Isaach de Bankolé
Actor · Director · WriterIsaach or Isaac de Bankolé (born 12 August 1957; Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian actor. De Bankolé was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to Yoruba parents from Benin. His grandparents are from Nigeria. He moved to Paris in 1975 for his last year of lycée and pursued a master's degree in physics and mathematics. He then attended an aviation school and earned a private pilot licence, before a chance encounter with French director Gérard Vergez led him to enroll in the Cours Simon, a Parisian drama school.
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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR65
The Fence
2026
Alboury
Dune: Part Three
2026
Farok
Muganga
2025
Denis Mukwege
The Brutalist
2024
Gordon
Snakeeater
2024
Frank
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
Henrique
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
River Tribe Elder
French Exit
2021
Julius
A Violent Man
2019
Pete
Shaft
2019
Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
Black Panther
2018
River Tribe Elder
Black Is Beltza
2018
Wilson Clever (voice)
Double Play
2017
Ernesto
Kiss Me!
2017
Bernard
Femme Noire
2017
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016
The Last Witch Hunter
2015
Max Schlesinger
Calvary
2014
Simon
Run
2014
Assa
Mirage
2014
Francis
Where the Road Runs Out
2014
George
Mother of George
2013
Ayodele Balogun
Chaos
2012
Vincent
Oka!
2011
Bassoun
I Am Slave
2010
Bah
White Material
2010
Boxer
- Behind Jim Jarmusch
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
Self
The Limits of Control
2009
Lone Man
The Guitar
2008
Roscoe Wasz
- Machetero
Machetero
2008
Jean Dumont
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
Laurent
The Fifth Patient
2007
Cpt. Mugambe
Battle in Seattle
2007
Abasi
Casino Royale
2006
Steven Obanno
Miami Vice
2006
Neptune
Manderlay
2005
Timothy
The Skeleton Key
2005
Creole Gas Station Owner
Before It Had a Name
2005
Waiter
Stay
2005
Professor
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
Isaach (segment "No Problem")
From Other Worlds
2004
Abraham
Homework
2004
Jean
The Killing Zone
2003
Malcolm
3 A.M.
2001
Angus
Bàttu
2000
Saar
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Raymond
Otomo
1999
Otomo
Cherry
1999
Menu Man
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
1999
Sgt. Barthelmy
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
Mamadou
The Keeper
1995
Jean Baptiste
Casa de Lava
1995
Leão
Heart of Darkness
1993
Mfumu
Night on Earth
1991
Cab Driver Paris
No Fear, No Die
1990
Dah
How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
1989
Vieux
Vanille fraise
1989
Hippolyte N'Go
Chocolat
1988
Protée
Ada in the Jungle
1988
Bumbo
Lady Cops
1987
Inspecteur Lacroix
Black Mic Mac
1986
Lemi
Noir et blanc
1986
Taxi Boy
1986
Touré
The Syringe
1984
- Comment draguer tous les mecs
Comment draguer tous les mecs
1984
Honoré Clair
