Isaach de Bankolé

ActorProducerProductionWriterDirector Aug 12 (age 68) Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 1982–2026 (44 year career)

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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 dr…

Known For

Film

Black Panther

River Tribe Elder

Film

Casino Royale

Steven Obanno

Film

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

River Tribe Elder

Film

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Laurent

Film

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Raymond

Film

Night on Earth

Cab Driver Paris

Film

The Brutalist

Gordon

Film

The Skeleton Key

Creole Gas Station Owner

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (65)

Dune: Part Three

2026 Upcoming

as Farok

Dec 16

The Fence

as Alboury

Muganga

as Denis Mukwege

The Brutalist

as Gordon

Snakeeater

as Frank

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022

as River Tribe Elder

7.0

The People We Hate at the Wedding

as Henrique

French Exit

as Julius

Shaft

as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera

A Violent Man

as Pete

Black Panther

as River Tribe Elder

Black Is Beltza

as Wilson Clever (voice)

Kiss Me!

as Bernard

Femme Noire

Double Play

as Ernesto

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

2016

5.5

The Last Witch Hunter

as Max Schlesinger

Calvary

as Simon

Mirage

as Francis

Where the Road Runs Out

as George

Run

as Assa

Mother of George

as Ayodele Balogun

Chaos

as Vincent

Oka!

as Bassoun

Behind Jim Jarmusch

as Self

White Material

as Boxer

I Am Slave

as Bah

The Limits of Control

as Lone Man

The Guitar

as Roscoe Wasz

Machetero

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

as Laurent

The Fifth Patient

as Cpt. Mugambe

Battle in Seattle

as Abasi

Casino Royale

as Steven Obanno

Miami Vice

as Neptune

Stay

as Professor

The Skeleton Key

as Creole Gas Station Owner

Before It Had a Name

as Waiter

Manderlay

as Timothy

Coffee and Cigarettes

2004

as Isaach (segment "No Problem")

6.9

Homework

2004

as Jean

From Other Worlds

as Abraham

The Killing Zone

as Malcolm

3 A.M.

as Angus

Bàttu

as Saar

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

as Raymond

Cherry

as Menu Man

Otomo

as Otomo

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life

1999

as Sgt. Barthelmy

5.9

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

as Mamadou

The Keeper

as Jean Baptiste

Casa de Lava

as Leão

Heart of Darkness

as Mfumu

Night on Earth

as Cab Driver Paris

No Fear, No Die

as Dah

Vanille fraise

as Hippolyte N'Go

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired

as Vieux

Ada in the Jungle

as Bumbo

Chocolat

as Protée

Lady Cops

as Inspecteur Lacroix

Taxi Boy

as Touré

Black Mic Mac

as Lemi

Noir et blanc

The Syringe

Comment draguer tous les mecs

1984

as Honoré Clair

2.0

Television (13)

Task

2025

as Father Daniel Georges

6.8

Parish

2024

as Tongai Sr.

6.5

The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib

2022

as Sebastian Amadou (voice)

Godfather of Harlem

as Monsieur 98

S.W.A.T.

as Aden Syed

The Good Wife

as Larry Oliver

White Collar

as Luc Renaud

The Unit

as General Togar

as Prime Minister Ule Matobo

The Sopranos

as Father Obosi

Les Nuls, l'émission

as Self - Guest

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Crew (6)

Movies (6)

Snakeeater

Executive Producer

Mirage

Executive Producer

Where the Road Runs Out

2014

Co-Executive Producer

5.7

Homework

2004

Executive Producer

Vanille fraise

1989

Dialogue

5.1

Traveling Miles

Director