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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Tin Soldier
2025
as Shinja Atlas
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
2024
as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
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
2023
as Augie
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
2022
as Anouar
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
2020
as Claude
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
2019
as The Elder
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
2018
as Cal
High school senior Alex has an encounter with mysterious lights that appear over her small town. She soon develops dangerous, supernatural abilities, ...

Espionage Tonight
2017
as Iskandar Yasin
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
2017
as Sameer
Etta Candy and the rest of the Wonder Woman team meeting up to discuss a top-secret mission.

Wonder Woman
2017
as Sameer
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
2016
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
2016
as Amjad Awan
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.

American Hustle
2013
as Irv's Sheik Plant
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 »
2012
as Self

My Brother the Devil
2012
as Sayyid
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
2011
as Ela-Shan
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
2010
as Narrator (voice)
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
2010
as Aroui
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
2009
as Breaker
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
2009
as Cop/Biker
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
2008
as Dakir Nesri
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
2008
as Captain Mahmud
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
2008
as Omar
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
2008
as Suarez
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
2007
as Farid
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
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
2006
as Saïd Chahine
A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.

Five Fingers
2006
as Dark Eyes
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
2004
as Translator
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
2004
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
2004
as Tariq Asani
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
2004
as Prince Bin Al Reeh
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
2003
as Sami
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
2002
as Werner
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
2002
as Paulo
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
2002
as The DJ Box
After a brutal attack, a 19-year-old girl falls into a self-destructive cycle.

Tom Thumb
2001
as le chef de troupe
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
2001
as Manu
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
2001
as Fabio
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
2001
as Ali
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
2001
as Tony
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
2001
as Dib
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
2000
as Rabah
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
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

Three Kings
1999
as Captain Said
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
1999
as Alì Ben Sellam
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
1999
as Bilal
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
1998
as Aziz
Alessandro D'Alatri directed this Italian drama about Jesus Christ, covering his childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, an 18-year span not chro...

Heroines
1997
as JP
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
1995
as Saïd
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
1995
as Paul
J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites
1995
as Maxime
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
1994
Four young men try to gate crash a birthday party.