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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Trappes, Yvelines, France |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978-01-20 |
Movies
Histoire d'un mariage
as Julien
2025
The Strangers' Case
as Marwan
2024
The Book of Clarence
as Barabbas
2024
Father & Soldier
as Bakary Diallo
2023
Jurassic World Dominion
as Barry Sembène
2022
The Takedown
as Ousmane Diakhité
2022
Drôles de familles
as Self
2022
Patrick & Sebastien Vs The Fake News
as Starsky, the Uber driver
2021
GIMS: On the Record
as Self
2020
Anelka: Misunderstood
as Self
2020
Simply Black
as Omar Sy
2020
Night Shift
as Aristide
2020
Refugee
as Marwan
2020
The Call of the Wild
as Perreault
2020
The Lost Prince
as Djibi, le père / le prince
2020
Arctic Dogs
as Leopold (voice)
2019
The Wolf's Call
as D'Orsi
2019
Yao
as Seydou Tall
2019
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
as Self
2018
Belleville Cop
as Baaba Keita
2018
The Perfect Day
as Self
2018
Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy
as Self, Actor
2017
Knock
as Knock
2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Hot Rod (voice)
2017
Sahara
as Ajar (voice)
2017
Two Is a Family
as Samuel
2016
Inferno
as Christoph Bouchard
2016
2016
Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner
as Himself
2016
Chocolat
as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat
2016
Burnt
as Michel
2015
Jurassic World
as Barry Sembène
2015
Mune: Guardian of the Moon
as Sohone (voice)
2015
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
as Self
2014
Samba
as Samba Cissé
2014
Good People
as Khan
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Lucas Bishop / Bishop
2014
L'entrée des Trappistes
as Self
2013
Mood Indigo
as Nicolas
2013
On the Other Side of the Tracks
as Ousmane Diakhité
2012
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
as Mosby
2012
The Dream Team
as Wéké N’Dogo
2012
The Intouchables
as Driss
2011
The Tuche Family
as Le curé
2011
The Storytelling Show
as Momo (voice)
2010
Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker
as Le chauffeur de taxi
2010
Conte de la frustration
as Mo
2010
The Not-So-Little Thumbling
as Grand Poucet
2010
Murphy's Law
as Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega
2009
Micmacs
as Remington
2009
So Happy Together
as Bruno
2009
Round Da Way
as Narbé (voice)
2009
Logorama
as Michelin Mike / Monsieur Propre / M&M's (Voice)
2009
Safari
as Youssouf Hammal
2009
King Guillaume
as Jean Peter
2009
Special Correspondents
as Jimmy
2009
2 Alone in Paris
as Sammy Bouglioni
2008
2008
VERSUS
as Self
2008
Garage Babes
as Hamidou
2007
Omar et Fred - Le spectacle
as Omar Sy
2007
Omar & Fred - SAV des Émissions - Saison 1
as Multiple rôles
2006
Those Happy Days
as Joseph
2006
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
as le génie de la lampe
2005
The Box
as Lorenzo
2004
L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire
as Impersonator (voices)
2004
Coming-Out
as Omar Sy
2004
The Dope
as Michel Dembélé
2003
Samouraïs
as Tyson
2002
If I Was Him
as Gabriel
2002
Dead Weight
as Malian guy
2002
The Race
as Sergent ONU
2002
La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
as Le Taxi
2001
L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols !
as impersonation (voices)
2000
2000
0+1
as Self
-
Le Chat du rabbin
as Le chat
-
Shadow Force
as Isaac
-
Movies
Father & Soldier
Producer
2023
Yao
Producer
2019
The State Against Mandela and the Others
Associate Producer
2018
Samba
Co-Producer
2014
2006
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Producer
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