American-French Actor Said Taghmaoui Career As An Actor: Also Know His Net Worth And Awards
Said Taghmaoui is a French-American actor and screenwriter famous for his role in 1995 hit French film, La Haine (The Hate). Said also received a nomination for Cesar Award for his performance in the movie. He has been recently included as one of the highest earning actors in the world.
The 43-year-old actor is one of the highest paid actors in the world currently. He has been active as an actor for over twenty years and during this period of time, he has earned a good recognition as well as a whopping amount of money.
Actor Said Taghmaoui's Acting Career; Know his Films
The Villepinte-born actor Said Taghmaoui dropped out of school to become a boxer and also reached the second position in his weight cla s s in France. Later, he abandoned boxing to pursue a career in acting.
Said started to work as an actor since the early nineties; his first role was as Paul in the television series All the boys and girls of their age...in 1994. His most defining role came in 1995 as Said in The Hate for which he received the Cesar Award for Most Promising Actor.
Furthermore, Said also worked for various movies in different countries including Germany, Italy, Morocco, and the United States. Till date Said has worked in over 60 movies and television series; some of his widely popular movies are Heroines, The Garden of Eden, Hideous Kinky, Touch, The Infiltrator, Wonder Woman and many others.
Said has gained a good fame along with a whopping amount of money with the help of his impressive acting career. And Said has been recently included as No. 1 in the world's highest paid actors. As per the People with Money, his estimated gross collection crossed over $75 million in 2016 only.
Said Taghmaoui's Net Worth
We all know Said has collected a whopping amount of money throughout his acting career, however, his exact net worth is still a mystery. According to some sites, Said Taghmoui's current estimated net worth is around $215 million.
Said Taghmaoui earned his ma s sive net worth with his acting career mostly, while other parts of his net worth come from smart stock investments, substantial property holding, a lucrative endorsement deal with CoverGirl cosmetics among other things.
In addition, he also has a number of restaurants in Paris and he has owned a football team which plays the major part in his net worth.
As per sources, the highest earning actor in the world earned a whopping $75 million in one year period- from June 2016 to 2017 June.
Interestingly enough, a few years ago, most of the analysts predicted that his career was going to terminate in next few years but surprisingly he made his strong come back in 2016 and collected an astonishing amount of money which is near $40 million more than his closest competitor.
The Wonder Woman star Said also seems pa s sionate about luxury cars. Though he hasn't shown his car collections yet, we can see him in various types of luxury cars on his Instagram pictures.
The American-French Actor spends millions in luxury cars among other things like traveling. You can see him going around various places having fun on his Instagram updates.
Interesting Facts about Said Taghmaoui
- Said Taghmauoi was born in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France into a large family comprising eight children altogether. He has four brothers and three sisters
- .He was a champion boxer before he turned an actor. He was ranked second in Boxing across France in his weight group.
- Leaving his nation France, he emigrated to the United States in 1999 in search of a good acting career
- Including his native language, Said can speak four languages; French, Arabic, English, and Italian
- It took him nine long years to take the American citizenship which he received in 2008.