Said starred in the TV mini-series Secrets in 2007 and had a recurring role as Caesar in the TV series Lost in 2009. In 2013 he starred in the series Touch as Guillermo Ortiz. He has also starred in the movies Go for Gold!, Heroines, Men Behind Bars, The Garden of Eden, Hideous Kinky, Prima del tramonto, Three Kings, The Slammer, National 7, Ali Zaoua, Room to Rent, Gamer, Confession d’un dragueur, Absolutely Fabulous, Alive, The Good Thief, Break of Dawn, Crime Spree, Spartan, Hidalgo, I Heart Huckabees, Five Fingers, O Jerusalem, The Kite Runner, Vantage Point, Traitor, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Stranded, Conan the Barbarian, My Brother the Devil, and American Hustle. Taghmaoui was nominated for a Cesar Award for Most Promising Actor in 1995.
