Saïd Taghmaoui

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 (66 Appearances)

Kraken

Upcoming (2026)

Tin Soldier

The Killer

The Family Plan

The Forgiven

Professionals

Embattled

All the Way Up

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

At First Light

Espionage Tonight

Etta's Mission

Wonder Woman

Money Man

The Infiltrator

Ballers

The Missing

American Hustle

Il était une fois... « La Haine »

Touch

My Brother the Devil

Conan the Barbarian

An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War

Stranded

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Linear

Kandisha

Mogadischu

Traitor

House of Saddam

one hour in hell

Vantage Point

The Kite Runner

Suspectes

Djihad!

O Jerusalem

Five Fingers

Sleeper Cell

Lost

I ♥ Huckabees

For Bread Alone

Spartan

Hidalgo

Crime Spree

The Good Thief

Break of Dawn

Alive

Tom Thumb

Absolutely Fabulous

Confession of a Dredger

Room to Rent

Gamer

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

Nationale 7

The Slammer

Last Minute Kasbah

Three Kings

The West Wing

Before the Sunset

Hideous Kinky

The Garden of Eden

Heroines

La Haine

Brothers: Red Roulette

J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites

Putain de porte

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