Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/12/1957
Place of Birth
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Also Known As
Isaach De Bankole Isaac De BankoleZachari Bankolé
Isaach de Bankolé
Biography
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
The Brutalist
as Gordon
Casino Royale
as Steven Obanno
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as River Tribe Elder
Black Panther
as River Tribe Elder
Shaft
as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
The Guitar
as Roscoe Wasz
Stay
as Professor
Calvary
as Simon
Manderlay
as Timothy
Vanille fraise
as Hippolyte N'Go
The Skeleton Key
as Creole Gas Station Owner
The Fence
as Alboury
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
as Raymond
The Keeper
as Jean Baptiste
The Last Witch Hunter
as Max Schlesinger
Kiss Me!
as Bernard
Mother of George
as Ayodele Balogun
Night on Earth
as Cab Driver Paris
White Material
as Boxer
Before It Had a Name
as Waiter