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Ériq Ebouaney
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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" i…
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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.
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2026
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Movie Garba
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2025
Un dîner presque parfait Afrique
TV show Ériq Ebouaney
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2025
Hyacinthe
Movie Césaire
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2025
L2: Empuraan
Movie Kabuga
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2024
Lex Africana
TV show Racine Malik Niang
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2024
Here and There
Movie Professeur Ibrahima
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2023
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
TV show Fallou Boukar
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2023
Liaison
TV show Bob Foret
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2022
Ritual
Movie Cézaire Nduka
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2022
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2021
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Movie Thanks
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2021
Exterminate All the Brutes
TV show Self
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2020
Rogue City
Movie Stephan Jankovic
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2020
Earth and Blood
Movie Adama
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2020
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
Movie Doctor
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2019
Domino
Movie Ezra Tarzi
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2018
Kaniama Show
Movie
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2018
Belleville Cop
Movie Ladji Touré
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2018
A Season in France
Movie Abbas Mahadjir
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2017
China Salesman
Movie Sheik Asaid
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2017
African Storm: A Continent Under Influence
Movie Dolomey
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2017
Past Imperfect
Movie Michel
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2016
Gang of the Caribbean
Movie Politik
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2016
Bastille Day
Movie Baba
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2015
All Three of Us
Movie Adama
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2015
Capitaine Marleau
TV show Colonel Douala
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2015
Mother(s)
Movie Alioune
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2014
SMS
Movie Le grand flic
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2014
Le Crocodile du Botswanga
Movie Lieutenant Yaya
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2014
3 Days to Kill
Movie Jules
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2013
Stalingrad Lovers
Movie Jupiter
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2013
Aya of Yop City
Movie Hyacinthe
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2013
Italian Movies
Movie Zahur
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2013
Falco
TV show Père de Simon
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2013
Jo
TV show Amadou
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2013
Dakar Trottoirs
Movie Maitre
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2012
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
TV show Kaskoff
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2012
Clash
TV show Abel Diop, père d'Hugo
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2012
Henry
Movie Karanja
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2011
Black Gold
Movie Hassan Dakhil
