Portrait of Omar Sy

Omar Sy

Acting

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.

Born: January 20, 1978

Place of Birth: Trappes, Yvelines, France

Filmography

2026
2025
French Lover

as Abel Camara

2025
2025
Shadow Force

as Isaac

2025
2024
2024
2023
2023
Beau geste

as Self

2023
Father & Soldier

as Bakary Diallo

2022
2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

2022
The A Talks

as Self - Guest

2022
Jurassic World Dominion

as Barry Sembène

2022
Cannes Festival

as Self - Guest

2022
The Takedown

as Ousmane Diakhité

2021
Fake News

as Starsky, the Uber driver

2021
C ce soir, le débat

as Self - Guest

2021
Humberto

as Self

2021
Lupin

as Assane Diop

2020
Simply Black

as Omar Sy

2020
Night Shift

as Aristide

2020
Refugee

as Marwan

2020
2020
The Lost Prince

as Djibi, le père / le prince

2019
Arctic Dogs

as Leopold (voice)

2019
2019
Yao

as Seydou Tall

2018
Bonsoir !

as Self - Guest

2018
Belleville Cop

as Baaba Keita

2018
2017
Knock

as Knock

2017
2017
Face the Classroom

as Self - Guest

2017
Sahara

as Ajar (voice)

2016
2016
Inferno

as Christoph Bouchard

2016
Quotidien

as Self - Guest

2016
The Angry Birds Movie

as (voice) (uncredited)

2016
Chocolat

as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat

2016
Norm of the North

as (voice) (uncredited)

2015
Burnt

as Michel

2015
2015
2014
Samba

as Samba Cissé

2014
2013
Mood Indigo

as Nicolas

2012
2012
The Dream Team

as Wéké N’Dogo

2011
Fish 'n' Chips

as Fish (voix)

2011
2011
Bref

as Omar Sy

2011
The Tuche Family

as Le curé

2010
The Storytelling Show

as Momo (voice)

2010
2009
Murphy's Law

as Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega

2009
Micmacs

as Remington

2009
Round Da Way

as Narbé (voice)

2009
2009
Safari

as Youssouf Hammal

2009
King Guillaume

as Jean Peter

2008
2 Alone in Paris

as Sammy Bouglioni

2008
VERSUS

as Self

2007
Garage Babes

as Hamidou

2007
Moot-Moot

as Isidore (voice)

2007
Moot-Moot

as Tanguy (voice)

2007
Surf's Up

as (voice) (uncredited)

2006
Salut les Terriens !

as Self - Guest

2006
On n'est pas couché

as Self - Guest

2006
2005
Once Upon a Time in the Oued

as le génie de la lampe

2004
The Box

as Lorenzo

2003
The Dope

as Michel Dembélé

2002
Samouraïs

as Tyson

2002
If I Was Him

as Gabriel

2002
Dead Weight

as Malian guy

2002
The Race

as Sergent ONU

2001
The Apartment

as Self - Guest

2001
Don't Die Too Hard!

as Taxi Driver

2000
La Cape et l'épée

as Ménestrel

2000
1999
Jamel Show

as Self

1992
1990