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
Casino Royale
as Steven Obanno
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as River Tribe Elder
How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
as Vieux
The Brutalist
as Gordon
Black Panther
as River Tribe Elder
Shaft
as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
The Last Witch Hunter
as Max Schlesinger
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Unknown Role
The Keeper
as Jean Baptiste
French Exit
as Julius
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
as Sgt. Barthelmy
Stay
as Professor
The Skeleton Key
as Creole Gas Station Owner
Run
as Assa
Manderlay
as Timothy
The Guitar
as Roscoe Wasz
The Syringe
Unknown Role
Kiss Me!
as Bernard
White Material
as Boxer
Snakeeater
as Frank