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French actor (born 1967)
Eriq Ebouaney
Ebouaney in 2013
Born (1967-10-03) 3 October 1967 (age 57)
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present

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.

Early life

Ebouaney was born in Angers, France, the son of Cameroonian immigrants. As a child he didn't show an 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.

Career

Eriq Ebouaney at the 17th Lumières Awards in 2012

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.

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
1995 Mon très cher frère Ousmane Raphaël Girardot Short film
1996 When the Cat's Away The cabinetmaker Cédric Klapisch
1997 XXL Omar Ariel Zeitoun
Seventh Heaven Benoît Jacquot
Direct Myriam Donasis Short film
1998 Louise (Take 2) Siegfried
La mort du chinois Bekate Jean-Louis Benoît
1999 The Children of the Marshland Jean Becker
2000 Lumumba Patrice Lumumba Raoul Peck Nominated - Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film Actor
Bàttu Cheick Oumar Sissoko
2001 My Wife Is an Actress Club bouncer Yvan Attal
Les Rois mages Babar Didier Bourdon & Bernard Campan
Lettre à Abou Émilie Deleuze Short film
Villa mon rêve Touré Dialo Didier Grousset Television film
L'instit Blaise Antoine Lorenzi Television; 1 episode
2002 Femme Fatale Black Tie Brian De Palma
A Map of the Heart Strassenhändler Dominik Graf
2003 Le silence de la forêt Gonaba Bassek Ba Kobhio & Didier Ouenangare
Los Reyes Magos Balthazar Antonio Navarro Voiceover
Ciel d'asile Patrice Philippe Bérenger Television film
Les Cordier, juge et flic Sissoko Jean-Pierre Vergne Television series; 1 episode
2004 Cape of Good Hope Jean Claude Mark Bamford
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse The cop Olivier Dahan
Cause toujours ! The disinfection employee Jeanne Labrune
San Antonio Jérémie Blanc Frédéric Auburtin
Central nuit St Jean Franck Vestiel Television series; 1 episode
2005 Kingdom of Heaven Firuz Ridley Scott
Paris-Dakar The man Caroline Jules Short film
Inspecteur Sori Sori Mamady Sidibé Television film
2006 The Nativity Story Balthazar Catherine Hardwicke
La piste Kadjiro Éric Valli
The Front Line Joe Yumba David Gleeson
Cabaret Paradis The commissioner Shirley and Dino
Africa Paradis M'Doula Sylvestre Amoussou
2007 Hitman Bwana Ovie Xavier Gens
Magic Paris The man Alice Winocour Short film
Reporters Diallo Suzanne Fenn & Ivan Strasburg Television series; 1 episode
2008 35 Shots of Rum Blanchard Claire Denis
Disgrace Petrus Steve Jacobs
Transporter 3 Ice Olivier Megaton
Black and White Bertrand Cristina Comencini
Ca$h Letallec Éric Besnard
Comme les autres The social worker Vincent Garenq
La dernière main Marcellus Thomas Le Hir & Djamal Mohamed Short film
Blood Money Jonas Bergue Martin Ngongo Short film
R.I.S, police scientifique The Campus President Christophe Barbier Television series; 1 episode
2009 Thirst Emmanuel Research Director Park Chan-wook
La Horde Adewale Markudi Yannick Dahan & Benjamin Rocher
King Guillaume The priest Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Lignes de front Mister the Beast Jean-Christophe Klotz
Sous le fard The vigil Maud Ferrari Short film
Omar Omar's father Sébastien Gabriel Short film
Duty Calls Client Sébastien Cirade Short film
Julie Lescaut Rémi Mertens Alain Choquart & Thierry Petit Television series; 3 episodes
2010 Thelma, Louise et Chantal The real estate Benoît Pétré [fr]
La ligne blanche François Olivier Torres
Le temps de la kermesse est terminé Lieutenant Bado Frédéric Chignac
Henry Karanja Alessandro Piva
600 kilos d'or pur Melchior Éric Besnard (2)
Fais danser la poussière Souleyman Christian Faure Television film
Carlos Hassan Al-Turabi Olivier Assayas Television series
2011 Black Gold Hassan Dakhil Jean-Jacques Annaud
Case départ Isidore Lionel Steketee, Fabrice Eboué, ...
Implosion Wilhelm Sören Voigt Television film
2012 Stalingrad Lovers Jupiter Fleur Albert
Italian Movies Zahur Matteo Pellegrini
Métal Hurlant Chronicles Kaskoff Guillaume Lubrano Television series; 1 episode
Clash Abel Diop Pascal Lahmani Television series; 1 episode
2013 Dakar Trottoirs Master Hubert Laba Ndao
Le collier du Makoko Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi
Faim de vie Jessica-Salomé Grunwald Short film
Aya of Yop City Hyacinthe Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie Voiceover
Jo Amadou Sheree Folkson, Charlotte Sieling, ... Television series; 5 episodes
2014 3 Days to Kill Jules McG
Le Crocodile du Botswanga Lieutenant Yaya Lionel Steketee & Fabrice Eboué (2)
SMS The big cop Gabriel Julien-Laferrière
Paranoia Park The guardian Bruno Mercier
Ligne de protection The judge Virginie Kahn Short film
Death in Paradise Theo Frazier Robert Quinn Television series; 1 episode
Falco Simon's father Alexandre Laurent Television series; 1 episode
2015 Boomerang The psy François Favrat
All Three of Us Adama Kheiron
Catherine ou les atomes d'une âme paumée Doctor Daniel Koundé Alix Véronèze
Maman(s) Alioune Maïmouna Doucouré Short film
Secteur IX B The voice Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc Short film
En Immersion Kalach Philippe Haïm Television series
2016 Bastille Day Baba James Watkins
Le gang des Antillais Politik Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny
Zhong guo tui xiao yuan Asaid Tan Bing
419 Jay Jay Eric Bartonio
Le Passé devant Nous Michel Nathalie Teirlinck
Ca va marcher Eric Guillaume Karoubi Television series
2017 China Salesman Sheik Asaid Tan Bing
2018 Belleville Cop Ladji Toure Rachid Bouchareb
2019 Domino Ezra Tarzi Brian De Palma
2020 Earth and Blood Adama Julien Leclercq
Rogue City Stephan Jankovic Olivier Marchal
2023–2024 The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Fallou Boukar Television series; 9 episodes
2025 L2: Empuraan Kabuga Prithviraj Sukumaran Indian Malayalam-language film

References

  1. ^ "Biography". Eriqebouaney.com. Retrieved December 14, 2008.
  2. "Disgrace". IMDb.

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