
Isaach de Bankolé
Known for: Acting
Born: August 12, 1957
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…
Known for

The Limits of Control
2009

Chocolat
1988

No Fear, No Die
1990

Casa de Lava
1995

Muganga
2025

Chaos
2012

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
1989

Mother of George
2013
Machetero
2008

Snakeeater
2024

Run
2014

Otomo
1999

Mirage
2014
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010

Where the Road Runs Out
2014

The Fence
2026

Manderlay
2005

The Fifth Patient
2007

Black Mic Mac
1986

I Am Slave
2010

The Guitar
2008

Lady Cops
1987

Bàttu
2000

Homework
2004

Black Is Beltza
2018

The Killing Zone
2003

Femme Noire
2017

Heart of Darkness
1993

The Keeper
1995

Vanille fraise
1989

Cherry
1999

Ada in the Jungle
1988

White Material
2010

Oka!
2011

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
1999

Taxi Boy
1986

Night on Earth
1991

Calvary
2014

Before It Had a Name
2005

Dune: Part Three
2026

The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022

The Brutalist
2024

A Violent Man
2019

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998

3 A.M.
2001

Noir et blanc
1986

The Last Witch Hunter
2015

Kiss Me!
2017

French Exit
2021

Casino Royale
2006

Double Play
2017

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999

From Other Worlds
2004

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016

Shaft
2019

The Syringe
1984

Coffee and Cigarettes
2004

Battle in Seattle
2007

Miami Vice
2006

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
Comment draguer tous les mecs
1984

The Skeleton Key
2005

Black Panther
2018

Stay
2005

The Sopranos
1999

The Unit
2006

24
2001

White Collar
2009

Champs-Elysées
1982

Parish
2024

Godfather of Harlem
2019

Les Nuls, l'émission
1990

Sacrée soirée
1987

The Good Wife
2009

S.W.A.T.
2017

Task
2025

The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
2022