Saïd Taghmaoui
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Said Taghmaoui
)
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Born | Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France | 19 July 1973
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1994–present |
Saïd Taghmaoui (born 19 July 1973) is a French actor. One of his major screen roles was that of Saïd in the 1995
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
(2019).
Early life
Saïd Taghmaoui was born in
boxer, rising as high as No. 2 in his weight class in France.[4]
Career
He later met actor and director
César Award
(in the Most Promising Actor category) for his performance.
He has since pursued an international career, appearing in films in Germany, Italy, Morocco and the United States (Thierry Fremont.[3] Taghmaoui's television work includes Lost, House of Saddam and Touch. He appeared in the British film My Brother the Devil, which was released globally in 2013.
Personal life
Taghmaoui is a practising
American citizenship.[1]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1994 | Putain de porte | Jean-Claude Flamand & Delphine Quentin | Short | |
Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge... | Paul | Olivier Dahan | TV series (1 episode) | |
1995 | La Haine | Saïd | Mathieu Kassovitz | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actor
|
J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites | Xavier Giannoli | Short | ||
C'est mon histoire | Dominique Tabuteau | TV series (1 episode) | ||
L'éducateur | 'Momo' | Dominique Tabuteau (2) | TV series (1 episode) | |
1996 | La bougeotte | Jean-Claude Morin | TV movie | |
Elvis Aziz | Elvis Aziz | Frédéric Compain | TV movie | |
1997 | Go for Gold ! | Moussa | Lucian Segura | |
Héroïnes | J.P. | Gérard Krawczyk | ||
Les fantômes du samedi soir | Olivier Dahan (2) | Short | ||
L'albero dei destini sospesi | Samir | Rachid Benhadj | TV movie | |
1998 | Onorevoli detenuti | Omar | Giancarlo Planta | |
The Garden of Eden | Aziz | Alessandro D'Alatri | ||
Hideous Kinky | Bilal | Gillies MacKinnon | ||
Lascars | Voice | Laurent Nicolas | TV series (1 episode) | |
1999 | Prima del tramonto | Alì Ben Sellam | Stefano Incerti | |
Three Kings | Captain Said | David O. Russell | ||
Urlaub im Orient | Raschid | Michael Wenning | TV movie | |
2000 | La taule | The Innocent | Alain Robak | |
Nationale 7 | Rabah | Jean-Pierre Sinapi | ||
Ali Zaoua | Dib | Nabil Ayouch | ||
Room to Rent | Ali | Khalid Al-Haggar | ||
2001 | Gamer | Tony | Patrick Levy | |
Confession d'un dragueur | Fabio | Alain Soral | ||
Absolument fabuleux
|
Manu | Gabriel Aghion | ||
Le petit poucet | The Chief | Olivier Dahan (3) | ||
2002 | Vivante | D.J. | Sandrine Ray | |
The Good Thief | Paulo | Neil Jordan | ||
Entre chiens et loups | Werner | Alexandre Arcady | ||
2003 | Crime Spree | Sami | Brad Mirman | |
The West Wing | Ambassador Umar Usef | Christopher Misiano | TV series (1 episode) | |
2004 | Spartan | Tariq Asani | David Mamet | |
Hidalgo | Prince Bin Al Reeh | Joe Johnston | ||
I Heart Huckabees | The Translator | David O. Russell (2) | Central Ohio Film Critics Association - Best Ensemble | |
2005 | El khoubz el hafi | Rachid Benhadj (2) | ||
2006 | Five Fingers | Dark Eyes | Laurence Malkin | |
O Jerusalem | Saïd Chahine | Élie Chouraqui | ||
Djihad ! | Youssef | Felix Olivier | TV movie | |
Sleeper Cell | Hamid | Charles S. Dutton, Nick Gomez & Leslie Libman | TV series (3 episodes) | |
2007 | The Kite Runner | Farid | Marc Forster | |
Suspectes | Stanislas Lamérat | Laurent Dussaux | TV miniseries | |
2008 | Vantage Point | Suarez | Pete Travis | |
Traitor | Omar | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Nominated - Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance | |
Kandisha | Dakir Nesri | Jerome Cohen-Olivar
|
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Mogadischu | Kapitän Mahmud | Roland Suso Richter | TV movie | |
House of Saddam | Barzan Ibrahim
|
Alex Holmes | TV miniseries | |
Duval et Moretti | Tarek | Dominique Guillo | TV series (1 episode) | |
2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Abel Shaz / Breaker | Stephen Sommers | |
Linear | Biker | Anton Corbijn | ||
Lost | Caesar | Stephen Williams & Jack Bender | TV series (4 episodes) | |
2010 | Djinns | Aroui | Hugues & Sandra Martin | |
The Killers | Abazar Khayami | Short | ||
2011 | Conan the Barbarian | Ela-Shan | Marcus Nispel | |
2012 | My Brother the Devil | Sayyid | Sally El Hosaini | |
Strike Back | Othmani | Paul Wilmshurst | TV series (2 episodes) | |
2013 | American Hustle | Irv's Sheik Plant | David O. Russell (3) | |
Touch | Guillermo Ortiz | Various | TV series (10 episodes) | |
2014 | The Missing | Khalid Ziane | Tom Shankland | TV series (8 episodes) |
2015 | For All Eyes Always | Iskandar Yasin | Rob Gordon Bralver | |
La nuit est faite pour dormir | Hassan | Adrien Costello | Short | |
2016 | The Infiltrator | Amjad Awan | Brad Furman | |
2017 | Wonder Woman | Sameer[6] | Patty Jenkins | |
2018 | At First Light | Cal | Jason Stone | |
2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | The Elder | Chad Stahelski | |
2020 | Embattled | Claude Yaurek | Nick Sarkisov | |
2021 | The Forgiven | Anouar | John Michael McDonagh | |
2023 | The Family Plan | Augie | Simon Cellan Jones | |
TBA | Tin Soldier | TBA | Brad Furman | Post-production |
See also
- Maghrebian community of Paris
References
- ^ a b Noualhat, Laure (4 August 2009). "Hollywood buvard". Libération. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ a b Wrathall, John (4 February 1999). "Film: The Human Volcano". The Independent. London. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ a b Paris Match 3118, 19–25 February 2009.
- ^ "Hommage à Said Taghmaoui: consécration d'un parcours singulier". Maghress.com. 8 December 2009.
- Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ Anderton, Ethan (7 March 2017). "'Wonder Woman' Character Breakdown: Meet All the Key Players in This Origin Story". Slashfilm. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
External links
- Saïd Taghmaoui at IMDb
- Saïd Taghmaoui at AllMovie