Issaka Sawadogo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-05-18 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Issaka Sawadogo

Biography

Isaka Sawadogo (born 1966), sometimes credited as Issaka Sawadogo, is a Burkinabé actor. He is most noted for his performances in the Canadian film Diego Star, for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actor at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014, and the Dutch film The Paradise Suite, for which he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor at the 2016 Netherlands Film Festival. In 2020, he appeared in a supporting role in Philippe Lacôte's film Night of the Kings (La Nuit des rois). In 2021 he played the lead role in Jorge Camarotti's short film Ousmane. Source: Article "Isaka Sawadogo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0...

Acting

2007

2023

In His Shadow

as Ousmane

2022

Mali Twist

as Lassana

2023

Mercy

as Boubakar

2000

Ballen i øyet

as Mannlig sykepleier

2010

Home for Christmas

as Bintu's Father

2021

2011

The Invader

as Amadou / Obama

2019

2013

Diego Star

as Traoré

2023

Io Capitano

as Martin

2023

Grill

as Driss (Taxi driver)

2012

Cabo

as Salif

2012

Arash

as Matthew

2023

Time Out

as Hamousin

2013

2004

Exoticore

as Tambiga

2013

Into Thin Air

as Agymah

2015

White People

as Josef

2024

Hood Witch

as Ahmed

2024

Maman

as Nathan

2018

Yesterday

as Gabriel

2014

Samba

as Jonas Karanoto

2003

2017

Animal

as Jawak

2019

Walter

as Walter

2019

The Lamb

as Covjek / Man

2019

2018

Belleville Cop

as Abdoulaye

2021

Night of the Kings

as Nivaquine

2011

Swooni

as Amadou, Joyeux's father

2021

Cool Abdoul

as Azziz

2021

Ousmane

as Ousmane

2020

Adú

as Kabila

2014

Soleils

as The Fulani

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