Saïd Taghmaoui (born July 19, 1973) is a French actor and screenwriter of Morroccan background. He appeared in a number of American films but is best known for his role in the 2009 action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. He previously appeared as Said in the 1995 French film La Haine directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and as the U.S.-trained philosophical Iraqi interrogator Captain 'My Main Man' Saïd in Three Kings. He also appeared as "Omar", the close radical Islamic associate of Don Cheadle (Samir), in the 2008 thriller Traitor..