Isaac de Bankole
Isaac de Bankolé (born August 12, 1957 in Abidjan ) is an Ivorian actor .
life and career
De Bankolé holds a Masters degree in Mathematics from the University of Paris . He completed his training as an actor at the Cours Simon . In 1984 he had his first small film role in The Reckoning . The breakthrough came two years later with Black Mic-Mac . For his acting performance in this work he was awarded a César as the best young actor . Other well-known films he starred in include Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth , Coffee and Cigarettes, and The Limits of Control , and beyond Ghost Dog - The Path of the Samurai with Forest Whitaker , James Bond 007: Casino Royale and Manderlay .
Isaac de Bankolé is married to the jazz singer Cassandra Wilson .
Filmography (selection)
- 1984: Comment draguer tous les mecs
- 1984: The Left Hander (L'arbalète)
- 1986: Black Mic-Mac
- 1986: Taxi Boy
- 1986: Black and White (Noir et blanc)
- 1988: Chocolat - Forbidden Longing (Chocolat)
- 1989: The art of loving a negro without getting tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer)
- 1989: Secret order strawberry vanilla (vanilla fraise)
- 1990: Fuck death (S'en fout la mort)
- 1991: Night on Earth
- 1992: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles) (TV series, one episode)
- 1993: Heart of Darkness (TV movie)
- 1995: Casa de Lava
- 1998: A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
- 1999: Ghost Dog : The Way of the Samurai
- 1999: Lonely in Manhattan (Cherry)
- 1999: Otomo
- 2000: Bàttu
- 2001: Three hours after midnight (3 AM)
- 2001: The Sopranos (The Sopranos) (TV series, one episode)
- 2003: The Killing Zone
- 2003: Coffee and Cigarettes
- 2005: Manderlay
- 2005: The Skeleton Key (The Skeleton Key)
- 2005: Stay
- 2006: Miami Vice
- 2006: James Bond 007 - Casino Royale (Casino Royale)
- 2007: Butterfly and diving bell (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
- 2007: Battle in Seattle
- 2007: The Fifth Patient
- 2008: The Guitar
- 2008: 24: Redemption (TV movie)
- 2009: 24 (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2009: The Limits of Control
- 2009: White Material
- 2010: I, the slave (I Am Slave)
- 2011: Oka!
- 2014: You're Dead on Sunday (Calvary)
- 2014: White Collar (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2015: The Last Witch Hunter
- 2017: Double Play
- 2017: Embrasse-moi
- 2018: Black Panther
- 2018: Black is Beltza
- 2019: Shaft
Web links
- Isaac de Bankole in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bankolé, Isaac de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abidjan , Ivory Coast |