Isaach de Bankolé
Acting
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.
Born: August 12, 1957
Place of Birth: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Known For
The Sopranos
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
Les Nuls, l'émission
White Collar
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.
Godfather of Harlem
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
S.W.A.T.
A Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles the two worlds.
24
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.
The Good Wife
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.
Casino Royale
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
Night on Earth
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Filmography
as Alboury
as Denis Mukwege
as Father Daniel Georges
as Gordon
as Tongai Sr.
as Frank
as Henrique
as River Tribe Elder
as Julius
as Monsieur 98
as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
as Pete
as Wilson Clever (voice)
as River Tribe Elder
as Aden Syed
as Bernard
as Ernesto
as Max Schlesinger
as Assa
as George
as Francis
as Simon
as Ayodele Balogun
as Vincent
as Bassoun
as Bah
as Boxer
as Luc Renaud
as Larry Oliver
as Lone Man
as Roscoe Wasz
as Cpt. Mugambe
as Abasi
as Laurent
as Steven Obanno
as Neptune
as General Togar
as Professor
as Waiter
as Creole Gas Station Owner
as Timothy
as Abraham
as Jean
as Isaach (segment "No Problem")
as Malcolm
as Ule Matobo
as Angus
as Saar
as Menu Man
as Otomo
as Raymond
as Father Obosi
as Mamadou
as Jean Baptiste
as Leão
as Mfumu
as Cab Driver Paris
as Self - Guest
as Dah
as Hippolyte N'Go
as Bumbo
as Protée
as Inspecteur Lacroix
as Self
as Touré
as Lemi
as Self