Isaach de Bankolé

Isaach de Bankolé is known for acting, with films including Black Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Brutalist. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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.

Filmography

• Black Panther (2018)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
• The Brutalist (2024)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
• Miami Vice (2006)
• The Skeleton Key (2005)
• Shaft (2019)
• Stay (2005)
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
• Manderlay (2005)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
• Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
• Night on Earth (1991)
• French Exit (2021)
• Battle in Seattle (2007)
• The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
• Calvary (2014)
• The Limits of Control (2009)
• White Material (2010)
• Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016)
• Chocolat (1988)
• The Guitar (2008)
• Kiss Me! (2017)