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.
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Acting History
2026
The Fence as Alboury
2025Muganga as Denis Mukwege
2025Task as Father Daniel Georges
2024The Brutalist as Gordon
2024Parish as Tongai Sr.
2024Snakeeater as Frank
2022The People We Hate at the Wedding as Henrique
2022Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as River Tribe Elder
2021French Exit as Julius
2019Godfather of Harlem as Monsieur 98
2019Shaft as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
2019A Violent Man as Pete
2018Black Is Beltza as Wilson Clever (voice)
2018Black Panther as River Tribe Elder
2017S.W.A.T. as Aden Syed
2017Kiss Me! as Bernard
2017Double Play as Ernesto
2017Femme Noire
2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2015The Last Witch Hunter as Max Schlesinger
2014Run as Assa
2014Where the Road Runs Out as George
2014Mirage as Francis
2014Calvary as Simon
2013Mother of George as Ayodele Balogun
2012Chaos as Vincent
2011Oka! as Bassoun
2010I Am Slave as Bah
2010Behind Jim Jarmusch as Self
2010White Material as Boxer
2009White Collar as Luc Renaud
2009The Good Wife as Larry Oliver
2009The Limits of Control as Lone Man
2008The Guitar as Roscoe Wasz
2008Machetero
2007The Fifth Patient as Cpt. Mugambe
2007Battle in Seattle as Abasi
2007The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Laurent
2006Casino Royale as Steven Obanno
2006Miami Vice as Neptune
2006The Unit as General Togar
2005Stay as Professor
2005Before It Had a Name as Waiter
2005The Skeleton Key as Creole Gas Station Owner
2005Manderlay as Timothy
2004From Other Worlds as Abraham
2004Homework as Jean
2004Coffee and Cigarettes as Isaach (segment "No Problem")
2003The Killing Zone as Malcolm
200124 as Ule Matobo
20013 A.M. as Angus
2000Bàttu as Saar
1999Cherry as Menu Man
1999Otomo as Otomo
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life as Sgt. Barthelmy
1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai as Raymond
1999The Sopranos as Father Obosi
1998A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries as Mamadou
1995The Keeper as Jean Baptiste
1995Casa de Lava as Leão
1993Heart of Darkness as Mfumu
1991Night on Earth as Cab Driver Paris
1990Les Nuls, l'émission as Self - Guest
1990No Fear, No Die as Dah
1989Vanille fraise as Hippolyte N'Go
1989How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired as Vieux
1988Ada in the Jungle as Bumbo
1988Chocolat as Protée
1987Lady Cops as Inspecteur Lacroix
1987Sacrée Soirée as Self
1986Taxi Boy as Touré
1986Black Mic Mac as Lemi
1986Noir et blanc
1984The Syringe
1984Comment draguer tous les mecs as Honoré Clair
1982Champs-Elysées as Self