
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.
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Acting History
2026
The Site as Ousmane
2024No Chains, No Masters as Yoro
2024Maman as Nathan
2024Casting Call
2023Hood Witch as Ahmed
2023Grill as Driss (Taxi driver)
2023Io Capitano as Martin
2023Time Out as Hamousin
2023Mercy as Boubakar
2023In His Shadow as Ousmane
2022Mali Twist as Lassana
2021Three Scoundrels as Idriss
2021The Song of the Rifles
2021Cool Abdoul as Azziz
2021Ousmane as Ousmane
2021Night of the Kings as Nivaquine
2020Wara as Moutari Warra
2020Adú as Kabila
2019Re \ Entry as Man
2019Par-delà les nuages – Le cinéma de Marion Hänsel as Self
2019The Lamb as Covjek / Man
2019Quand sort la recluse as Mathias
2019Sakho & Mangane as Commandant Souleymane Sakho
2019Walter as Walter
2019The Legend of Black Snake as Le Djinn
2018Belleville Cop as Abdoulaye
2018Yesterday as Gabriel
2018Iskander as Louis
2017Animal as Jawak
2017Guyane as Louis
2015White People as Josef
2015The Paradise Suite as Yaya
2014Samba as Jonas Karanoto
2014Soleils as The Fulani
2013Into Thin Air as Agymah
2013The New World as Luc
2013Diego Star as Traoré
2012Cabo as Salif
2012Arash as Matthew
2011The Invader as Amadou / Obama
2011Swooni as Amadou, Joyeux's father
2010Home for Christmas as Bintu's Father
2007Sounds of Sand as Rahne
2004Exoticore as Tambiga
2003The Black Lapp as Faren
2000Ballen i øyet as Mannlig sykepleier









