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- La Haine. A monochromatic masterpiece, La Haine (1995) is among the best and most important French films to ever grace the silver screen. There's a solid argument that it's the greatest film from everyone involved — not just Taghmouli and his co-stars Vincent Cassell and Hubert Koundé, but also writer-directed Mathieu Kassovitz.
- American Hustle. The most star-studded cast on the list belongs to American Hustle (2013), which is also the most recent collaboration between Taghmaoui and David O. Russell.
- Three Kings. Written and directed by David O. Russell, this is among the funniest films from everyone involved. But it's also a war film. Set at the end of the Gulf War, it chronicles four American soldiers during the 1991 uprising in Iraq as they embark on a gold heist.
- Wonder Woman. Here in Wonder Woman (2017) by Patty Jenkins, the actor at hand plays a secret agent named Sameer. It's a supporting role, with the film of course starring Gal Gadot as the titular superhero, and Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, her love interest.
Actor: Wonder Woman. Saïd Taghmaoui was born July 19th 1973 in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, to Moroccan immigrant parents. He has 9 siblings. He dropped out of school at a young age and became a boxer; at one point ranking number 2 in France in his category.
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View a list of the 10 best movies with Saïd Taghmaoui, rated by MovieMeter users.
Director: Jason Stone | Stars: Stefanie Scott, Théodore Pellerin, Saïd Taghmaoui, Percy Hynes White. Votes: 4,151 | Gross: $0.00M
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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. Taghmaoui's television work includes Lost, House of Saddam and Touch.
"La Haine", "Hidalgo", "Traitor", "Five Fingers", & "Crime Spree" are on The Top 10 Movies Starring Saïd Taghmaoui on Flickchart.
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 ...
