Isaach de Bankolé

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-08-12 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Isaach de Bankolé

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.

Acting

1991

Night on Earth

as Cab Driver Paris

2004

Coffee and Cigarettes

as Isaach (segment "No Problem")

2005

Manderlay

as Timothy

1993

2009

2005

The Skeleton Key

as Creole Gas Station Owner

2007

The Fifth Patient

as Cpt. Mugambe

2022

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

as River Tribe Elder

2006

Casino Royale

as Steven Obanno

1988

Chocolat

as Protée

1986

2024

The Brutalist

as Gordon

2010

2010

2008

The Guitar

as Roscoe Wasz

1995

The Keeper

as Jean Baptiste

2011

Oka!

as Bassoun

1990

1987

Lady Cops

as Inspecteur Lacroix

2004

1995

Casa de Lava

as Leão

2025

Muganga

as Denis Mukwege

2012

Chaos

as Vincent

2013

Mother of George

as Ayodele Balogun

1989

Vanille fraise

as Hippolyte N'Go

2024

Snakeeater

as Frank

2014

Calvary

as Simon

2001

3 A.M.

as Angus

2014

Run

as Assa

2007

2006

Miami Vice

as Neptune

1999

Otomo

as Otomo

2015

The Last Witch Hunter

as Max Schlesinger

2014

Mirage

as Francis

1999

Cherry

as Menu Man

2017

Double Play

as Ernesto

2018

Black Panther

as River Tribe Elder

2017

Kiss Me!

as Bernard

2000

Bàttu

as Saar

2019

1988

2004

Homework

as Jean

2018

Black Is Beltza

as Wilson Clever (voice)

2019

Shaft

as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera

2021

French Exit

as Julius

2005

Stay

as Professor

2003

-

The Fence

as Alboury

1986

Taxi Boy

as Touré

Production

-

Traveling Miles

as Director

2014

Where the Road Runs Out

as Co-Executive Producer

1989

Vanille fraise

as Dialogue

2024

Snakeeater

as Executive Producer

2014

Mirage

as Executive Producer

2004

Homework

as Executive Producer

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