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Isaach de Bankolé
Actor · Producer
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1957Born, Abidjan
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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.
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2019Godfather of HarlemMonsieur 98 · 2 episodesShow
2019ShaftPierro 'Gordito' CarreraMovie
2019A Violent ManPeteMovie
2018Black Is BeltzaWilson Clever (voice)Movie
2018Black PantherRiver Tribe ElderMovie
2017Kiss Me!BernardMovie
2017Double PlayErnestoMovie
2017Femme NoireMovie
2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerMovie
2015The Last Witch HunterMax SchlesingerMovie
2014RunAssaMovie
2014Where the Road Runs OutGeorge · Co-Executive ProducerMovie
2014MirageFrancis · Executive ProducerMovie
2014CalvarySimonMovie
2013Mother of GeorgeAyodele BalogunMovie
2012ChaosVincentMovie
2011Oka!BassounMovie
2010I Am SlaveBahMovie
2010White MaterialBoxerMovie
2009White CollarLuc Renaud · 3 episodesShow
2009The Limits of ControlLone ManMovie
2008The GuitarRoscoe WaszMovie
2008MacheteroJean DumontMovie
2007The Fifth PatientCpt. MugambeMovie
2007Battle in SeattleAbasiMovie
2007The Diving Bell and the ButterflyLaurentMovie
2006Casino RoyaleSteven ObannoMovie
2006Miami ViceNeptuneMovie
2006The UnitGeneral Togar · 1 episodeShow
2005StayProfessorMovie
2005Before It Had a NameWaiterMovie
2005The Skeleton KeyCreole Gas Station OwnerMovie
2005ManderlayTimothyMovie
2004From Other WorldsAbrahamMovie
2004HomeworkJean · Executive ProducerMovie
2004Coffee and CigarettesIsaach (segment "No Problem")Movie
2003The Killing ZoneMalcolmMovie
20013 A.M.AngusMovie
2000BàttuSaarMovie
1999CherryMenu ManMovie
1999OtomoOtomoMovie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of LifeSgt. BarthelmyMovie
1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiRaymondMovie
1998A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesMamadouMovie
1995The KeeperJean BaptisteMovie
1995Casa de LavaLeãoMovie
1994Heart of DarknessMfumuMovie
1991Night on EarthCab Driver ParisMovie
1990No Fear, No DieDahMovie
1989Vanille fraiseHippolyte N'Go · DialogueMovie
1989How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting TiredVieuxMovie
1988Ada in the JungleBumboMovie
1988ChocolatProtéeMovie
1987Lady CopsInspecteur LacroixMovie
1986Taxi BoyTouréMovie
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1984The SyringeMovie
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