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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.
As actor
The Fence
Dune: Part Three
Muganga
The Brutalist
Snakeeater
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
French Exit
A Violent Man
Shaft
Black Panther
Black Is Beltza
Double Play
Kiss Me!
Femme Noire
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
The Last Witch Hunter
Calvary
Run
Mirage
Where the Road Runs Out
Mother of George
Chaos
Oka!
I Am Slave
White Material
Behind Jim Jarmusch
The Limits of Control
The Guitar
Machetero