

Isaach de Bankolé
Acting
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.
The Filmography


The Brutalist

The People We Hate at the Wedding

French Exit

A Violent Man

Black Is Beltza

Kiss Me!

The Last Witch Hunter

Where the Road Runs Out

Mirage

Calvary

Mother of George

White Material

The Limits of Control

The Guitar

The Fifth Patient

Casino Royale

Before It Had a Name

Manderlay
