This is an accepted version of this page Saïd Taghmaoui (Arabic: سعيد التغماوي; born 19 July 1973) is a French actor.

One of his major screen roles was that of Saïd in the 1995 French film La Haine, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz.

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Saïd Taghmaoui was born in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, into a large family comprising eight children; he had four brothers and three sisters.

He has since pursued an international career, appearing in films in Germany, Italy, Morocco and the United States (Three Kings, 1999).