Isaach de Bankolé
Born August 12, 1957 · Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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.
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Shaft
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
French Exit
Night on Earth
Chaos
Manderlay
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Coffee and Cigarettes
The Fence
Chocolat
The Limits of Control
Calvary
The Syringe
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Battle in Seattle
White Material
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
Cherry
From Other Worlds
Snakeeater
Heart of Darkness
Before It Had a Name
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
The Guitar
Vanille fraise
Taxi Boy
Double Play
Muganga
Femme Noire
Homework
How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
The Killing Zone
Black Is Beltza
No Fear, No Die
Otomo
I Am Slave
3 A.M.
Oka!
Black Mic Mac
Casa de Lava
Ada in the Jungle
The Keeper
Kiss Me!
A Violent Man
The Fifth Patient
Where the Road Runs Out
Mirage
Lady Cops
Mother of George
Run
Noir et blanc
