Isaach de Bankolé
Acting
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 79
Movies (66)
Dune: Part Three2026Farok
The Fence2026Alboury
Muganga2025Denis Mukwege
The Brutalist2024Gordon
Snakeeater2024Frank
The People We Hate at the Wedding2022Henrique
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever2022River Tribe Elder
French Exit2021Julius
Shaft2019Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
A Violent Man2019Pete
Black Is Beltza2018Wilson Clever (voice)
Black Panther2018River Tribe Elder
Kiss Me!2017Bernard
Double Play2017Ernesto
Femme Noire2017
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer2016
The Last Witch Hunter2015Max Schlesinger
Run2014Assa
Where the Road Runs Out2014George
Mirage2014Francis
Calvary2014Simon
Mother of George2013Ayodele Balogun
Chaos2012Vincent
Oka!2011Bassoun
I Am Slave2010Bah- Behind Jim Jarmusch2010Self
White Material2010Boxer
The Limits of Control2009Lone Man
The Guitar2008Roscoe Wasz- Machetero2008Jean Dumont
Shows (13)
Task2025Father Daniel Georges
Parish2024Tongai Sr.
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib2022Sebastian Amadou (voice)
Godfather of Harlem2019Monsieur 98
S.W.A.T.2017Aden Syed
White Collar2009Luc Renaud
The Good Wife2009Larry Oliver
The Unit2006General Togar
242001Ule Matobo
The Sopranos1999Father Obosi
Les Nuls, l'émission1990Self - Guest
Sacrée soirée1987Self
Champs-Elysées1982Self