Isaach de Bankolé
- Acting
- August 12, 1957 · Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Biography
Isaach 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Dune: Part Three · Farok
- The Fence · Alboury
- Muganga · Denis Mukwege
- Task · Father Daniel Georges
- The Brutalist · Gordon
- Parish · Tongai Sr.
- Snakeeater · Frank, Executive producer
- The People We Hate at the Wedding · Henrique
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · River Tribe Elder
- The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib · Sebastian Amadou (Voice)
- French Exit · Julius
- Godfather of Harlem · Monsieur 98
- Shaft · Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
- A Violent Man · Pete
- Black Is Beltza · Wilson Clever (Voice)
- Black Panther · River Tribe Elder
- S.W.A.T. · Aden Syed
- Kiss Me! · Bernard
- Double Play · Ernesto
- Femme Noire
- Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
- The Last Witch Hunter · Max Schlesinger
- Run · Assa
- Where the Road Runs Out · George, Co-Executive Producer
- Mirage · Francis, Executive producer
- Calvary · Simon
- Mother of George · Ayodele Balogun
- Chaos · Vincent
- Oka! · Bassoun
- I Am Slave · Bah
- Behind Jim Jarmusch · Self
- White Material · Boxer
- White Collar · Luc Renaud
- The Good Wife · Larry Oliver
- The Limits of Control · Lone Man
- The Guitar · Roscoe Wasz
- Machetero · Jean Dumont
- The Fifth Patient · Cpt. Mugambe
- Battle in Seattle · Abasi
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly · Laurent
- Casino Royale · Steven Obanno
- Miami Vice · Neptune
- The Unit · General Togar
- Stay · Professor
- Before It Had a Name · Waiter
- The Skeleton Key · Creole Gas Station Owner
- Manderlay · Timothy
- From Other Worlds · Abraham
- Homework · Jean, Executive producer
- Coffee and Cigarettes · Isaach (segment "No Problem")
- The Killing Zone · Malcolm
- 24 · Ule Matobo
- 3 A.M. · Angus
- Bàttu · Saar
- Cherry · Menu Man
- Otomo · Otomo
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life · Sgt. Barthelmy
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai · Raymond
- The Sopranos · Father Obosi
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries · Mamadou
- The Keeper · Jean Baptiste
- Casa de Lava · Leão
- Heart of Darkness · Mfumu
- Night on Earth · Cab Driver Paris
- Les Nuls, l'émission · Self
- No Fear, No Die · Dah
- Vanille fraise · Hippolyte N'Go, Dialogue
- How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired · Vieux
- Ada in the Jungle · Bumbo
- Chocolat · Protée
- Lady Cops · Inspecteur Lacroix
- Sacrée soirée · Self
- Taxi Boy · Touré
- Black Mic Mac · Lemi
- Noir et blanc
- The Syringe
- Comment draguer tous les mecs · Honoré Clair
- Champs-Elysées · Self
- Traveling Miles · Director