Bio
Saïd Taghmaoui is a French actor and screenwriter best known for his role as the US-trained philosophical Iraqi interrogator Captain 'My Main Man' Said in the 1999 feature film Three Kings.
He currently stars as Guillermo Ortiz in the supernatural mystery drama Touch, since 2013.
Taghmaoui is a French actor whose career launched with the film La Haine, a critically acclaimed feature about troubled youth in Paris.
Since then, Taghmaoui has been a force in French cinema and beyond, with a starring turn in David O. Russell's 1995 film, Three Kings, which introduced him to audiences around the world.
He also has had major roles in films such as The Kite Runner, Traitor and G.I. Joe: The Rise of The Cobra. His first American television appearance was during then final season of Lost, when he played Caesar, a plane crash victim with ulterior motives.
Additionally, he starred in the HBO film My Brother The Devil, before joining the second season of Touch.
Taghmaoui is from Paris, France.