Omar Sy
Actor
Biography
Omar Sy (born 20 January 1978) is a French film actor, best known for his duo with Fred Testot, Omar et Fred, and for his role in The Intouchables, written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, which became the second highest grossing French film of all time in the French box office. He received the César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for his role in The Intouchables and in doing so also became the first black actor to win the honorary French award. The role also earned him a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actor.
Filmography
The Intouchables
as Driss 2011
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Bishop 2014
Jurassic World Dominion
as Barry Sembène 2022
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Hot Rod (voice) 2017
Inferno
as Christoph Bouchard 2016
The Call of the Wild
as Perreault 2020
Burnt
as Michel 2015
Two Is a Family
as Samuel 2016
The Wolf's Call
as D'Orsi 2019
The Tuche Family
as Le curé 2011
Those Happy Days
as Joseph 2006
Samba
as Samba Cissé 2014
Don't Die Too Hard!
as Taxi Driver 2001
Chocolat
as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat 2016
The Dream Team
as Wéké N’Dogo 2012
On the Other Side of the Tracks
as Ousmane Diakhité 2012