Isaach de Bankolé
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.
78 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 78
S.W.A.T.
2017
24
2001
The Sopranos
1999
The Good Wife
2009
White Collar
2009
The Unit
2006
Champs-Elysées
1982
Godfather of Harlem
2019
Sacrée soirée
1987
Black Panther
2018
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
Casino Royale
2006
Task
2025
The Brutalist
2024
Dune: Part Three
2026
The Last Witch Hunter
2015
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
2022
Parish
2024
The Skeleton Key
2005
Shaft
2019
Stay
2005
Miami Vice
2006
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Calvary
2014
Night on Earth
1991
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
French Exit
2021
Manderlay
2005
The Fence
2026
Battle in Seattle
2007
The Limits of Control
2009
Chocolat
1988
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016
3 A.M.
2001
Black Is Beltza
2018
Vanille fraise
1989
The Guitar
2008
Double Play
2017
Cherry
1999
White Material
2010
I Am Slave
2010
Heart of Darkness
1993
Muganga
2025
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
Mother of George
2013
Oka!
2011
The Keeper
1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
1999
Lady Cops
1987
The Fifth Patient
2007
How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
1989
Kiss Me!
2017
Snakeeater
2024
Where the Road Runs Out
2014
Homework
2004
Taxi Boy
1986
From Other Worlds
2004
The Syringe
1984
Casa de Lava
1995
A Violent Man
2019
No Fear, No Die
1990
Mirage
2014
Chaos
2012
Black Mic Mac
1986
Noir et blanc
1986
Before It Had a Name
2005
Run
2014
Otomo
1999
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
Comment draguer tous les mecs
1984
Femme Noire
2017
Ada in the Jungle
1988
Bàttu
2000
The Killing Zone
2003
Machetero
2008