Name	Said Taghmaoui
Height
Naionality	French
Date of Birth	19-July-1973
Place of Birth	Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Famous for	Acting

Said Taghmaoui is a French actor and screenwriter. One of his defining screen roles was that of Said in the award-winning 1995 French film La Haine directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Said has also appeared in a number of English-language films, with roles such as the Iraqi interrogator Captain 'My Main Man' Said in Three Kings, and as "Omar" in the 2008 thriller Traitor.
Taghmaoui was born in the Parisian suburb of Sevran, into a large family of nine siblings. His parents were Moroccan immigrants of Berber ancestry. Taghmaoui grew up in Aulnay-sous-Bois, in the quartier Rose des Vents. He dropped out of school to become a boxer and rose as high as number 2 in his weight class in France.
He later met Mathieu Kassovitz and together, they co-wrote[citation needed] the script for the award-winning film La Haine (about race and violence in the suburban ghettos of Paris). Taghmaoui also played one of the main characters in the film and was nominated for a Cesar Award in 1996 (Most Promising Actor) for his performance. He has performed in many films since then. He has pursued an international career, making films in Italy, Germany, Morocco and the United States. He divides his time between Los Angeles, France and Morocco.