Saïd Taghmaoui
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 Taghmaoui at the Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born |
July 19, 1973 Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France |
| Occupation | Actor, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Home town | Aulnay-sous-Bois, Paris |
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Saïd Taghmaoui (born July 19, 1973) is a French actor and screenwriter. One of his major screen roles was that of Saïd in the 1995 French film La Haine, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Taghmaoui has also appeared in a number of English-language films, with roles such as the Iraqi interrogator captain in Three Kings (1999), and Omar in Traitor (2008).
Life and career
Taghmaoui was born in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, into a large family comprising ten children.[1] His parents were Moroccan immigrants of Berber ancestry.[1] Taghmaoui grew up in the Rose des Vents quartier of the Aulnay-sous-Bois commune.[2] He dropped out of school to become a boxer, rising as high as number 2 in his weight class in France.
He later met actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz; together, they appeared in Kassovitz's film La Haine (1995), whose plot concerns race and violence in the ghettoized banlieues of Paris. The following year, Taghmaoui was nominated for a 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. Taghmaoui starred in Vantage Point (2008) as the leader of a terrorist group plotting to kidnap the U.S. president. In Morocco, he appeared in Djinns (2010), a film about the Algerian War, alongside Thierry Fremont.[2] 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.
Filmography
- La Haine (1995)
- Hideous Kinky (1998)
- Three Kings (1999)
- Ali Zaoua (2000)
- Room to Rent (2000)
- G@mer (2001)
- Confession d'un dragueur (2001)
- The Good Thief (2002)
- Entre chiens et loups (2002)
- Crime Spree (2003)
- From Justin to Kelly (2003)
- The West Wing (2003)
- Spartan (2004)
- Hidalgo (2004)
- I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
- Five Fingers (2006)
- O Jerusalem (2006)
- The Kite Runner (2007)
- Traitor (2008)
- Vantage Point (2008)
- Mogadishu (2008)
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
- Lost (2009)[3]
- Linear (2009)
- Kandisha (2010)
- Djinns (2010)
- Conan the Barbarian (2011)
- My Brother the Devil (2012)
- Strike Back (2012) - 2 Episodes
- Touch (2013)
- American Hustle (2013)
- The Missing (2014)
- Skrillex - "Fuck That" (Music video) (2014)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wrathall, John (February 4, 1999). "Film: The Human Volcano". London: The Independent. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paris Match 3118, 19–25 February 2009.
- ↑ Jensen, Jeff "Doc", (September 10, 2008): "Lost Exclusive: The Second Half of Season 5's New Mystery Duo", Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on September 10, 2008.
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