Isaach de Bankolé
Acting
Born 1957-08-12 · 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.
Known for
Casino Royale
2006 · Movie
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 · Movie
Night on Earth
1991 · Movie
Black Panther
2018 · Movie
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999 · Movie
Calvary
2014 · Movie
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 · Movie
The Brutalist
2024 · Movie
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004 · Movie
Manderlay
2005 · Movie
Chocolat
1988 · Movie
Stay
2005 · Movie
The Skeleton Key
2005 · Movie
Muganga
2025 · Movie
White Material
2010 · Movie
Shaft
2019 · Movie
Casa de Lava
1995 · Movie
Battle in Seattle
2007 · Movie
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022 · Movie
Mirage
2014 · Movie
Homework
2004 · Movie
I Am Slave
2010 · Movie
The Fifth Patient
2007 · Movie
Miami Vice
2006 · Movie
The Limits of Control
2009 · Movie
No Fear, No Die
1990 · Movie
The Last Witch Hunter
2015 · Movie
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998 · Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
1999 · Movie
Otomo
1999 · Movie
Cherry
1999 · Movie
The Killing Zone
2003 · Movie
Dune: Part Three
Releases Dec 16, 2026
Femme Noire
2017 · Movie
Chaos
2012 · Movie
Taxi Boy
1986 · Movie
The Keeper
1995 · Movie
Snakeeater
2024 · Movie
The Fence
2026 · Movie
Where the Road Runs Out
2014 · Movie
Bàttu
2000 · Movie
Heart of Darkness
1994 · Movie
Black Mic Mac
1986 · Movie
3 A.M.
2001 · Movie
How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
1989 · Movie
Ada in the Jungle
1988 · Movie
Run
2014 · Movie
Black Is Beltza
2018 · Movie
Oka!
2011 · Movie
Vanille fraise
1989 · Movie
The Syringe
1984 · Movie
Noir et blanc
1986 · Movie
The Guitar
2008 · Movie
A Violent Man
2019 · Movie
Mother of George
2013 · Movie
French Exit
2021 · Movie
Kiss Me!
2017 · Movie
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016 · Movie
Lady Cops
1987 · Movie
From Other Worlds
2004 · Movie