Ériq Ebouaney
- Recitazione
- 3 ottobre 1967 · Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Biografia
Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film Lumumba, as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale and as "Ice" in the 2008 action film Transporter 3 in which he starred opposite Jason Statham. Recently, Eriq appeared in the 2025 Indian-Malayalam film L2: Empuraan, playing the role of Kabuga. Ebouaney was born in Angers, France, the son of Cameroonian immigrants. As a child he didn't show any interest in acting and was set on becoming a businessman. However, at the age of 30, he joined a theatre company and left his job as a sales manager to become a professional actor. He made his film debut in 1996 in the Cédric Klapisch directed film Chacun cherche son chat. He landed a leading role in the 2000 film Lumumba in which he portrayed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The film was shot in Beira, Mozambique. In 2002, he starred in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale alongside Antonio Banderas. In 2004, he played the character of Jean Claude in Mark Bamford's debut feature Cape of Good Hope. In 2005 he starred in the award-winning Ridley Scott film, Kingdom of Heaven, in which he starred alongside Michael Sheen, Liam Neeson, Orlando Bloom, David Thewlis, Martin Hancock and Nathalie Cox. In 2006, he starred in The Front Line and La piste. In 2008, he played a supporting role in the critically acclaimed Australian film Disgrace featuring American actor John Malkovich, a small role in the Italian film Bianco e nero and later was cast as "Ice" in Transporter 3, featuring British actor Jason Statham. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eriq Ebouaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmografia
- Soumsoum, la nuit des astres · Garba
- Un dîner presque parfait Afrique · Ériq Ebouaney
- Hyacinthe · Césaire
- L2: എമ്പുരാൻ · Kabuga
- Lex Africana · Racine Malik Niang
- Ici et là-bas · Professeur Ibrahima
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon · Fallou Boukar
- Liaison · Bob Foret
- Ritueel · Cézaire Nduka
- De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire · Narrator (Voce)
- Una madre, una figlia · Ringraziamenti
- Exterminate All the Brutes · In persona
- Bronx · Stephan Jankovic
- La terra e il sangue · Adama
- Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part · Doctor
- Domino · Ezra Tarzi
- Kaniama Show
- Lo sbirro di Belleville · Ladji Touré
- Une saison en France · Abbas Mahadjir
- China Salesman - Contratto mortale · Sheik Asaid
- L'Orage africain: un continent sous influence · Dolomey
- Le passé devant nous · Michel
- La banda delle Antille · Politik
- Bastille Day - Il colpo del secolo · Baba
- Nous trois ou rien · Adama
- Capitaine Marleau · Colonel Douala
- Mamma(e) · Alioune
- SMS · Le grand flic
- Le Crocodile du Botswanga · Lieutenant Yaya
- 3 Days to Kill · Jules
- Stalingrad Lovers · Jupiter
- Aya de Yopougon · Hyacinthe
- Italian Movies · Zahur
- Falco · Père de Simon
- Jo · Amadou
- Dakar Trottoirs · Maitre
- Metal Hurlant Chronicles · Kaskoff
- Clash · Abel Diop, père d'Hugo
- Henry · Karanja
- Il principe del deserto · Hassan Dakhil
- Delitti in Paradiso · Theo Frazier
- Case départ · Isidore
- Le collier du Makoko · Octave Bumi
- Implosion · Wilhelm
- La Ligne blanche · François
- 600 kilos d'or pur · Melchior
- Carlos · Hassan al-Tourabi
- Lignes de Front · Monsieur-la-Bête
- Le temps de la kermesse est terminé · Lieutenant Bado
- Adorabili amiche · Agent immobilier
- The Horde · Adewale
- Fais danser la poussière · Suleyman
- Omar · Le père d'Omar
- Thirst · Immanuel
- 35 Rhums · Blanchard
- King Guillaume · Le curé
- Baby Love · l'assistant social
- Transporter 3 · Ice
- Un'arida stagione bianca · Petrus
- CA$H - Fate il vostro gioco · Letallec
- Bianco e nero · Bertrand
- Hitman - L'assassino · Bwana Ovie
- Magic Paris
- Africa paradis · M'Doula
- Nativity · Balthasar
- The Front Line · Joe Yumba
- La Piste · Kadjiro
- Le crociate - Kingdom of Heaven · Firuz
- San Antonio · Jérémie Blanc
- I fiumi di porpora 2 - Gli angeli dell'apocalisse · Policier
- Le silence de la forêt · Gonaba
- Zouk, Mariage et Ouélélé
- Femme Fatale · Black Tie
- Les Rois mages · Babar le videur
- Mia moglie è un'attrice · Le videur de la boite
- Villa mon rêve · Touré Dialo
- Lumumba · Patrice Émery Lumumba
- Bàttu
- I ragazzi del Marais · 'Banania'
- Vivement dimanche · In persona