2008

as Omar

6.6
Acting

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former ...

Vantage Point

Vantage Point

2008

as Suarez

6.4
Acting

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have ...

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

2007

as Farid

7.3
Acting

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

Djihad!

2006

as Youssef

6.0
Acting

A hard-hitting French drama detailing the intersecting destinies of five characters whose lives cross over the current war in Iraq: three young French...

O Jerusalem

O Jerusalem

2006

as Saïd Chahine

6.0
Acting

A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.

Five Fingers

Five Fingers

2006

as Dark Eyes

6.0
Acting

Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, howeve...

I ♥ Huckabees

I ♥ Huckabees

2004

as Translator

6.3
Acting

A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind...

For Bread Alone

For Bread Alone

2004

7.2
Acting

Inspired by the life of the Novel's Author Mohamed Choukri , For Bread Alone or El khoubz El Hafi , is one of the truest manifestations of the dark hi...

Spartan

Spartan

2004

as Tariq Asani

6.2
Acting

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get thi...

Hidalgo

Hidalgo

2004

as Prince Bin Al Reeh

6.9
Acting

Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive c...

Crime Spree

Crime Spree

2003

as Sami

5.6
Acting

An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the way...

Break of Dawn

Break of Dawn

2002

as Werner

4.9
Acting

An ex-con suffering from terminal cancer and a suicidal ex-legionnaire are hired to participate in a staged assassination attempt on a Romanian politi...

The Good Thief

The Good Thief

2002

as Paulo

6.1
Acting

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

Alive

Alive

2002

as The DJ Box

5.0
Acting

After a brutal attack, a 19-year-old girl falls into a self-destructive cycle.

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

2001

as le chef de troupe

5.5
Acting

Poucet is a kid from a family of numerous children. The parents, too poor to feed them, decide to abandon them in the forest. Their, the brothers try ...

Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous

2001

as Manu

5.0
Acting

Middle-aged best friends Eddie and Patsy live in an endless haze of drugged, drunken selfishness. The duo leave no impulse unenacted and no lust unsat...

Confession of a Dredger

Confession of a Dredger

2001

as Fabio

5.1
Acting

During the summer, Paul, provincial student, shy and bookish, went to Paris to integrate Sciences-Po, bed on a bench in the Luxembourg Gardens. One af...

Room to Rent

Room to Rent

2001

as Ali

5.5
Acting

Ali is a young Egyptian screenwriter determined to succeed in London, where he has been a student. He loves the artistic and political freedom, the co...

Gamer

Gamer

2001

as Tony

2.8
Acting

Tony is crazy about video games. But he is arrested during a hold-up which failed, and he goes to prison for eight months. When he gets out, he contac...

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

2001

as Dib

6.6
Acting

Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his g...

Nationale 7

Nationale 7

2000

as Rabah

6.4
Acting

In a nursing home for disabled near Toulon, René is unanimously hated by all. With fifty years and suffering from myopathy, has an irascible, rebellio...

The Slammer

2000

as L'innocent

Acting

This French prison drama focuses on a penitentiary inmate known as the Mute, who either cannot or will not speak, even though he can apparently hear w...

Last Minute Kasbah

1999

as Raschid

4.0
Acting
Three Kings

Three Kings

1999

as Captain Said

6.7
Acting

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gol...

Before the Sunset

Before the Sunset

1999

as Alì Ben Sellam

Acting

A young Moroccan immigrant, living in southern Italy, escapes from his forthcoming wedding to the daughter of a local Mafia member to a hotel where he...

Hideous Kinky

Hideous Kinky

1999

as Bilal

6.1
Acting

In 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy and prec...

The Garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden

1998

as Aziz

6.0
Acting

Alessandro D'Alatri directed this Italian drama about Jesus Christ, covering his childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, an 18-year span not chro...

Heroines

Heroines

1997

as JP

5.0
Acting

Two best friends, Johanna and Jeanne, live in the small town of Decazeville, a mining town in France and sing in the music group "The Sirens". Suddenl...

La Haine

La Haine

1995

as Saïd

8.1
Acting

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news ...

Brothers: Red Roulette

Brothers: Red Roulette

1995

as Paul

Acting

J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites

1995

as Maxime

1.0
Acting

Jean-Marc and Pamela attend the première of a film directed by one of their friends. They gradually lose control of things.

Putain de porte

Putain de porte

1994

5.0
Acting

Four young men try to gate crash a birthday party.