Saïd Taghmaoui
- Actor
Saïd Taghmaoui was born July 19th 1973 in Villepinte,
Seine-Saint-Denis, France, to Moroccan immigrant parents. He has 9
siblings. He dropped out of school at a young age and became a boxer;
at one point ranking number 2 in France in his category. He met Mathieu Kassovitz with whom he co-wrote the French film La haine (1995) which
won the Best Director award in Cannes. Kassovitz directed the movie in
which Saïd played one of the leads. Since than Saïd has been a force in
French cinema and has made films in Italy, Germany, The United States
and Morocco.