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Taghmaoui in 2009, photo by Denis Makarenko /Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Date of Birth: 19 July, 1973
Ethnicity: Moroccan Berber
Saïd Taghmaoui is a French-American actor, screenwriter, and boxer.
He is the son of Moroccan parents of Berber (Shilha) descent. They were from Essaouira. He moved to the U.S. in 1999 and became a U.S. citizen in 2008. Saïd speaks French, Arabic, English, and Italian. He is a Muslim.