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.

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).

Taghmaoui starred in Vantage Point (2008) as the leader of a terrorist group plotting to kidnap the U.S. president.