Isaach de Bankolé
Acting
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 dr…
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Black Panther
2018
River Tribe Elder
Casino Royale
2006
Steven Obanno
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
River Tribe Elder
The Last Witch Hunter
2015
Max Schlesinger
The Sopranos
1999
Father Obosi
The Skeleton Key
2005
Creole Gas Station Owner
Miami Vice
2006
Neptune
Shaft
2019
Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
24
2001
Ule Matobo
The Brutalist
2024
Gordon
S.W.A.T.
2017
Aden Syed
White Collar
2009
Luc Renaud
Stay
2005
Professor
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Raymond
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
Laurent
Calvary
2014
Simon
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
Isaach (segment "No Problem")
Night on Earth
1991
Cab Driver Paris
Godfather of Harlem
2019
Monsieur 98
The Good Wife
2009
Larry Oliver