Omar Sy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-01-20 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Trappes, Yvelines, France

Omar Sy

Biography

Omar Sy (born 20 January 1978) is a French film actor, best known for his duo with Fred Testot, Omar et Fred, and for his role in The Intouchables, written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, which became the second highest grossing French film of all time in the French box office. He received the César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for his role in The Intouchables and in doing so also became the first black actor to win the honorary French award. The role also earned him a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actor.

Acting

2004

The Box

as Lorenzo

2009

Micmacs

as Remington

2007

Garage Babes

as Hamidou

2002

Samouraïs

as Tyson

2009

King Guillaume

as Jean Peter

2009

Safari

as Youssouf Hammal

2002

The Race

as Sergent ONU

2006

2009

Round Da Way

as Narbé (voice)

2009

Murphy's Law

as Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega

2009

2010

The Storytelling Show

as Momo (voice)

2011

2010

2012

2011

The Tuche Family

as Le curé

2013

Mood Indigo

as Nicolas

2025

Shadow Force

as Isaac

2012

The Dream Team

as Wéké N’Dogo

2023

Father & Soldier

as Bakary Diallo

2003

The Dope

as Michel Dembélé

2002

If I Was Him

as Gabriel

2014

2015

2025

2025

2014

Samba

as Samba Cissé

2024

2015

2016

Inferno

as Christoph Bouchard

2024

2015

Burnt

as Michel

2008

VERSUS

as Self

2016

Chocolat

as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat

-

French Lover

as Abel Camara

2004

Coming-Out

as Omar Sy

2002

2016

1999

Jamel Show

as Self

2019

Arctic Dogs

as Leopold (voice)

2017

Sahara

as Ajar (voice)

2017

Knock

as Knock

2017

2005

Once Upon a Time in the Oued

as le génie de la lampe

2019

2018

Belleville Cop

as Baaba Keita

2019

Yao

as Seydou Tall

2020

The Lost Prince

as Djibi, le père / le prince

2020

2020

Refugee

as Marwan

2018

2020

Night Shift

as Aristide

2020

Simply Black

as Omar Sy

2022

Jurassic World Dominion

as Barry Sembène

2002

Dead Weight

as Malian guy

2021

Fake News

as Starsky, the Uber driver

2008

2 Alone in Paris

as Sammy Bouglioni

2022

The Takedown

as Ousmane Diakhité

2025

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Patience

as Sekou

Production

2023

Father & Soldier

as Producer

2014

Samba

as Co-Producer

2019

Yao

as Producer

2025

Out of Control

as Producer

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as Producer

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