Isaach de Bankolé
Born: 1957-08-12
Place of Birth: 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.
Known For
Casino Royale
2006★ 7.6
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022★ 7.0
Black Panther
2018★ 7.4
The Brutalist
2024★ 7.0
Stay
2005★ 6.6
Shaft
2019★ 6.5
The Last Witch Hunter
2015★ 6.0
The Skeleton Key
2005★ 6.6
Manderlay
2005★ 6.9
Homework
2004★ 0.0
The Guitar
2008★ 5.5
Lady Cops
1987★ 4.6
The Keeper
1995★ 5.0
Vanille fraise
1989★ 5.1
Miami Vice
2006★ 6.0
Kiss Me!
2017★ 5.4
Mirage
2014★ 6.4
Oka!
2011★ 3.7
Cherry
1999★ 4.5
Run
2014★ 5.4
Snakeeater
2024★ 5.3
I Am Slave
2010★ 6.1
Double Play
2017★ 3.5
The Syringe
1984★ 4.8
Night on Earth
1991★ 7.5
Otomo
1999★ 5.3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999★ 7.3
The Killing Zone
2003★ 3.0
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004★ 6.9
White Material
2010★ 6.8
The Fence
2026★ 0.0
Bàttu
2000★ 1.0
Taxi Boy
1986★ 3.0
Chaos
2012★ 5.5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007★ 7.6
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022★ 6.3
Calvary
2014★ 7.1
Casa de Lava
1995★ 6.9
The Fifth Patient
2007★ 6.1
Muganga
2025★ 7.2
The Limits of Control
2009★ 6.0
French Exit
2021★ 5.6
Mother of George
2013★ 5.3
Femme Noire
2017★ 0.0
3 A.M.
2001★ 5.7
Heart of Darkness
1993★ 5.7
Battle in Seattle
2007★ 6.3
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016★ 5.5
Before It Had a Name
2005★ 3.3
Chocolat
1988★ 6.9
Black Is Beltza
2018★ 5.5
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998★ 6.1
Ada in the Jungle
1988★ 2.0
Noir et blanc
1986★ 3.9
Where the Road Runs Out
2014★ 5.7
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
1999★ 5.9
A Violent Man
2019★ 4.8
No Fear, No Die
1990★ 6.0
How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
1989★ 3.8
Black Mic Mac
1986★ 5.6
From Other Worlds
2004★ 3.6