
Isaach de Bankolé
Acting
Born: 1957-08-12 · Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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
🎬 Movies (30)

The Fence
2026
Alboury

Dune: Part Three
2026
Farok

Muganga
2025
Denis Mukwege

The Brutalist
2024
Gordon

Snakeeater
2024
Frank

The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
Henrique

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
River Tribe Elder

French Exit
2021
Julius

A Violent Man
2019
Pete

Shaft
2019
Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera

Black Panther
2018
River Tribe Elder

Black Is Beltza
2018
Wilson Clever (voice)

Double Play
2017
Ernesto

Kiss Me!
2017
Bernard

Femme Noire
2017

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016

The Last Witch Hunter
2015
Max Schlesinger

Calvary
2014
Simon

Run
2014
Assa

Mirage
2014
Francis

Where the Road Runs Out
2014
George

Mother of George
2013
Ayodele Balogun

Chaos
2012
Vincent

Oka!
2011
Bassoun

I Am Slave
2010
Bah

White Material
2010
Boxer
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
Self

The Limits of Control
2009
Lone Man

The Guitar
2008
Roscoe Wasz
Machetero
2008
Jean Dumont
📺 TV Shows (13)

Task
2025
Father Daniel Georges

Parish
2024
Tongai Sr.

The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
2022
Sebastian Amadou (voice)

Godfather of Harlem
2019
Monsieur 98

S.W.A.T.
2017
Aden Syed

White Collar
2009
Luc Renaud

The Good Wife
2009
Larry Oliver

The Unit
2006
General Togar

24
2001
Ule Matobo

The Sopranos
1999
Father Obosi

Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
Self - Guest

Sacrée soirée
1987
Self

Champs-Elysées
1982
Self