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3 | Saïd Taghmaoui (born July 19, 1973 in Villepinte, France) is a French-American actor and screenwriter. His parents were UsefulNotes/{{Morocc|o}}an immigrants of Berber ancestry from Essaouira who settled in France. |
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5 | His StarMakingRole in French cinema was that of [[TheDanza Saïd]] in ''Film/LaHaine'', and he has built most of his career in the USA since the late 1990s. He became an American citizen in 2008. |
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7 | !!Selected works: |
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9 | * ''Film/LaHaine'' (1995) as Saïd |
10 | * ''Film/ThreeKings'' (1999) as Captain Said |
11 | * ''Film/TheGoodThief'' (2002) as Paulo |
12 | * ''Film/{{Spartan}}'' (2004) as Tariq Asani |
13 | * ''Film/IHeartHuckabees'' (2004) as the Translator |
14 | * ''Literature/TheKiteRunner'' (2007) as Farid |
15 | * ''Series/HouseOfSaddam'' (2008) as Barzan Ibrahim |
16 | * ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' (2009) as Alvin R. Kibbey / Breaker |
17 | * ''Series/{{Lost}}'' (2009) as Caesar |
18 | * ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|2011}}'' (2011) as Ela-Shan |
19 | * ''Film/AmericanHustle'' (2013) as Irv's Sheik Plant |
20 | * ''Film/TheInfiltrator'' (2016) as Amjad Awan |
21 | * ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' (2017) as Sameer |
22 | * ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' (2019) as The Elder |
23 | * ''Film/TheFamilyPlan'' (2023) as Auggie |
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25 | !!Tropes in his works: |
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27 | * [[invoked]]PlaysGreatEthnics: He's of Berber ethnicity but has played quite a number of Middle Eastern characters. |
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