Ériq Ebouaney

ActorCrew Oct 3 (age 58) Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France 1996–2026 (30 year career)

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Biography

Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film Lumumba, as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale and as "Ice" in the 2008 action film Transporter 3 in which he starred opposite Jason Statham. Recently, Eriq appeared in the 2025 Indian-Malayalam film L2: Empuraan, playing the role of Kabuga. Ebouaney was born in Angers, France, the son of Cameroonian immigrants. As a child he didn't …

Known For

Film

Kingdom of Heaven

Firuz

Film

Hitman

Bwana Ovie

Film

Transporter 3

Ice

Film

Thirst

Immanuel

Film

3 Days to Kill

Jules

Film

All Three of Us

Adama

Film

Bastille Day

Baba

Film

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse

Policier

Filmography

Acting (80)

Movies (69)

Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars

2026 Upcoming

Apr 22

L2: Empuraan

2025

as Kabuga

6.2

Hyacinthe

2025

as Césaire

Here and There

2024

as Professeur Ibrahima

5.9

Ritual

2022

as Cézaire Nduka

6.5

De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire

as Narrator (voice)

Rogue City

as Stephan Jankovic

Earth and Blood

as Adama

I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere

as Doctor

Domino

as Ezra Tarzi

Belleville Cop

as Ladji Touré

Kaniama Show

A Season in France

as Abbas Mahadjir

Past Imperfect

as Michel

African Storm: A Continent Under Influence

as Dolomey

China Salesman

as Sheik Asaid

Bastille Day

as Baba

Gang of the Caribbean

as Politik

Mother(s)

as Alioune

All Three of Us

as Adama

3 Days to Kill

as Jules

Le Crocodile du Botswanga

as Lieutenant Yaya

SMS

as Le grand flic

Italian Movies

as Zahur

Aya of Yop City

as Hyacinthe

Stalingrad Lovers

as Jupiter

Dakar Trottoirs

2013

as Maitre

Henry

as Karanja

Black Gold

as Hassan Dakhil

Case départ

as Isidore

Implosion

as Wilhelm

Le temps de la kermesse est terminé

2010

as Lieutenant Bado

The Horde

as Adewale

Carlos

as Hassan al-Tourabi

Fais danser la poussière

2010

as Suleyman

7.4

Thelma, Louise et Chantal

as Agent immobilier

In Gold We Trust

as Melchior

The White Line

as François

Blackout

as Monsieur-la-Bête

Thirst

as Immanuel

King Guillaume

as Le curé

35 Shots of Rum

as Blanchard

Omar

as Le père d'Omar

Transporter 3

as Ice

Black and White

as Bertrand

Disgrace

as Petrus

Ca$h

as Letallec

Baby Love

as l'assistant social

Hitman

as Bwana Ovie

Africa Paradise

as M'Doula

Magic Paris

The Nativity Story

as Balthasar

The Trail

as Kadjiro

The Front Line

as Joe Yumba

Kingdom of Heaven

as Firuz

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse

as Policier

San Antonio

as Jérémie Blanc

The Silence of the Forest

as Gonaba

Femme Fatale

as Black Tie

French Wedding, Caribbean Style

The Three Kings

as Babar le videur

My Wife Is an Actress

2001

as Le videur de la boite

6.1

Villa mon rêve

2001

as Touré Dialo

Bàttu

2000

1.0

Lumumba

2000

as Patrice Émery Lumumba

6.8

The Children of the Marshland

as 'Banania'

La Mort du Chinois

as Bekate, nurse

XXL

as Omar

When the Cat's Away

as Ouvrier ébéniste

Television (11)

Lex Africana

2024

as Racine Malik Niang

9.0

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

as Fallou Boukar

Liaison

as Bob Foret

Exterminate All the Brutes

as Self

Capitaine Marleau

as Colonel Douala

Falco

as Père de Simon

as Amadou

Metal Hurlant Chronicles

2012

as Kaskoff

6.0

Clash

2012

as Abel Diop, père d'Hugo

Death in Paradise

as Theo Frazier

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds

2021

Thanks

6.6