Isaach de Bankolé

Acting · Born 1957-08-12 in 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 drama school.

Filmography

• Night on Earth as Cab Driver Paris
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Laurent
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai as Raymond
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as River Tribe Elder
• Casino Royale as Steven Obanno
• The Brutalist as Gordon
• Calvary as Simon
• Black Panther as River Tribe Elder
• Coffee and Cigarettes as Isaach (segment "No Problem")
• Manderlay as Timothy

TV

• The Sopranos as Father Obosi
• 24 as Ule Matobo
• White Collar as Luc Renaud
• Godfather of Harlem as Monsieur 98
• S.W.A.T. as Aden Syed
• The Unit as General Togar
• Champs-Elysées as Self
• Parish as Tongai Sr.
• Les Nuls, l'émission as Self - Guest
• Sacrée Soirée as Self