
Saïd Taghmaoui
Known For
Acting
Born
1973-07-19 in 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For

Lost
as Caesar

The West Wing
as Umar Usef

Ballers
as Psychiatrist

Wonder Woman
as Sameer

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
as The Elder

The Family Plan
as Augie

Touch
as Guillermo Ortiz

Hidalgo
as Prince Bin Al Reeh

La Haine
as Saïd

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
as Breaker

American Hustle
as Irv's Sheik Plant

Conan the Barbarian
as Ela-Shan

Tin Soldier
as Shinja Atlas

I ♥ Huckabees
as Translator

Sleeper Cell

The Killer
as Prince Majeb Bin Faheem

House of Saddam
as Barzan Ibrahim

Traitor
as Omar

Professionals
as Tariq Basari

All the Way Up
as Nasser Berou