Isaach de Bankolé

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 drama school.

Filmography

• The Sopranos (1999)
• 24 (2001)
• The Good Wife (2009)
• White Collar (2009)
• Godfather of Harlem (2019)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
• The Brutalist (2024)
• Black Panther (2018)
• Task (2025)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Dune: Part Three (2026)
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib (2022)
• The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
• The Skeleton Key (2005)
• Miami Vice (2006)
• Stay (2005)
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
• Désordres (2012)
• L'Arbalète (1984)
• French Exit (2021)
• Calvary (2014)
• Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (2007)
• Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
• Manderlay (2005)
• Le Cri des gardes (2026)
• Snakeeater (2024)
• The Limits of Control (2009)
• Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016)
• Femme Noire (2017)
• Battle in Seattle (2007)