Said Taghmaoui
Saïd Taghmaoui's most recognizable role was in the action film "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," based on the G.I. Joe toy, comic book, and cartoon. Taghmaoui plays the communications expert and hacker of the G.I. Joe team, "Breaker" Abel Shaz. Early in his career, Taghmaoui co-wrote (with his friend director Mathieu Kassovitz) and acted in the French drama "La Haine." In the film, Taghmaoui's character, also named Saïd, is one of three friends who find themselves alienated and at odds with a racist and anti-immigrant environment in France. In the Gulf War comedy drama "Three Kings," Taghmaoui plays an Iraqi officer who interrogates and performs electroshock torture on Mark Wahlberg's character. Taghmaoui played another figure at odds with the United States government in "Traitor," as a member of a terrorist organization in Yemen who negotiates with the main character, played by Don Cheadle, working undercover as an arms dealer. In the political action thriller "Vantage Point," Taghmaoui plays yet another terrorist, this time a leader named Suarez who tries to assassinate the president of the United States. The premise of the film is the exploration of the same set of events leading up to the assassination from eight different points of view. Matthew Fox also costarred in the film as a secret service agent, and worked with Taghmaoui again when Taghmaoui had a relatively minor but recurring role on four episodes of the popular sci-fi drama series "Lost."
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Said Taghmaoui
Filmography
Movies
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58% |
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The Killer | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
27% |
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The Family Plan | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
68% |
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The Forgiven | Anouar (Character) | $339.9K | 2021 |
70% |
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Embattled | Claude (Character) | $32.2K | 2020 |
89% |
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John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum | The Elder (Character) | $171.0M | 2019 |
54% |
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At First Light | Cal (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Espionage Tonight | Iskandar Yasin (Character) | - | 2017 |
93% |
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Wonder Woman | Sameer (Character) | $412.8M | 2017 |
92% |
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American Hustle | Irv's Sheik Plant (Character) | $150.1M | 2013 |
90% |
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My Brother the Devil | Sayyid (Character) | $10.3K | 2012 |
25% |
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Conan the Barbarian | Ela-Shan (Character) | $21.3M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Djinns | Aroui (Character) | - | 2010 |
33% |
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Breaker (Character) | $150.2M | 2009 |
64% |
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Traitor | Omar (Character) | $23.5M | 2008 |
34% |
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Vantage Point | Suarez (Character) | $72.3M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kandisha | Dakir Nesri (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Mogadischu | Kapitän Mahmud (Character) | - | 2008 |
65% |
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The Kite Runner | Farid (Character) | $15.8M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Five Fingers | Youseff (Character) | - | 2006 |
36% |
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O Jerusalem | Saïd Chahine (Character) | $233.5K | 2006 |
63% |
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I Heart Huckabees | Translator (Character) | $12.8M | 2004 |
65% |
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Spartan | Tariq Asani (Character) | $4.4M | 2004 |
46% |
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Hidalgo | Prince Bin al Reeh (Character) | $67.3M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | El khoubz el hafi | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
33% |
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Wanted | Sami (Character) | - | 2003 |
77% |
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The Good Thief | Paulo (Character) | $3.5M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Confession d'un dragueur | Fabio (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Absolument fabuleux | Manu (Character) | - | 2001 |
73% |
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Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets | Bouncer (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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National 7 (Uneasy Rider) | Rabah (Character) | $26.6K | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La taule | L'innocent (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Room to Rent | Ali (Character) | - | 2000 |
94% |
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Three Kings | Capt. Said (Character) | $60.7M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prima del tramonto | Alì Ben Sellam (Character) | - | 1999 |
67% |
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Hideous Kinky | Bilal (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Garden of Eden | Aziz (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Play Back | J.P. (Character) | - | 1997 |
96% |
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La Haine | Saïd (Character) | $130.3K | 1995 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 89% | Professionals | Tariq Basari (Character) | 2020 |
93% | 90% | The Missing | Khalid Ziane (Character) | 2014 |
68% | 66% | Touch | Guillermo Ortiz (Character) | 2013 |
86% | 89% | Lost | Caesar (Guest Star) | 2009 |
60% | No Score Yet | House of Saddam | Barzan Ibrahim (Character) | 2008 |
76% | 88% | Sleeper Cell | Hamid (Guest Star) | 2006 |