Said Taghmaoui

French actor, a former boxer. One of 10 children born to his Moroccan-born parents, he dropped out of school at a young age. He began his career as a boxer, rising to the number two spot in the country. In 1994 he landed a role in a French film by the name of Putain de Porte. A year later he co-wrote a script for a movie and thus his career on the silver screen began to take off. He has since been seen in movies as well as on television, including episodes of American television series such as "The West Wing" and "Lost."

He speaks four languages: Arabic, French, English and Italian.