Isaach de Bankolé
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.
Acting
Movie
Black Panther
as River Tribe Elder
2018
Movie
Casino Royale
as Steven Obanno
2006
Movie
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as River Tribe Elder
2022
Movie
The Last Witch Hunter
as Max Schlesinger
2015
TV
The Sopranos
as Father Obosi
1999
Movie
The Skeleton Key
as Creole Gas Station Owner
2005
Movie
Miami Vice
as Neptune
2006
Movie
Shaft
as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
2019
TV
24
as Ule Matobo
2001
Movie
The Brutalist
as Gordon
2024
TV
S.W.A.T.
as Aden Syed
2017
TV
White Collar
as Luc Renaud
2009
Movie
Stay
as Professor
2005
Movie
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
as Raymond
1999
Movie
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Laurent
2007
Movie
Calvary
as Simon
2014
Movie
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Isaach (segment "No Problem")
2004
Movie
Night on Earth
as Cab Driver Paris
1991
TV
Godfather of Harlem
as Monsieur 98
2019
TV
The Good Wife
as Larry Oliver
2009
Movie
Manderlay
as Timothy
2005
TV
Task
as Father Daniel Georges
2025
Movie
The Limits of Control
as Lone Man
2009
Movie
Battle in Seattle
as Abasi
2007
