Cast & creator
Saïd Taghmaoui
Best known for The West Wing, Lost, Ballers
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.
Also known as: Said Taghmaoui, سعيد تغماوي, سعيد التغماوي, سعید تغماوی
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1994–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (66)
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The West Wing
Umar Usef
1999
Lost
Caesar
2004
Ballers
Psychiatrist
2015
Touch
Guillermo Ortiz
2012
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
The Elder
2019
Wonder Woman
Sameer
2017
The Family Plan
Augie
2023
American Hustle
Irv's Sheik Plant
2013
Conan the Barbarian
Ela-Shan
2011
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Breaker
2009
Sleeper Cell
2005
Three Kings
Captain Said
1999
La Haine
Saïd
1995
Vantage Point
Suarez
2008
The Missing
Khalid Ziane
2014
Professionals
Tariq Basari
2020
All the Way Up
Nasser Berou
2020
The Infiltrator
Amjad Awan
2016
Tin Soldier
Shinja Atlas
2025
The Killer
Prince Majeb Bin Faheem
2024
The Kite Runner
Farid
2007
The Forgiven
Anouar
2022
Hidalgo
Prince Bin Al Reeh
2004
House of Saddam
Barzan Ibrahim
2008
I ♥ Huckabees
Translator
2004
Traitor
Omar
2008
Crime Spree
Sami
2003
Spartan
Tariq Asani
2004
1 Hour in Hell
2008
Embattled
Claude
2020
The Good Thief
Paulo
2003
Kraken
Bachir
2026
At First Light
Cal
2018
Five Fingers
Dark Eyes
2006
Hideous Kinky
Bilal
1999
Suspectes
Stan Lamérat
2007
My Brother the Devil
Sayyid
2012
Heroines
JP
1997
Kandisha
Dakir Nesri
2008
Break of Dawn
Werner
2002
Money Man
2016
Gamer
Tony
2001
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
Dib
2001
O Jerusalem
Saïd Chahine
2006
Il était une fois... « La Haine »
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2012
Linear
Cop / Biker
2009
Espionage Tonight
Iskandar Yasin
2017The Slammer
L'innocent
2000
Room to Rent
Ali
2001
Etta's Mission
Sameer
2017
Tom Thumb
le chef de troupe
2001
Absolutely Fabulous
Manu
2001Last Minute Kasbah
Raschid
1999
Putain de porte
1994
Brothers: Red Roulette
Paul
1995
The Garden of Eden
Aziz
1998
Confession of a Dredger
Fabio
2001
Stranded
Aroui
2010
Mogadischu
Captain Mahmud
2008
Nationale 7
Rabah
2000J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites
Maxime
1995
An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War
Narrator (voice)
2010
For Bread Alone
Young Mohamed Choukri
2004
Before the Sunset
Alì Ben Sellam
1999
Alive
The DJ Box
2002Djihad!
Youssef
2006