Isaach de Bankolé
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-08-12
Place of birth
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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Cast
Night on Earth
1991
7.52
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
6.92
Manderlay
2005
6.90
Heart of Darkness
1993
5.70
The Limits of Control
2009
6.00
The Skeleton Key
2005
6.60
The Fifth Patient
2007
6.42
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
7.06
Casino Royale
2006
7.56
Chocolat
1988
6.91
Black Mic Mac
1986
5.60
The Brutalist
2024
7.02
I Am Slave
2010
6.27
White Material
2010
6.80
The Guitar
2008
5.52
The Keeper
1995
5.00
Oka!
2011
3.70
No Fear, No Die
1990
6.00
Lady Cops
1987
4.80
From Other Worlds
2004
3.83
Casa de Lava
1995
6.92
Muganga
2025
0.00
Chaos
2012
5.50
Mother of George
2013
5.36
Machetero
2008
0.00
Vanille fraise
1989
5.30
Snakeeater
2024
0.00
Calvary
2014
7.11
Run
2014
5.40
Miami Vice
2006
6.01
Battle in Seattle
2007
6.31
3 A.M.
2001
5.50
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
6.00
The Syringe
1984
4.50
Otomo
1999
5.30
Noir et blanc
1986
4.30
The Last Witch Hunter
2015
6.00
Before It Had a Name
2005
3.31
Mirage
2014
6.40
Comment draguer tous les mecs
1984
2.00
Cherry
1999
4.50
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
0.00
Where the Road Runs Out
2014
5.70
Double Play
2017
3.80
Black Panther
2018
7.37
Kiss Me!
2017
5.50
Bàttu
2000
1.00
A Violent Man
2019
5.00
Ada in the Jungle
1988
2.00
Homework
2004
0.00
Black Is Beltza
2018
5.90
Shaft
2019
6.54
French Exit
2021
5.60
Stay
2005
6.59
The Killing Zone
2003
3.00
The Fence
0.00
Taxi Boy
1986
3.00
Femme Noire
2017
0.00