Isaach de Bankolé
Isaach de Bankolé is an actor, born 1957.
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.
Movies (29)
- Black Panther (2018)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Dune: Part Three (2026)
- The Brutalist (2024)
- The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
- Miami Vice (2006)
- The Skeleton Key (2005)
- Shaft (2019)
- Stay (2005)
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
- French Exit (2021)
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
- Manderlay (2005)
- Calvary (2014)
- Night on Earth (1991)
- The Fence (2026)
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
- Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016)
- Battle in Seattle (2007)
- 3 A.M. (2001)
- Heart of Darkness (1993)
- The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
- The Limits of Control (2009)
- Muganga (2025)
- Chocolat (1988)
- The Syringe (1984)
- Double Play (2017)
- The Guitar (2008)