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Ériq Ebouaney

Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film Lumumba, as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale and as "Ice" in the 2008 action film Transporter 3 in which he starred opposite Jason Statham. Recently, Eriq appeared in the 2025 Indian-Malayalam film L2: Empuraan, playing the role of Kabuga. Ebouaney was born in Angers, France, the son of Cameroonian immigrants. As a child he didn't show any interest in acting and was set on becoming a businessman. However, at the age of 30, he joined a theatre company and left his job as a sales manager to become a professional actor. He made his film debut in 1996 in the Cédric Klapisch directed film Chacun cherche son chat. He landed a leading role in the 2000 film Lumumba in which he portrayed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The film was shot in Beira, Mozambique. In 2002, he starred in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale alongside Antonio Banderas. In 2004, he played the character of Jean Claude in Mark Bamford's debut feature Cape of Good Hope. In 2005 he starred in the award-winning Ridley Scott film, Kingdom of Heaven, in which he starred alongside Michael Sheen, Liam Neeson, Orlando Bloom, David Thewlis, Martin Hancock and Nathalie Cox. In 2006, he starred in The Front Line and La piste. In 2008, he played a supporting role in the critically acclaimed Australian film Disgrace featuring American actor John Malkovich, a small role in the Italian film Bianco e nero and later was cast as "Ice" in Transporter 3, featuring British actor Jason Statham. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eriq Ebouaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Nacimiento: 1967-10-03, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,1 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • Transporter III (2008) — Ice
  • Hitman (2007) — Bwana Ovie
  • El reino de los cielos (2005) — Firuz
  • 3 días para matar (2014) — Jules
  • The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023) — Fallou Boukar
  • Asalto en París (2016) — Baba
  • Thirst (2009) — Immanuel
  • Femme Fatale (2002) — Black Tie

Filmografía

  • Judgement — Thierry Lombard
  • Soumsoum, la nuit des astres (2026) — Garba
  • Hyacinthe (2025) — Césaire
  • L2: എമ്പുരാൻ (2025) — Kabuga
  • Lex Africana (2024) — Racine Malik Niang
  • Aquí y Allá (2024) — Professeur Ibrahima
  • The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023) — Fallou Boukar
  • Liaison (2023) — Bob Foret
  • Ritual (2022) — Cézaire Nduka
  • Bronx (2020) — Stephan Jankovic
  • La tierra y la sangre (2020) — Adama
  • Quisiera que alguien me esperara en algún lugar (2020) — Doctor
  • Domino (2019) — Ezra Tarzi
  • Kaniama Show (2018)
  • Infiltrado en Miami (2018) — Ladji Touré
  • Une saison en France (2018) — Abbas Mahadjir
  • Contrato Mortal (2017) — Sheik Asaid
  • L'Orage africain: un continent sous influence (2017) — Dolomey
  • Le passé devant nous (2017) — Michel
  • Le Gang des Antillais (2016) — Politik
  • Asalto en París (2016) — Baba
  • O los tres o ninguno (2015) — Adama
  • Inspectora Marleau (2015) — Colonel Douala
  • Mamá(s) (2015) — Alioune
  • SMS (2014) — Le grand flic
  • Le Crocodile du Botswanga (2014) — Lieutenant Yaya
  • 3 días para matar (2014) — Jules
  • Stalingrad Lovers (2013) — Jupiter
  • Aya de Yopougon (2013) — Hyacinthe
  • Italian Movies (2013) — Zahur
  • Falco (2013) — Père de Simon
  • Jo (2013) — Amadou
  • Dakar Trottoirs (2013) — Maitre
  • Metal Hurlant Chronicles (2012) — Kaskoff
  • Clash (2012) — Abel Diop, père d'Hugo
  • Henry (2012) — Karanja
  • Oro negro (2011) — Hassan Dakhil
  • Crimen en el paraíso (2011) — Theo Frazier
  • Case départ (2011) — Isidore
  • El collar del Makoko (2011) — Octave Bumi
  • Implosion (2011) — Wilhelm
  • La Ligne blanche (2010) — François
  • 600 kilos de oro puro (2010) — Melchior
  • Carlos (2010) — Hassan al-Tourabi
  • Lignes de Front (2010) — Monsieur-la-Bête
  • Le temps de la kermesse est terminé (2010) — Lieutenant Bado
  • Thelma, Louise et Chantal (2010) — Agent immobilier
  • La horda (2010) — Adewale
  • Fais danser la poussière (2010) — Suleyman
  • Omar (2009) — Le père d'Omar
  • Thirst (2009) — Immanuel
  • 35 tragos de ron (2009) — Blanchard
  • Rey Guillermo (2009) — Le curé
  • Como los demás (2008) — l'assistant social
  • Transporter III (2008) — Ice
  • Desgracia (2008) — Petrus
  • Cash (2008) — Letallec
  • Bianco e nero (2008) — Bertrand
  • Hitman (2007) — Bwana Ovie
  • Magic Paris (2007)
  • Africa paradis (2007) — M'Doula
  • Natividad (2006) — Balthasar
  • The Front Line (2006) — Joe Yumba
  • La Piste (2006) — Kadjiro
  • El reino de los cielos (2005) — Firuz
  • San Antonio (2004) — Jérémie Blanc
  • Los ríos de color púrpura 2: Los ángeles del apocalipsis (2004) — Policier
  • Le silence de la forêt (2003) — Gonaba
  • Zouk, Mariage et Ouélélé (2002)
  • Femme Fatale (2002) — Black Tie
  • Les Rois mages (2001) — Babar le videur
  • Mi mujer es una actriz (2001) — Le videur de la boite
  • Villa mon rêve (2001) — Touré Dialo
  • Lumumba (2000) — Patrice Émery Lumumba
  • Bàttu (2000)
  • La fortuna de vivir (1999) — 'Banania'
  • La Mort du Chinois (1998) — Bekate, nurse
  • XXL (1997) — Omar
  • Chacun cherche son chat (1996) — Ouvrier ébéniste